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digital reception. However, rapid yen apprecia-
tion over the year hurt the overseas market. The
growing use of PCs as a presentation tool trans-
lated into higher sales of LCD projectors in
Japan and overseas. A move away from the
traditional boxy design to round projectors
proved successful, particularly a Toshiba model
of unprecedented lightness and compactness.
DVD video players made a dramatic move
into the mainstream, with major rises in sales in
all key markets, especially North America.
Digital still cameras continued to enjoy growing
popularity, and Toshiba saw a major upswing
in sales with the worldwide success of the
“Allegretto” series. The star model was the
Allegretto M70, which combines outstanding
picture quality with a 3.37-million-pixel CCD
and wide-aperture 3X zoom lens.
In March 2000, Toshiba offered the world a
glimpse of the digital mobile future when it
unveiled a series of revolutionary products,
including the first ever mobile audio player with
SD memory card; an MPEG4-based digital
camera with 3.37-million pixel CCD; and a
portable DVD-ROM/Video player with a high
resolution low-temperature polysilicon TFT LCD.
Through such innovations Toshiba will realize
the full potential of the networked era.
BS digital tuners and
BS digital high-definition
TVs developed for the
December 2000 start
of BS digital broad-
casts in Japan.
Toshiba makes the connection
between the PC and CATV net-
works with the first cable modem
certified by Cable Labs, bringing
high-speed, interactive networking
into the home.