By Michael Silbergleid What’s wrong with this headline? “Cablevision Makes 3-D History With Hockey Game Broadcast.” Nothing really, since we don’t know what history was being made. So let’s look […]
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By Mark Schubin | Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 9:57 am
A recent editorial said of 3DTV, “Let’s back away from irrational exuberance….” Was it written by a broadcaster or program producer worried about losing audience to those offering 3DTV? Not […]
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By Mark Schubin | Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 8:16 pm
There’s a video here: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/video-hub/electronics/televisions/16935238001/ One note: It’s not necessarily a bad thing to be unable to see 3D when the axis of your eyes is vertical.
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By Michael Silbergleid You do know that your 3D glasses that came with your Panasonic 3D HDTV won’t work with your neighbor’s Sony 3D HDTV? CNN has a story on […]
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By Mark Schubin | Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 4:32 pm
3DTV suggests that the three Ds are the dimensions of height, width, and depth. But there are three other linear dimensions that might be worth considering: pupillary distance, viewing distance, […]
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By Michael Silbergleid PCWorld.com reports that Sony is developing a 3D camera that will give consumers the ability to create their own 3D content, the head of Sony’s digital imaging business […]
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By Michael Silbergleid Mail Online reports that Avatar director James Cameron hailed 3D TV as ‘the future’ last Wednesday night as he helped launch a range of 3D television sets. At a […]
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By Mark Schubin | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 2:05 pm
I wrote previously about the strange case of potential customers wanting to buy Panasonic’s 3D professional camcorder even before the company had finalized its optical system. Panasonic brought the AG-3DA1 […]
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By Michael Silbergleid Andrea Adelson of the Orlando Sentinel has an interesting piece on ESPN 3D and TV viewing habits. You can read the piece at http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-espn-3d-0306-20100305,0,5826537.story
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By Michael Silbergleid Scientific American reports that as major TV manufacturers prepare to role out stereoscopic 3-D displays that require glasses, researchers are experimenting with ways of delivering 3-D to […]
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By Mark Schubin | Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 7:49 pm
It’s hard to report on the HPA Tech Retreat. There were almost 100 presentations in the main program, not counting more than 60 breakfast roundtables, four demo rooms (and a […]
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