Toshiba to expand the powers of the TV set-top box

January 7, 2009 By PETER SVENSSON , AP Technology Writer Toshiba to expand the powers of the TV set-top box (AP)

Jason Seaton, of Salt Lake City, looks at Toshiba's Cell TV at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. Toshiba Corp. is planning to use the Cell processor, the brain of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 game console, to create an ultra-powerful TV set-top box that can record up to six high-definition channels at once and improve the look of any video. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

(AP) -- Toshiba Corp. is planning to use the Cell processor, the brain of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 game console, to create an ultra-powerful TV set-top box that can record up to six high-definition channels at once and improve the look of any video.

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