Is it Worth Investing in 3D HDTV?

Is it Worth Investing in 3D HDTV?

Early in 2010 Samsung launched the first commercially available 3D HDTV. The question that gets asked any time a new technology is launched is, is it worth investing in this new technology?

Firstly we need to consider whether this technology is here to stay or will it be replace by the next big thing next year. Well, 3D has been around for a while. Don’t we all remember the red and green paper glasses we needed to wear in the old 3D movies that we’ve seen in the last few years?

Hollywood would also not have spent millions of dollars on movies such as the new 3D Shrek if this was just the fashion technology of the month. So what have the TV manufacturers done? Another way to think of it is would Samsung and the other TV manufacturers launch new 3D TV’s if this wasn’t the next step in TV?

So now the question becomes not should you, but when? Like all new technology the answer lies in your own circumstances. If you need a new TV then a 3D HDTV is the latest technology, so you can’t go wrong there. If you love new technology then this is for you. Your friends will be talking about you for weeks to come. You’ll be the next king of the movie nights amongst your friends.

The trick with 3D HDTVs is to do your homework especially as the technology is still new. Make sure that you know what you want and what are the minimum specifications that you will need for your circumstances.

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Q&A: Can I play my ps3 in 3D Using a Samsung 3D tv?

Question by Hernando R: Can I play my ps3 in 3D Using a Samsung 3D tv?
Once the 3D games come out for the ps3 and the updates are available, do you think that it will be possible to play a Ps3 in 3D using a Samsung 3D tv, instead of the Sony?

I’ve got the new Samsung 3D Tv and Have a Ps3 so i was wondering, anyone know?

Best answer:

Answer by thathandsomedevil69
Of course you. You don’t need a Sony tv to play in 3d. Just like you don’t need a Sony tv to play games in HD. There are already games out not that support the 3d like motorstorm and wipeout HD. There are 5 that i heard of that support it those two are the ones i can think of off my head.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

“Jungle Beat” Now in 3D

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) October 31, 2007

“Jungle Beat” is the latest in a series of popular children’s animations that will be converted to 3D for viewing in theaters, and eventually on 3D TV, worldwide. Following in the footsteps of firms like Disney, who’ve released 3D versions of “Chicken Little” and “Meet The Robinsons” to great fanfare, Cape Town’s Sunrise Productions has hired San Diego 3D technology firm, PassmoreLab, to convert 13 episodes of its award-winning “Jungle Beat” series to 3D.

Written and directed by Brent Dawes and produced by Phil and Jacqui Cunningham, “Jungle Beat” follows a variety of cute animal characters as they embark on journeys in which they encounter bizarre things. Based on tales that the indigenous people of Africa have been telling their children for centuries, “Jungle Beat” provides a permanent way to document these precious fables that have been passed down with care from generation to generation. By converting them to 3D it also allows the stories to reach a much wider audience.

“The ‘Jungle Beat’ series is really cute.” said Greg Passmore, owner of PassmoreLab. “Everyone I have shown them to loves them because they are stories we can all relate to. Adding 3D will help story emphasis and increase appeal even more.”

In an interesting twist, the decision to convert “Jungle Beat” to 3D not only ensures the preservation and proliferation of these time-honored tales but it will also create jobs and give back to the local economy of the indigenous African people. PassmoreLab recently opened facilities in Cape Town where its hiring local people in the townships to perform the 2D to 3D conversion of the series.

According to Passmore, “This project not only serves to help owners of films, but we have made a major effort to train and employ the artists in the impoverished communities of South Africa. These communities are filled with talented, creative and enthusiastic artists who want to learn and succeed. This project pays them to learn through our schooling system and progress to doing meaningful film production. Our goal is to make a self-sustaining economic model that helps all participants.”

Conversion of the series is already under way. Passmore said they “look forward to having it available on the 3D TVs by Samsung and Mitsubishi using the TI 3D DLP chip.”

Sunrise Producer, Phil Cunningham, believes the partnership with PassmoreLab will help them to stay on the forefront of the latest technological advances. “PassmoreLab is an amazing partner to team up with.” said Cunningham. “They will help us push boundaries on the technology front. The work they do is cutting-edge, amazing.”

