Two-dimensional television is so last year  - 2010 = 3D ready!

 

3D ready tv 2010

 

Viewing in 3D is everywhere at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) - from webcams to video games to home theatre systems - and some TV manufacturers are betting it could be the biggest thing since high-definition and flat screens.

This year's edition of CES, the world's largest consumer technology showcase, even featured the first national 3D broadcast of a major sporting event, the US college football championship game between Oklahoma and Florida is 3D ready. Some products - such as the Minoru 3D Webcam - may end up being little more than a novelty item, a description which pretty much sums up Hollywood's decades-long flirtation with 3D. Heavy-hitters led by Japanese electronics giant Panasonic and Oscar-winning director James Cameron changed that.

 

"Make no mistake about it, 3D is not a gimmick any longer," the Titanic director said in a taped message during a presentation at CES of Panasonic's 3D ready Full High-Definition (HD) home theatre system.

"3D is ready for prime-time," said Cameron, who succesfully directed the 3D movie hit, Avatar 3D last winter.

 

No common standard for 3D ready content

More movie theatres in the United States are equipped to show 3D films in which action threatens to spill out of screens but bringing 3D into the home may still be some ways off.

One of things holding 3D back is the absence of a common standard for 3D ready content, which in turn is holding back the movie studios which will provide that content.

With its 103-inch plasma display and breathtaking visual effects, Panasonic's 3D Full HD home theatre system received rave reviews but a spokesperson said there is no firm date for bringing it to the US market.

 

"I don't think it will be a mass market technology until content improves and manufacturers can come up with a way to do 3D without the glasses," said Paul Gagnon, a television market analyst at research firm DisplaySearch.

"There are some demos without glasses, but they have lots of room for improvement," Gagnon said.

 

Check out 3D HDTVs from LG, Samsung and Mitsubishi


Want to know more about this exciting new technology then read our articles on 3D Ready TVs.