I ’m hoping you really dig out Toshiba , because they had quite a scope of announcements for the public on the 28th . First , they introduced two new DVD recorder – one of which contains a 600 GB hard crusade for an nameless cause . Also introduced was the “ Face ” line of TVs . As in , “ side ” the verity that you ’re in all probability too hapless to bribe these .
Besides announcing some actual Cartesian product , Toshiba of class had a lot of supposed next - genesis gadget concept modelling to show off to the populace . These let in HD DVD recording machine / players , SED ( what ) TVs , various Bluetooth solutions , and finally , a range of product hold the companionship ’s 0.85 inch hard drive . Yes , the same one that ’s in the Guiness Book of World Records .
Plenty more insurance coverage and details after the jump .
To start , I ’ll cover the “ real products . ” Impress Watch took all these pictures , by the way . Plenty more are available on the clause tie at the end .
I observe a DVD fipple flute with a 600 GB severe drive . This would be it . The “ RS - X5 ” will be a smashing $ 1500 USD , but I suppose that ’s the price you need to pay for “ the industry ’s largest . ” Another interesting feature of this new recorder is its ability to playback video over Ethernet . And I do n’t mean act PC video on TV – I intend play video memorialise by this equipment on your computer . I ’m not entirely too sure what this feature would be used for if you ’ve get a television or else , but whatever floats your boat . talk of swim boats , this is apparently also one of the first DVD recorder to support write VR mode to DVD - R disk . I do n’t know what that means either . Google ?
That would be the beautiful Noriko Fujiwara . I do n’t know what the netherworld she ’s baby-sit on , or standing in front of . But it does n’t matter .
Err , it appears she ’s got her hot Eastern Samoa roost on the “ RS - XS24 . ” For about 1/3rd of the price of its big brother ( the X5 ) , you lose most 520 GB of hard drive space , the “ DVD - radius - VR ” mode support , and the ability to playback your video on your microcomputer .
Behind her is likely one of the unexampled products in the “ Face ” series of LCD TVs . On the “ LZ-150s , ” you ’ll find a feature article I ’m still meditate the legality of . Using a standard ( 100BaseT ) meshwork connection , High Definition video can be enter to the tough driving of a personal computer attached to the same electronic connection as the video . What the hell ? While the signal is “ cypher ” on the TV ’s digital piano tuner , I distrust hackers will have a heyday with this feature .
Just as an unrelated side bank note , Noriko Fujiwara has allegedly state stake in becoming a Bond girl . I consider she would be the first Nipponese bird to fill the part , but she has run into some difficulty due to her inability to speak English well enough . Another reason cite for her difficulty is “ unfitness to act , ” but it ’s not as though Halle Berry can act , so I do n’t study this a valid grounds . ANYWAY .
That does it for product that you could actually go out and purchase before the end of the year . Here ’s where the fun get — Toshiba shew their vision of what the ship’s company will be like in 2010 . It may seem kind of dry , but a good amount of information is conveyed in this PowerPoint slide .
I shall translate the deep moon language for you , because I ’m such a nice bozo . start in the upper left , we have “ advancement of television set . ” And we do get quite advanced – the specification heel a TV with thickness of less than 50 mm , weight of under 10 kilo ( durr 22 pounds ) , playback of all sorts of signals , three dimensional piloting , unlined searching of record subject , wireless high-pitched Definition , and even a hard drive . I ’ll get into the hard drive mess later .
In the low left , you ’ll see the “ advancement of DVD [ recorders ] . ” As you may commemorate , Toshiba is one of the master backers of HD DVD . Thus , we see appplications including “ the expansion of HD DVD , ” interactive videodisc , terabyte - class knockout drives , server / portable types , and again wireless gamey Definition . Six years down the route , I ’ll be recording to terabyte class hard drives using wireless gamey Definition ? Oh , that ’s correct , I ’m poor , and still will be in 2010 .
The “ onward motion of tv camera ” includes seamless modify between movie and still modes , ultra - little sizes , obliterable gruelling drives , NAND flash memory , and most significantly , use of fuel cells . At least there ’s one caller interested in them .
Finally , we get to the “ advancement of voiceless thrust . ” At the 3.5″ size of it , Toshiba plans for driving force ranging from 640 GB to 2 TB . 2.5″ brings us to 320 to 640 GB , 1.8″ at 160 to 320 GB . Finally , Toshiba is calculate for 0.85″ crusade in the 15 to 30 GB orbit in 2010 .
I already sort of addressed this by showing you the new XS-5 and XS-24 , but Toshiba of row has other items in storehouse . What ripe than an HD DVD recorder and HD videodisc player ? While the first image ( of the recorder ) is quite patently a render , the simulacrum below it shows an experimental mannikin of an HD DVD role player . So at the very least we know the formatting is going SOMEWHERE .
Toshiba did n’t quite go into the cameras as I had planned , so I ’ll pretend that PowerPoint playground slide says “ advancement of Bluetooth . ” And there was quite a chip of advancement on show – a version of their gigabeat participant was controllable using a cellular phone fit out with Bluetooth capabilities . A rendering of some wireless Bluetooth headphones ( containing a 0.85″ HD , too ) was also shown .
Basically , Toshiba plans on slapping one of their 0.85″ laborious drives in every portable twist conceivable . That ’s because I can only imagine video cameras , cellular phones , sound players , PDAs , projector , mobile photo viewers , portable media musician , and phone .
So as you’re able to see , 2010 should be quite an interesting yr . My personal prediction ? I wo n’t be able to afford any of this sort of stuff and nonsense in 2010 either .
That just about wrapper it up for coverage of the announcement outcome , but persist tune to Gizmodo for other vision of the future .
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