Panasonic 3D center, home theater systems
There was more than tennis being played at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York today as Panasonic introduced its first two 3D Blu-ray home theater systems and announced that the company will open a 3D Innovation Center this fall at its North American headquarters in Secaucus, New Jersey. The announcements were made at the U.S. [...]
Shhh, Avatar 3D Blu-ray Dec. 1; Alice too
“Avatar” is coming to 3D Blu-ray on Dec. 1, according to a well-placed source, but as we previously reported here at 3DHollywood.net, it will only be available with the purchase of Panasonic 3D TVs and Blu-ray players. Likewise, Sony is said to have made an agreement with Disney to be the exclusive provider of the [...]
3D Society Century Award for IMAX, RealD, DLP
IMAX, RealD and Texas Instruments DLP Cinema will each receive a Century Award for their historical achievement at the International 3D Society‘s first annual Stereoscopic 3D Technology Awards in October. The Century Award is the highest honor bestowed by the membership of the International 3D Society and a blue ribbon panel of stereoscopic experts. The [...]
Panasonic consumer 3D camcorder
Panasonic will introduce a consumer handheld 3D camcorder Wednesday morning at the company’s media event at the U.S. Open. The company is officially launching its new 3-year partnership with the U.S. Open by working with CBS Sports to produce the first-ever 3D coverage of the tennis tournament. The company is also expected to introduce a [...]
ESPN’s Burns at 3D Ent. Summit
ESPN VP of strategic business planning and development Bryan Burns will outline the sports network’s commitment to 3D at the third annual 3D Entertainment Summit Sept. 16. Burns will speak on “Turning The Corner From SD to HD to 3D,” one of four panels in the DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group’s conference programming block called [...]
Woo’s China/Hollywood IMAX film
John Woo’s upcoming epic action film “Flying Tigers” is a joint China/Hollywood production for IMAX theaters. The story about a squadron of Chinese and volunteer American pilots who teamed up in aerial combat against the Japanese during World War II was first brought to cinema in a 1942 John Wayne movie of the same name. [...]
Sony’s 3 new 3D Bravia TVs
Sony has announced three additional models of 3DTvs in sizes of 46-inches, 55-inches, and 60-inches, as well as an offer of two free Blu-ray 3D titles with each purchase. The new NX810 HDTV models, which feature LED backlighting and a LightSensor for a brighter image even in brightly lit rooms, will be available next month [...]
U.S. Open 3D tennis by Panasonic
The U.S. Open has become the latest major sporting event to get the 3D treatment, courtesy of Panasonic, DirecTV, and CBS Sports. CBS Sports, which worked with partners to provide 3D coverage of The Masters golf tournament earlier this year, will produce the first-ever 3D broadcasts of all the Arthur Ashe Stadium matches that it [...]
Toshiba glasses-free 3DTV this year?
Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. said Tuesday it is developing technology for a 3D television that won’t require special glasses, according to the Associated Press, following up a report in the Yomiuri newspaper. Toshiba spokeswoman Yuko Sugahara confirmed glasses-free technology was in the works but would not confirm a report that Toshiba plans to start [...]
Hubble 3D crosses $13 mil.
The 43-minute IMAX documentary Hubble 3D, which debuted in many theaters last weekend, has now grossed $13.5 million in domestic theaters, which is $3.5 mil. more than the $10 mil. of “Piranha 3D” on its opening weekend. The catch is that “Hubble 3D” has been playing in about 50 IMAX giant screen theaters since March, [...]
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