All you need to know about Toshiba’s Regza 32BE3 television

Overview

Since displays in particular gulp down a lot more power on standby, consumers may be seeking their best for a solution that doesn’t consume high power when snoozing off. To provide users with such solution, Toshiba has now announced the Regza 32BE3 television which will be equipped with the company’s highly efficient Eco mode. The latest addition to Toshiba’s HDTV product range highlights for utilizing 0 watts of power when in the standby mode. Designed aesthetically, the 32-inch Eco-friendly display features the newly developed semiconductor technology by the Toshiba Regza new brain.

Pricing and availability

The new Toshiba Regza 32BE3 is anticipated to be made available in Japan from December for 90,000 Yen ($1200).

What’s great?

Featuring a stylish chassis, the 32-inch BE3 display from Toshiba vows to stand distinguished for integrating an efficient Eco mode that uses 0 watts of power when resting in standby. The Eco-friendly model puts forth beautiful high quality images and benefits from a new chip that will capably be enabled to detect and receive signals from the remote even the television is completely shut down – thereby making it feasible to have a consumption rate that is as low as about 95μA. The embedded chip gets support through a large capacity capacitor which offers it the energy needed when the model is switched off while AC power is cut by a relay. Besides the noteworthy favor towards Eco-friendly fabrication, the Regza 32BE3 features a 1,366 x 768 pixel resolution, USB port and re-configurable super-resolution technology. Users can even benefit from its Optimizer Sharpness which helps in automatically adjusting image sharpness – depending upon the scene.

What’s not so great?

Although the display looks extremely promising for incorporating great standard power saving features, the Regza 32BE3 may somewhere disappoint with its resolution support of 1,366 x 768. We have no idea as yet if the manufacturer is planning to send the model’s full HD version on the way anytime in the future. But, the resolution pixel may dishearten many out there. Also, the price point attached to the display can make consumers arch their shoulders to an extent. At the same time, those with a taste for sophistication would probably want to have their display tinged in sheer black – to harmonize with their exquisite décor.

Things to watch out for

As aforementioned, Toshiba’s latest addition to its HDTV range grabs eyeballs the most for an Eco Mode and Eco Chip – with the latter being supported by a timer function. The purposive Eco button also contributes in saving power and delivering amazing performance. With this one around, users can conveniently bring changes to the contrast and brightness based on ambient lightning. Users can also adjust the backlight light source, a wide use of LED brightness and indulge in a remarkable viewing experience. The new HDTV allows users to play on its super resolution techniques and a variety of high definition video content. A unique feature ‘Animation Mode’ lets the system leverage the image quality with sharpness of the edge while the ‘Creation tone’ realizes the power of expression shades of 16384. Users can look forward to revamping their viewing experience the integrated ‘Magic square algorithm pro’ which has been elevated to 4096 shades of gradation LCD panel power.

Verdict

The new Toshiba Regza 32” BE3 certainly give the impression of being a tough competitor in the HDTV sphere owing to a series of more standard power saving technologies. Though the maximum resolution of 1366 x 768 may have some brows raised considering the fact that there are several other displays that offer full HD, the model manages to establish a strong footprint for using 0 watts of power when in standby mode as one of the main highlights. Be it a good looking framework with neat edges, good quality of pictures and videos, and a horde of power saving attributes or other advanced technologies, the 32-inch Regza BE3 does leave us quite a lot impressed. If there’s anything that should make you think twice before snapping it up, then it’s definitely the heavy price tag.