Toshiba UK announced the market arrival of the REGZA SV series in the UK market. The REGZA SV series is the first range to combine Toshiba’s Resolution+ technology, Active Vision M200HD picture processing and an LED backlight. The inclusion of an LED backlight offers dynamic contrast ratio of 2,000,000:1, with 10 Bit processing creating a palette of over a billion colours to completely eliminate banding.

Available in 46” and 55” sizes, the new REGZA SV range features a premier version of Toshiba’s new ‘Deep Lagoon’ design theme, which sees the exterior screen sitting flush with the front of the TV frame. The effect is produced by a Full Crystal Panel that sits over the front of the TV, creating a unique design effect while also improving contrast and colour ratios.

The REGZA SV series is powered by Toshiba’s MetaBrain engine – a single chip solution capable of managing a number of innovative technologies simultaneously, including Resolution+, Active Vision processing and Toshiba’s AutoView feature, which accurately measures room conditions alongside content to provide the best possible picture performance.

Toshiba’s Active Vision M200HD compliments the LED backlight, combining intelligent backlight scanning to create ultra smooth 200Hz effect motion flow. Images are broken up into specific segments and black sections introduced into intermediate frames, which are quickly refreshed in tandem to provide efficiently managed, fast-moving pictures with no image judder.

The SV range also features Toshiba’s Resolution+ technology, which is designed to be the bridge between a standard definition source – such as a digital television broadcast or DVD – and the HD resolution screen. The technology works by using a powerful processor to review the adjacent areas of an image, picking out similar waveforms and combining pixel information to enhance edge detail within the picture. The result is a sharper and more defined image, much closer to high-definition standard.

Integrated Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) technology allows users to network the SV and pair it with their PC, enabling access to the PCs functions and storage using the TV’s remote control.

The Toshiba REGZA SV series will be available from September 2009.