In celebration of his 90th birthday and the July 6 Blu-ray release of his iconic "Jason and the Argonauts," Sony Pictures Digital Productions is renaming and formally dedicating its 119-seat screening theater after visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen on July 12. It's been quite a year for … [Read more...]
Chipmunks Go Dodger Blu
April 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Chipmunks movie producer Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. told HollywoodInHiDef.com / 3DHollywood.net that not only is he taking the irrespressible singing and mischievous rodents to 3D for their next cinematic outing but that he's exploring converting the previous two Chipmunks movies dating back to the … [Read more...]
Cameron: Thank God for Blu-ray!
March 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Director James Cameron says many aspects of the Blu-ray version of "Avatar," being released April 22 by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, are as good or better than the theatrical versions. "Thank God for Blu-ray," he said following the screening of a clip from the movie on Blu-ray Disc … [Read more...]
3D games by NVIDIA and Panasonic
March 15, 2010 By 1 Comment
Computer graphics company NVIDIA debuted and demonstrated its new NVIDIA 3DTV Play at the Panasonic "Touch the Future" tour in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York today (March 15). Panasonic has teamed up with NVIDIA for the new software that allows any computer-based videogame to be displayed … [Read more...]
Panasonic delivers on 3D promise
January 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
"Avatar" producer Jon Landau praised Panasonic's 3D products at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show where the company delivered on its promise of 2009 CES by introducing 3D TVs and Blu-ray players, a partnership with DirecTV for three 3D TV channels, as well as WiFi-capable and faster-loading Blu-ray … [Read more...]
Blu-ray up 76% to 17 mil. homes
January 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
More than 17 million homes in the U.S. had one sort of Blu-ray playback device or another by the end of 2009, up an enormous 76% from last year. Overseas there are another 23 million homes with one of 80-plus models of Blu-ray players, including PlayStation 3. Meanwhile, Blu-ray disc sales … [Read more...]
Hettrick: D23 Expo a 3D show
September 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
For the tens of thousands of hardcore Disney fans who made a pilgrimage from all over the country and the world, perhaps the most unlikely consistent message they heard and saw delivered at the the first annual D23 Expo fan convention in Anaheim September 10-13 was 3D. For jaded journalists … [Read more...]
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