Sounds pretty exciting if ya' ask me.http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/18/3D.home.television/index.html?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail
Story Summary
3-D is coming to home television sets next year, experts say
Panasonic and Sony recently held demonstrations of the TVs
Viewers must wear special glasses to see 3-D picture
3-D TV isn't expected to be significantly more expensive than HDTV
(CNN) -- Three-dimensional images are expected jump out of movie theaters and into living rooms by next year.
Panasonic demonstrates 3-D television at a recent technology expo in Atlanta, Georgia.
Sony and Panasonic say they will release home 3-D television systems in 2010; Mitsubishi and JVC are reported to be working on similar products.
"TV finally becomes real" in three dimensions, said Robert Perry, an executive vice president at Panasonic. "You're in it. It's the next frontier."
Perry compared the 3-D transition to the switch from black-and-white to color television and the shift from standard- to high-definition images.
ESPN is test-recording some sporting events in 3-D, using cameras with two sets of lenses, which would make football players appear to jump out of home television screens during live 3-D broadcasts.
And, although television makers haven't released specifics, the price of 3-D TV -- which requires a new television, broadcasting content and 3-D glasses -- is not expected to be substantially higher than some high-definition televisions on the market now.
Still, there are skeptics who say that 3-D is not ready for prime-time home viewing.
There are concerns that 3-D broadcasts, which require twice the data, will gobble up an unworkable amount of television bandwidth. And some worry that 3-D glasses and graphics won't make a smooth transition to American living rooms.
Shane Sturgeon, publisher of HDTV Magazine, said some of the glasses give him a headache and will block some people from buying the new technology.
"From what I've seen from most of the manufacturers, it's just not there yet," he said of 3-D TV technology. "I think right now, the technology -- whether you're talking about the refresh rate or the strobing or the glasses -- there are too many things right now that get in the way of enjoyment of the film for it to kick off."
All 3-D technology relies on the idea that if separate images are presented to the left and right eyes, the human brain will combine them and create the illusion of a third dimension.
TV makers go about this in different ways, though.
Panasonic and Sony, which demonstrated their products for CNN at a recent tech expo in Atlanta, Georgia, use "active glasses" and TVs with high refresh rates to achieve the effect.
Two images, one for the right eye and one for the left eye, alternate quickly on the TV. Shutters on the 3-D glasses swap the viewer's vision from right eye to left eye at the same rate: 120 hertz, or 240 hertz for the images together. The TV connects with the glasses through a sensor that's placed between the lenses on the glasses.
"It's like a little Venetian blind: open, close, open, close, open, close," John Wyckoff, a Sony content manager, said of the glasses.
The effect moves so quickly that it tricks the brain into merging the images and creates the perspective needed to see images in 3-D, he said.
Glance away from the TV, though, and you can see the lenses opening and closing, which irritates some people.
Those who saw the technology at the recent Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association Expo seemed wowed by Panasonic's 3-D footage of Olympic events and skiers who appeared to send snow flying into the laps of the audience.
David Lesch fidgeted with his 3-D glasses during Panasonic's demo but said the 3-D picture on the company's 103-inch plasma screen was excellent.
However, it may not be effective for all TV programming, he said.
"I cannot imagine that I will watch CNN in 3-D," said Lesch, sales director at AV Media, which sells electronics. "But for sports, yes. To watch soccer and ice hockey -- anything -- that would be great."
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Posted September 19, 2009 - 05:03 PM
I can tell you something, working with this stuff all the time. The moment its released to the public, its out-dated.
Just get what you like and enjoy it. There's no reason to feel the need to keep up with the latest thing. often times the latest is not the greatest.
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Posted September 20, 2009 - 12:12 AM
Don't be upset about technology on TV's changing Weezy.
I can tell you something, working with this stuff all the time. The moment its released to the public, its out-dated.
Just get what you like and enjoy it. There's no reason to feel the need to keep up with the latest thing. often times the latest is not the greatest.
Yeah, I've come to realize that, I don't even bother with thinking about the latest and greatest anymore when it comes to gadgets, I can't keep up. I love my TV and even though I know there are bigger and better TV's out there I can't imagine anything looking better than the one I have so I'm good. It's just the 3D thing sounds really cool, I like what they've done with new 3D and I'd like to have it home but I'm not gonna buy a new TV. Plus I read that Sony is gonna start making some PS3 games have 3D capabilities in the future and PS3 games in 3D sounds really cool. So that's what annoys me a little, that instead of just making the technology work with existing TV's through the PS3 or BR players they're trying to make you buy a new TV. I mean how many people are gonna buy 3D TV's, why make the technology for those few people, how's it going to catch on that way?
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Posted September 21, 2009 - 04:23 PM
Well it's not as simple as just making it work with existing TVs. The TVs will need to handle all the data, and according to that article, 3D will need double the bandwidth compared to regular TV. Most TVs can't handle all that.Yeah, I've come to realize that, I don't even bother with thinking about the latest and greatest anymore when it comes to gadgets, I can't keep up. I love my TV and even though I know there are bigger and better TV's out there I can't imagine anything looking better than the one I have so I'm good. It's just the 3D thing sounds really cool, I like what they've done with new 3D and I'd like to have it home but I'm not gonna buy a new TV. Plus I read that Sony is gonna start making some PS3 games have 3D capabilities in the future and PS3 games in 3D sounds really cool. So that's what annoys me a little, that instead of just making the technology work with existing TV's through the PS3 or BR players they're trying to make you buy a new TV. I mean how many people are gonna buy 3D TV's, why make the technology for those few people, how's it going to catch on that way?
3D is just one of the next steps in home entertainment. Soon there will be HDMI 1.4, and resolution will be 4 times 1080p.
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Care to elaborate on that? What have you heard? How soon can that possibly be? What's being predicted?3D is just one of the next steps in home entertainment. Soon there will be HDMI 1.4, and resolution will be 4 times 1080p.
Too many shy folks probably.Surprised no one's posted anything about watching porn like this
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2160p = 4 times resolution of 1080p. As early as next year till the technology is out for the public. You'll need new everything if you want that full 2160 (new blu-ray player/ps3, new tv, new everything that had the old HDMI hardware), but old devices will be backwards compatible.^ We obviously don't agree often, but in this instance, I could not agree with you anymore on what you just said.Care to elaborate on that? What have you heard? How soon can that possibly be? What's being predicted?
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Posted September 21, 2009 - 10:42 PM
If it looks as amazing as it does already, just imagine then. Simply unreal.
I guess the Cowboys stadium biggest HDTV in the world would need an upgrade as well.
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Posted September 22, 2009 - 10:52 PM
And about your point of why they don't make it work with your current stuff... because they know most people who care about such things will buy it despite protests. The same complaint has been filed about every jump in technology as far as home entertainment goes (i.e. - CDs, DVDs, Video Tape, Cassettes, 8-tracks, Cable & Satellite TV, Widescreen TVs and on and on). There's always an initial feeble boycott, but in the end virtually everyone signs off on it and comes aboard. Either because they want the tech stuff or they have the "keep up with the Joneses" affliction.
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+1And about your point of why they don't make it work with your current stuff... because they know most people who care about such things will buy it despite protests. The same complaint has been filed about every jump in technology as far as home entertainment goes (i.e. - CDs, DVDs, Video Tape, Cassettes, 8-tracks, Cable & Satellite TV, Widescreen TVs and on and on). There's always an initial feeble boycott, but in the end virtually everyone signs off on it and comes aboard. Either because they want the tech stuff or they have the "keep up with the Joneses" affliction.
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