Panasonic Ushers In The 3D HDTV Era—Will Ship 3D Displays & 3D Blu-ray Players in 2010

hdguru.com ^ | August 21, 2009 | hdguru.com

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[GeronL]

speaking of 3d... has anyone seen the AVATAR trailer?

[Las Vegas Dave]

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[R. Scott]

I wonder how much the shutter glasses will cost to replace- and how available they’ll be.

[6SJ7]

These shutter glasses look as comfortable to wear as welding glasses.

[Jmouse007]

While I have great respect for Cameron and believe Avitar will probably be successful box office wise, 3D is just a gimmic designed to get more people back into the theater. Having to wear 3D welding glasses (see above) in order to enjoy the "experience" has NEVER been enjoyable.

3D is a very minor nich format and no matter how "Ooh Aah" Avitar is I do not think the overwhelming majority of people are going to dump their HD tv's and other equipment to buy into it.

[texas booster]

My company is one of many working on bringing 3D technology to the masses.

We expect that these glasses will be under $100, shooting for $50 in Qty 100.

[dfwddr]

Hi TB

Maybe you'd know, why do 3D glasses need such a thick frame ? Couldn't they be made lighter and more comfortable with thinner framework?

[Hot Tabasco]

why do 3D glasses need such a thick frame ?

I think they're targeting the "fashion conscious" crowd. The functional cardboard frame glasses just don't seem to appeal to anyone anymore....

[toast]

So I would have to buy a new plasma TV, a new Blu-Ray player, they would have to both have the new 1.4 HDMI, I would have to buy several sets of shutter glasses. I would do all this to watch a handful of movies actually shot in 3D.

This won’t catch on until TV broadcasts start to go in 3D. After the effort to switch them over to HD I don’t expect the 3D thing to catch on for another 20 years. I hope your company isn’t banking on the success of these glasses.

[ctdonath2]

I’m not buying HD until 3D is there.

All the technology is right there. Everything. Resolution, refresh, shutters, data stream, disc capacity. All that’s needed is the industry will to coordinate them. As it’s so easy to do so, it WILL happen - and there’s no point in buying HD until that trivial component of full 3D is resolved.

[texas booster]

The glasses are thick to provide sturdiness and hold some electronics, made of plastic to be cheap and made a brilliant shade of red to be very geeky. We requested sleek titanium aviation style frames. We'll see.

As to cost, we are targeting narrow markets where it makes sense to use 3D and where content can be easily converted to 3D. I spend my time in education, others target medical and engineering.

The cost of content is the big stumbling block for business.

For consumers, some folks have disposable income to play their XBox in 3D, others that are looking for a new TV (and want a really big TV) have purchased a Mitsubishi or a one of these new ones.

In 5 years 3D will be just another option, and as technology improves will be in homes in 10 years.

[R. Scott]

Really.

[R. Scott]

Guess I’ll wait until I get rich - but I can’t afford a 3DHD now anyway.

[mowowie]

I remember going to Epcot center back around 91 with some buds and seeing the aging Michael Jackson 3-D Whatever it was ride/movie and at the time sitting there seeing asteroids floating right in front of my face, it was amazing.
I was literally reaching out to these things.

I know awesome 3-D is possible, That was almost 20 years ago.
I guess it all depends on how it’s pulled off....

[Las Vegas Dave]

Mrs.LVD and I saw a 3D movie several years ago at the Luxor in Las Vegas. It was very interesting. (BTW: the Luxor no longer has this attraction.)

[Nowhere Man]

I remember going to Epcot center back around 91 with some buds and seeing the aging Michael Jackson 3-D Whatever it was ride/movie and at the time sitting there seeing asteroids floating right in front of my face, it was amazing. I was literally reaching out to these things.

I know awesome 3-D is possible, That was almost 20 years ago. I guess it all depends on how it’s pulled off....

I remember in the early 1980's, they tried 3D on regular TV using the old red/blue color system like they did in the 1950's. It worked relatively well, first on my 1970 Zenith (as long as I had the convergence adjusted, it was a pain in the butt on that set sometimes) and then on my 1982 Zenith, the TV I still use to this day.

I think you're talking about Captain EO. I was out in LA when it came out and had I went a day later to Disney World, I would have seen Michael Jackson perform the first show. Bummer. B-( I could have been at the Apollo 11 launch in 1969, but it seems like I always miss these things by a kitten's whisker.

I also saw "Friday the 13th, Part III" in 3D back in 1982, they used the polarized light system then, it was funny at times where the kids were in the back of the van smoking marijuana and you see this hand with a joint come out at you. Naturally everyone, including me, reached out for it as a joke.

Myself, I'm a man of limited means, my 1982 Zenith will have to do me for a long time to come, it has been in use daily since 1983.

[mowowie]

Here in the Boston area back in ‘81-82ish the local station pushed the 3D movie “Gorilla At Large” for months all summer.
It was a HUGE promotion around here at the time because it was 3-D!

Finally the big night came, I sat mesmerized in front of my tv with my 3-D glasses on and......pffffff.
It sucked.

[mowowie]

I do remember Friday the 13th, Part III in 3D.
That was a big deal at the time and pretty cool.

It’s funny watching it on tv nowadays seeing all those “in your face” scenes meant for the 3-D effects.