Consumer Reports on 3DTV
Panasonic 3DTV is far better than Samsung in many aspects, according to preliminary tests by Consumer Reports.
For example, not only are black levels far superior on the Panasonic sets, but if you leave your 3D glasses on while lying on a couch to watch the TV, the glasses get darker and darker the more you [...]
Avatar Blu 4/22; no 3D in 2010
“Avatar” is coming to Blu-ray Disc in the U.S. for Earth Day on the unusual release day of Thursday, April 22, a day after its release in several other countries and with no 3D or any bonus features whatsoever.
Sources at Fox confirmed a story in the Los Angeles Times that a second multi-disc version will [...]
3D games by NVIDIA and Panasonic
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 in stereoscopic 3D. It is expected to be available [...]
Masters and Final Four in 3D next month
Tiger Woods’ return to golf could be even more dynamic with word that The Masters next month will be the first ever broadcast live with multiple cameras in 3D and simulcast online.
The news follows last week’s announcement by CBS that the network would also broadcast the Final Four in 3D for the first time.
Sony, which [...]
Cameron: “Clash” 3D approach bad
James Cameron says quickly reverse engineering a movie for 3D, as Warner has done with “Clash of the Titans,” is bad for the industry.
In a wide-ranging interview with USA Today, he also says he is prepping “Titanic” for a 2012 release in 3D, may delay the 3D Blu-ray home release of “Avatar” in favor of [...]
3D added $1 bil. to 2009 boxoffice
3D added more than $1 billion to the record $10.6 billion of North American boxoffice grossed in 2009, according to a report today from the Motion Picture Assn. of America.
The overall record, which represents a whopping 10% increase (about $960 million) from 2008 is clearly entirely attributable to 3D, which accounted for 11% of the [...]
Panasonic 3D TV & Blu-ray for $2,899
Panasonic formally announced this morning that it is offering a 3D home theater system exclusively at Best Buy via Magnolia Home Theater for $2,899.99 beginning today.
The package will include a 50-inch Viera plasma TV(TC-P50VT20 – SRP $2,499.95), a 3D Blu-ray player (DMP-BDT300 – SRP 399.95), and a single pair of active shutter lens glasses (TY-EW3D10U). [...]
Samsung brings “Shrek” to 3D Blu-ray
“Shrek” will follow “Monsters vs. Aliens” as one of the first Blu-ray titles to be released in 3D, both DreamWorks Animation titles to come from Samsung Electronics, the latter company announced in New York this morning, Tuesday, March 9.
Samsung’s official announcement of the launch of its full HD 3D LED TV and lineup of 3D [...]
Samsung 3D Blu-rays don’t work?
UPDATED March 11 (in italics below):
As Samsung and Panasonic prepare major media announcements in New York on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, about their 3D products hitting stores this month, reports have begun to surface that Samsung’s 3D Blu-ray players already in Best Buy stores do not work.
Not that the average consumer would notice since there [...]
Alice, Avatar: only make cash
Former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Buddy Ryan once famously criticized his wide receiver Cris Carter because all he did was catch touchdown passes. The 5,500-plus voting members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences seem to be delivering the same head-scratching sentiment to movies that score the biggest box-office cash.
Showcasing once again the cavernous gulf [...]
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