Toshiba Shipping DVD-to-HD Player

Still fresh off the defeat of its HD-DVD format by the Blu-Ray alliance, Toshiba [OTC:TOSBF] isn’t just limping around with a case of the hi-def blues. In fact, the company is releasing this month a new standard DVD player that has what the company calls eXtended Detail Enhancement technology, which purports to play standard DVDs and upgrade their quality to almost-HD levels.