Toshiba Satellite TV - Bringing HDTV to your home!
If you are looking for the best satellite DIRECTV experience, you can do no better than with the Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100. The Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 is a second generation DIRECTV High-Definition Receiver. It incorporates in itself a Digital Visual Interface technology which allows for a consistent reception of high quality High-Definition DIRECTV programming. It also features a HDCP or High-bandwidth Digital Copy Protection which helps in controlling copyrighted programming from DIRECTV.
The Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 features several output resolution modes which can cater to several output solutions. The Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 also offers a multi-room viewing option.
If paired with advanced display devices, the Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 can output highly optimized digital video signals which can really push the capabilities of today's most advanced display devices. The Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 features built-in ATSC and NTSC reception. It also offers several resolution modes such as 480i, 480p, 720, and 1080i. All these can easily be selected through the supplied remote control.
The 720p resolution capability of the Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 is best suited with high performance fixed pixel display devices like the latest of Toshiba's widescreen plasma panes.
The Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 helps to ensure the full connectivity of the entire home. It includes an optical digital audio output jack, or Toslink in order to get the perfect Dolby Digital multichannel sound, a video output with ColorStream HD component capabilities, and S-Video output and a couple of sets of A/V composite video jacks. Thus, you can connect any display device to the Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100.
The Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 also boasts of its capability to be connected to a number of TV sets all around the house. This is due to the Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100's HD/SD output capability. The DVI/HDCP output terminals of the Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 can deliver uncompressed digital video signals for the video outputs. The ColorStream output can give high-quality Y/Pb/Pr signals as well. Finally, the S-video jack provides an analog video display signal. The Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 can do all this simultaneously.
The remote control of the Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 is also a marvel in and of itself. The new design of the Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 remote control features both an RF or radio frequency transmitter and an IR or infrared transmitter. Thus, control of the Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 is available from anywhere in the house.
The Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 sells at around $198.00. The price can be a little steep but the Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 certainly delivers. The Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 also requires a DIRECTV service already set up in order to work. Truly, the Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 is a state of the art satellite TV receiver. For those who want to experience exactly how a satellite TV receiver should work should try and take a look at Toshiba Satellite TV DST3100 if only to see what they may be missing out if they skip this one.