Toshiba Debuts New Smart Blu-Ray Players

Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., announced its 2012 lineup of Smart Blu-ray disc players, featuring a new Aero Design and new capabilities that allow consumers to directly stream A/V media services and also connect to a home network.

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With 2D, 3D and Wi-Fi connectivity options, Toshiba offers Blu-ray Disc player options to meet home entertainment needs.

"Toshiba’s new Smart Blu-ray Disc players double as both high-quality Blu-ray and DVD players and fully connected A/V streaming devices," said Scott Ramirez, vice president of product marketing and development, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division. "With A/V streaming and MediaShare capabilities, Toshiba’s Blu-ray Disc players bring Smart connectivity to any room in the home."

New Features

• Aero Design: Toshiba’s Blu-ray disc players share the new Aero family design with Toshiba LED TVs. All models include the silver Aero wing and low profile design. 3D models add a wider 430mm chassis to better match other A/V components.
• A/V Streaming: Smart Blu-ray disc players include A/V streaming applications including Netflix, VUDU, YouTube and more. Toshiba has also included the Vudu Apps aggregation service for access to dozens of additional Internet widgets that offer a variety of content options.
• MediaShare: MediaShare is a simple DLNA interface that allows the Smart Blu-ray disc players to access content from other DLNA-compatible devices: Connecting a Smart Blu-ray disc player to any TV instantly connects that room to the home network, and allows access to all of one’s stored A/V content.
• USB Video: With USB Video, users can enjoy videos, music, photos and more on the big screen right from a USB flash drive.

2012 Blu-ray Player Line-up

• BDX2300 and BDX3300: They are Toshiba’s new 2D Smart Blu-ray disc players. With 1080p full HD playback, BD-Live, Netflix, VUDU and other A/V streaming capabilities to access content via an Internet-connection, Dolby True HD and DTS HD for 7.1 channel surround, HDMI and USB Video ports, these players offer a complete entertainment experience, while maintaining great value. The BDX2300 is Wi-Fi ready and will be available in April. The BDX3300 includes built-in Wi-Fi and will be available in May.
• BDX4300 and BDX5300 – The BDX4300 and BDX5300 are Toshiba’s new 3D Smart Blu-ray Disc players. These models include all of the functionality of the 2D models, plus 1080p 3D HD playback. The BDX4300 is Wi-Fi ready and will be available in April. The BDX5300 includes built-in Wi-Fi and will also be available in April.