About PassmoreLab

PassmoreLab started in San Diego in 2003. The company’s staff is comprised of programmers and scientific engineers. The company also employs several graphic artists, videographers, a musical composer and even a biologist. PassmoreLab facilities include a full studio, post production facilities, an optical development lab and a software development environment. PassmoreLab is a firm with staff around the world in San Diego, South Africa and Russia.

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Booya! Media Launches Booya! Mobile with Live Broadcasting and VideoChat via iPhone and Mobile Devices

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 7, 2009

Booya! Media creates customized online platforms for niche communities to share information and use live broadcasting with interactive chat and video tools. Now Booya! Mobile allows users to broadcast live video from iPhones and other supported mobile devices.

Unique features available to Booya! Media communities:

    Live Video Broadcast and VideoChat from iPhones and other mobile devices
    Live Web Video Broadcaster lets users watch high-quality, live-streaming video including sports, news and entertainment
    Personalized homepages with over 35 customized Drag ‘n’ Drop widgets (video, game, web cam & map widgets) that broadcast in real-time
    3-D Video Wall, VideoChat and VideoBlogger 3.0 generate memorable online experiences
    Chat TV with YouTube playlist and Broadcaster allows for interactive online broadcasting; users can create their own internet TV shows
    Social communities have access to all standard features like blogs, groups and member profiles
    Open ID Connect allows Booya! Media groups to access a huge user base of social networks to facilitate the signup process and gain more users

Booya! Media has been on the slicing-edge of web networking technology since its inception, establishing unique platforms for niche online communities. Now with the introduction of Booya! Mobile, users are able to broadcast live video from iPhones and other supported mobile devices, allowing for greater mobility and real-time action on the video front.

Connecting with one’s chosen online community on the go is now easier than ever, with live video broadcasting and VideoChat available at the touch of a button. Today’s social groups are highly mobile and demand quick contacts and robust features in order to allow for deeper levels of engagement and instant communication. Live broadcasting lets users share their special view of the world with their online community, and VideoChat gives each member of the group the ability to connect in a moment’s notice and experience feelings and opinions together in video format. Mobile space is the next big social medium, and Booya! Mobile is leading the way, with users who are better connected than any other social groups on the web.

The creation of Booya! Mobile complements the plethora of exciting features already available to Booya! Media customers. Online communities sharing the unique social-networking platforms can use video messaging and over twenty video formats, with real-time conversion for live streaming. Groups also have access to an embeddable flash video player for use on external websites to better share the Booya! experience. Booya! Media’s special 3-D Video Wall engages users like no flat video ever will, as does the customizable Chat TV with YouTube playlist and Interactive Video Classrooms.

Booya! Media has many features to make the online experience easy and enjoyable, including community virtual gifts, interactive newsfeeds, friends inviter and contacts importer. And with robust security measures, groups using Booya! Media platforms do not have to worry about their information being compromised. Booya! Media is one step ahead of the game in the playground of social media marketing, and will continue to advance with new features to create and engage online communities.

Booya! Media’s customizable social media experience is one of the most effective and efficient ways to develop new revenue streams and online marketing channels. Customers are increasingly using Booya! Media as the total solution for their web site, defining tomorrow’s web publishing experience as social, interactive, data-informed and distributed.

About Booya! Media: We build social networks for your current and prospective customers to engage in an active community with cutting-edge video capabilities aimed at increasing the time users spend on your website, learning and sharing opinions about your products and services.

Contact: Jason Martell, CEO Booya! Media 323-982-8777

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New 3D Planning Tool Highlights Latest Release of Omnipresence 3D Security Platform

Montreal, QC (PRWEB) May 6, 2010

Security begins with a plan. Yet when that means planning where hundreds of new surveillance cameras should optimally go, creating that plan is a no simple job. With the just-launched Omnipresence 3D Version 2.3, security directors and consultants can now use the intuitive interface of the 3D Planning Tool to design a new surveillance camera layout in minutes, instantly seeing the benefits and drawbacks of numerous configurations.

“With Omnipresence 3D, we’ve always had one goal: find simple approaches to complex security challenges,” said Christian Laforte, President of Feeling Software. “With tools for planning, live monitoring, and investigation all built on a common underlying 3D technology, Omnipresence aids security directors through complex challenges over many years, as they build, use, and upgrade their security system.”

