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Toshiba 27WL56: Checking us into rehab

By Guy Cocker on 25 July 2005, 11:59am

Televisions

If there was a charity to help us kick our addiction to flat screen TVs, we'd sign up now. LCD-aholics Anonymous might help us remember what a CRT actually looks like. Companies like Philips, Sony and now Toshiba have been feeding our addiction with LCD upon LCD. And the big news on these shiny new models, apart from their understated cool? They're all fully high definition compatible.

Most LCDs above the 26-inch mark have been updated with high resolution panels and digital video inputs. Toshiba has a vested interest in next-generation TV, as its HD DVD format is due to launch before the end of the year, and the 27WL56 is the first mid-range system to carry an HDMI input. Despite being about the same size as a USB input, HDMI can carry digital video and audio along the same wire, meaning you can cut down on the spider's web of cabling at the back of your TV.

Toshiba has gone digital at the cost of traditional AV connectivity -- removing any component inputs and including only one RGB Scart. Does diving boots-first into digital make for a sensible system? Find out in our upcoming review. -GC

Update: this review is now live here.

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