All Articles Tagged 3d

Jason Knott | 02/02 09:46 AM, 22 Comments

2012 could someday be remembered as a year of tremendous technological advancements. Today, it's just another year gone by without the Super Bowl in 3D. How can the world's biggest television event not be a showcase for 3D, which is still trying to gain acceptance among the public? Here is my analysis. Broadcasters have given up on 3D: Fox, NBC, CBS and even Disney-owned ABC and ESPN have concluded that 3D is for watching Blu-ray movies in home theaters, not television programming. No demand for 3D: There isn't even an… View this story

Rachel Cericola | 01/31 09:55 AM, 7 Comments

The rumor that Netflix will offer 3D streaming is certainly nothing new. But CEO Reed Hastings is fueling the fire, saying Netflix is indeed working on a little something for its 3D-capable subscribers. In a conference call last week, Hastings said (via GigaOM) Netflix is renting 3D Blu-rays. He couldn’t comment on the popularity of that offering, only saying that disc rentals were down overall. “On streaming, that is definitely something we can do and we will be looking at,” Hastings said. You probably shouldn’t hold your breath. After all,… View this story

Robert Archer | 01/17 04:10 AM,

Until the new housing market picks up and shows long-term sustainability, the existing home market will be a key part of any residential electronics professional's business portfolio. IOGEAR's new Wireless 3D Media Kit (GW3DMKIT) is the California company's latest connectivity solution that's engineered to provide electronics professionals a tool that can solve many of the common hurdles that installers run into when retrofitting a home A/V system in an existing home. The kit incorporates four HDMI inputs and a component analog input to enable installers to connect as many as… View this story

Grant Clauser | 01/12 02:49 PM, 0 Comments

While known primarily for its plasma TVs among video enthusiasts, Panasonic launched a line of 3D LED LCD TVs with passive 3D technology at CES 2012. A Panasonic rep said the company wants to give consumers a wider choice of options. Panasonic wants customers to know that the best picture quality will come from the active-shutter glasses plasma TVs, but if the convenience of cheap polarized glasses appeals to people, Panasonic will give them that on the ET5 series LED TVs. Panasonic also introduced a 55-inch LED, beating out its… View this story

CE Pro Editors | 01/11 08:56 AM, 0 Comments

At CES 2012, XpanD is introducing a fully automated "3D Ecosystem" that automatically detects whether a viewer is wearing 3D glasses and configures their display device for 3D operation. The 3D Ecosystem works in conjunction with XpanD’s 3D Electronic Eyewear and a compatible display device such as a TV, projector or computer. Other active and passive 3D systems require the viewer to manually switch the TV (or computer or projector) from 3D to 2D operation whenever they want to watch in 3D or 2D. With the XpanD 3D Ecosystem, the… View this story

CE Pro Editors | 01/10 01:27 PM, 0 Comments

Google TV is alive and well at CES 2012. Vizio has revealed its Google TV range of 3D TVs, the R-Series, with the Internet Apps Plus service, Vizio's custom spin on Google TV. The R-Series consists of the 42-inch R3D420VS, 47-inch R3D470VS, 55-inch R3D550VS and 65-inch R3D650VS. Each R-Series TV runs at 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution with a 5.5ms response times. The 42-, 47- and 55-inch models have 240Hz refresh rates, while the 65-inch model has 120Hz. The TVs also have edge-lit LED backlighting, four HDMI 1.4 inputs,… View this story

CE Pro Editors | 01/10 09:43 AM, 0 Comments

Iogear announced at CES 2012 its Wireless 3D Media Kit (GW3DMKIT) with four HDMI inputs and one component input, allowing up to five components to be placed without wires running to the display or projector. Iogear says the Wireless 3D Media Kit can stream content up to 100 feet through standard walls, enabling multi-room scenarios, using the Wireless Home Digital Interface (WHDI) standard, which can deliver video rates of up to 1080p in the 5Ghz unlicensed band. There's even an analog input to hook up old-school components. The Wireless 3D… View this story

Grant Clauser | 01/09 08:40 AM, 1 Comment

Toshiba treated us to a special preview of its autostereoscopic (glasses-free) 3D TV prior to the opening of CES 2012. Not all details were complete, but the US delivery of this breakthrough TV is getting closer. The 55-inch TV uses a 4K x 2K LED LCD panel. For regular 2D viewing, all content is upscaled to 4K. For 3D, the glasses-free experience is delivered at 720p for up to nine viewers. Each of the nine viewers needs to be seated in specific “sweet spot” locations, but a face tracking system… View this story

Arlen Schweiger | 01/05 10:21 AM, 0 Comments

While 3D continues to struggle for mass adoption, especially in the United States, one pioneering company for bringing the format to home video continues its push. The latest offering from technology provider Sensio is a dedicated 3D on-demand service, called 3DGO!, which it plans to showcase at CES. It also brings together the tide of 3D and connectivity feature-sets populating just about every new TV out there. Sensio says the VOD store, targeted for arrival this spring, will be available as an application on connected 3D TVs that support the… View this story

Jason Knott | 12/29 01:22 PM, 0 Comments

LG Electronics is creating pre-CES buzz with an announcement that it will be showing a 55-inch OLED TV, 84-inch Ultra Definition 3D TV and 72-inch 3D LED, which it claims to be "the world's largest." Cost of the sets is unknown at this point. According to the LA Times, an LG executive says the company has overcome the high-cost barriers associated with OLED. "Our objective has always been to actively define and lead emerging display technology markets," Sang Beom Han, chief executive and executive vice president of LG Display, told… View this story