By focusing on the full security life cycle, from planning to live security monitoring, to incident investigation and future upgrades, Feeling Software leverages its paradigm-shifting 3D technology to create solutions for the long-term demands of high-security facilities.

What’s new in Omnipresence 3D Version 2.3?

3D Planning Tool
Ability to conduct complex “big-picture” investigations in minutes
Reverse suspect tracking
360 degree panoramic lens support (ImmerVision Panomorph) & advanced functions
Find out more at http://www.feelingsoftware.com/en_US/omnipresence-3d/how-it-works.html

About Feeling Software

Feeling Software is driven to advance security technology for improved public safety and private security. Since 2005, Montreal-based Feeling Software has applied its expertise in mission-critical 3D applications for technology leaders such as Google, the Canadian Space Agency, and Sony in the security, geospatial and simulation fields. http://www.feelingsoftware.com

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3D Tv Systems And Real 3D Dvd Are Coming And Will Change How We Watch Tv

3D Tv Systems And Real 3D Dvd Are Coming And Will Change How We Watch Tv

People, old enough to remember the last time round, are sure to dismiss this as just another flash in the pan. How wrong could they be…this time 3D is coming with the whole entourage. Real 3D DVD with a 3D DVD player to play them on along with the 3D TV systems, oh yes, and those 3D glasses – but not as you know them Jim!

You can take this as gospel, 3D is here again. But this time round it is not just for the cinema as 3d tv systems will allow real 3d dvd to be played on your very own 3d dvd player and all from the comfort of your own armchair.

Even though the technology can be dated back to the start of the last century, it has not always enjoyed a good press. Some of the movies released in three dimension where frankly rubbish and to a certain point this killed any chance of it becoming main stream–though if you ask some they would maintain it was those appalling 3D glasses that put the final nail in the coffin.

So what has changed? It really stems to the technology being thrust back into the limelight, over the last couple of years, by recent Hollywood block busters and Disney productions. This has been galvanized by the massive success of Avatar, released in three dimension, becoming the highest grossing film of all time. But Avatar was just one of 17 3D movies in 2009 with at least another 12 already planned for 2010.

The speed of which the biggest players in the consumer electronics industry have jumped on this, and brought the technology to the point of release, has been nothing short of staggering. It seems the only thing that has been holding the mass launch going ahead has been the content; a lack of 3D DVDs, players and programs.

That has all changed as we left the noughties and entered this new decade. Amazon have jumped aboard for the ride and now offer real 3d dvd movies, documentaries, series and music dvd that can be played on either regular 2D or new 3D Blu Ray DVD players. They also recently had a small batch of the first ever 3D Blu Ray DVD players, the Samsung BD-C6900. These soon sold out at a price of 9 and at the time of writing no announcement has been made regarding when they will be back in stock. One good point on the subject of 3d dvd players is that the Sony PS3 is able to play 3D discs with a simple firmware update.

The broadcaster BSkyB is also getting in on the action early. Their recent broadcast of the Arsenal-Manchester United game in 3D, played to a small group of nine pubs across the UK and Eire, took the industry by surprise. This followed their announcement that a full 3D channel will be available, to existing and new Sky HD+ box subscribers, from April of this year. ESPN are due to launch their 3D channel in June and broadcast some 80 or more sports events in 3D and the Discovery/Imax/Sony partnership will have their own version before the year is out.

So you can see, this time round, with the promise of real 3d dvd and broadcasts along side of a 3d dvd player and 3d tv systems to watch it all on. Yes, 3D is here to change the way we watch TV for ever.

FevaCasters report on Sony’s announcement that the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be filmed in 3D. Join the FevaCasters in South Africa and follow their build up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Visit www.sony.com

Q&A: What makes 3d led tv better than others like it?

Question by sandip: What makes 3d led tv better than others like it?
What makes 3d led tv better than others like it?

Best answer:

Answer by DURRHHHHH!
Led is usually brighter and crisper than LCD or plasma. Not always a good thing, but most people like it.

Add your own answer in the comments!

Most Popular Christmas ScreenSaver Of All Time, Santa’s Workshop, Goes 3D

Sartell, MN (PRWEB) November 21, 2006

“The latest 3D technology was used to develop Santa’s Workshop 3D ScreenSaver and The Santa Claus 3D ScreenSaver,” said Robert Weber, CEO of www.Freeze.com. “What a difference six years makes in the world of technology.” The screensavers continue to be available free to enchant users the world over.

