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Trusted Reviews: As well as a completely new sleek and undeniably stylish design, the new Regza LCD TVs are also sporting a raft of completely new features. Of course the new Regzas will come with Resolution+, which is Toshiba’s latest upscaling technology, which reared its head back in August at IFA. Obviously a good upscaling system will make standard definition content look good on a Full HD screen, but Toshiba’s claims for Resolution+ went way beyond that.

Toshiba claimed that with resolution plus a 1,920 x 1,080 source can be upscaled to a 4k screen without any artefacts!

The new Regzas also feature something called InstaPort, which sets our to eliminate the annoying lag that occurs when switching between HDMI sources. With InstaPort, as soon as the TV is switched on it does all the handshaking with all the connected devices straight away, which means that when you switch between sources it should be instantaneous.

Toshiba’s new Regzas are also the first TVs to come equipped with Dolby Volume. Dolby Volume allows you to set a constant volume level regardless of source. This means that when a programme ends and the adverts start, you’re not blown off the sofa by the increase in volume.

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Electricpig: Sound sorcerer Dolby has been touting its audio leveling system, Dolby Volume, for some time now, but we’ve found out that the company is planning a smaller chip ideal for MP3 players.

At a demonstration of Dolby’s first gen Volume system – which works with TVs to automatically adjust volume levels – the director of sales for Europe and the Middle East, Andy Dowell, told us that the company is planning “an optimised second generation version” with “smaller chips”.

Currently, only a select few set-top machines from the likes of Toshiba are capable of running the technology, but Dowell said that “portable music devices [and] portable media players will benefit a lot from the next gen version.”

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AV zombie: Sound pioneer Dolby Laboratories saw earning spike according to its first quarter financials. Dolby’s net income soared to 29.8 million dollars (22,9 million euro), up from 17 million (13 million euro) year on year. Said Bill Jasper, Dolby President and Chief Executive Officer: “With Dolby’s recognized global brand, broad industry presence, and solid business model, we entered fiscal 2007 in a strong position. With the first quarter completed, I am encouraged by our continued progress. We continue to extend our technologies throughout newer markets, to drive the adoption of additional Dolby technologies, and to innovate.”
New technologies for 2007 include Dolby Volume, aimed at TV manufacturers and Dolby TrueHD, for high definition media. (…)

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TG Daily: Dolby promises to automatically control the volume of your TV. 

Dolby Volume technology will first be built into flat-panel television sets and will process digital audio signals to dynamically raise and lower levels, the company said. Incoming PCM audio is processed “psycho-acoustically” and PCM audio is exported.

According to Dolby engineers, Dolby Volume will work with all audio signals and won’t care about bitrates or sampling rates. In addition, the processing does not impact the audio signal.

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