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Toshiba Unveils In-Car HD DVD Player
Tue May 29, 2007 at 01:14 PM ETTags: Hardware, Toshiba (all tags)
From the gadget file: We're not sure anyone's been asking for it, but Toshiba is apparently prepping an in-car HD DVD player, due for release sometime in 2008.
The company unveiled a prototype of the player co-developed with Alpine Electronics, Inc. at last week's Automotive Engineering Exposition 2007 in Japan.
As demo'd, the player was controled via a newly-configured touchscreen LCD panel, which removes the thin layer of transparent film now standard on such panels. Instead, Toshiba has integrated an optical sensor along with a transistor formed on each pixel on the panel, enabling the same functionality without the reduced contrast ratio that currently plagues current touch-screen devices.
Toshiba hasn't set a timeline for release of the new device, but a company spokesperson said to expect a 2008 arrival.
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- Toshiba Presents Automotive HD DVD Player, LCD Featuring Touch Panel [Tech-On!]
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