Santa’s Workshop 3D comes alive as the elves are busy assembling gifts and writing cards. A 3D train moves the gifts around the workshop while a squirrel in a wheel delivers the power needed. One little elf stops to warm his hands at the roaring fireplace. Santa paces around anxious for his big night. The light-hearted Santa music and workshop sounds make the scene come alive. Santa’s Workshop 3D Screensaver is the most realistic Santa screensaver on the Internet–a Christmas must-have.    

Or download The Santa Claus 3D ScreenSaver. Utilizing the same 3D technology Santa Claus’ big night comes alive. Watch as the 3D sleigh and reindeers fly through the snowy skies over mountains and rooftops to land on snowy roofs. Santa slips inside to a delightful, cozy family room with a roaring fireplace and decorated tree. Santa unloads his glittering gifts and is off. The picturesque, snowy window is the perfect place to wave good bye.

As millions of families enjoyed Santa’s Workshop during the past six years, millions more will enjoy Santa’s Workshop 3D and The Santa Claus 3D screensavers.

About Freeze.com, LLC

Freeze.com is a specialist in online marketing services utilizing over 80 million registered users. Since 2001 it has been a leading provider of results-based interactive marketing services. Much of the company’s success is due to the promotion of free products through its websites, Freeze.com, ScreenSaver.com, Wallpapers.com and Ringtone.com, as well as thousands of sites throughout the Internet. The Webers, owners of Freeze.com, are recent winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2006 Award in the Minnesota and Dakotas region.

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3D hits the Empire State Building USCommunications and Heartland Brewery team-up at the Empire State Building WOW!

(PRWEB) October 13, 2004

USCommunications NY, a leader in supplying audio video communications to restaurants for over two decades has been awarded the contract to design; supply and project manage the new Heartland Brewery’s Flagship project opening in November in the Empire State Building.

The Heartland Brewery & Sports Bar in the Empire State Building will feature the first custom designed digital surround sound audio system with High Definition Plasmas monitors in a sports bar in NYC and will also demonstrate the newest technology,3D Plasma Vision which allows a viewer to see 3D without 3D glasses. This new technology will be the standard of viewing in the future. The images jump out from the screen with heart stopping realism. This is exciting cutting edge technology and will give the Heartland customers a glimpse of the near future.

This exciting technology will give sports fans a life like sports experience while enjoying their favorite Heartland brew.

Knowing what customers want is Jon Bloostein business. As owner and operator of the popular Heartland Breweries he likes to over see every detail. So, having decided to open a new flagship Brewery and Sports Bar in a world Landmark building he wanted to make sure he had the best project team available to make his flagship dream come true.

When it was time to choose a creative knowledgeable communications vendor, the name USCommunications seemed to be on everyoneÂ?s whoÂ?s whoÂ?s list in this field. Jon’s meeting with Steven Rosstad VP of Systems Engineering from USC gave Jon a chance to meet a 25 year veteran that has designed over a thousand communications systems for restaurants and hotels.

Stevecom7 (Mr.Rosstad handle) opened the doors to cool audio video concepts that will help make the Heartland Brewery and Sports Bar a NYC destination. The entire communication package will be project managed by USC. This included audio, video, video signage, telephone, data, POS, CCTV, WLAN and the architectural acoustic systems integration.

Jon also like the fact that stevecom7 was not only a technical professional but a guy with a passion for music and was once a jazz guitarist who played with John Coltrane’s drummer Elvin Jones and who jammed with Jimi Hendrix (one of Jon’s favorites)in a past life. Knowing this, Jon had no question that his new restaurant will sound great!

The project architect is Peter Niemitz Design Group out of Boston which specializes in restaurant design. Mr.Niemitz just completed the new Capital Grill in the Chrysler building in NYC. The talented Mr. Niemitz has planned an exceptional restaurant design for Jon’s Heartland Sports Bar that will keep customers coming back to enjoy a warm relaxed fun environment.

Heartland Brewery is the leading New York City prize winning brewer with locations throughout NYC. This new venue will give New Yorkers and tourists an exciting new place to visit for great food and fun in a world landmark location!

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