3d

Consumer awareness of 3D TVs and Blu-ray 3D players has jumped by double digits in only six months, according to a study in February by market research company The NPD Group’s 3D 360º Monitor. Consumers aware of 3D plasma TV awareness jumped from 21 percent in September 2010 to 32 percent in February, while awareness of 3D Blu-ray players went from 15 percent to 26 percent...

According to a Japanese report, Toshiba is readying a 3D HDTV for release sometime in the next year, maybe even by Christmas, that would not require glasses to view.

Samsung announced that, in order to get customers started with stereoscopic home cinema, the 3D version of the 2009 Dreamworks Animation blockbuster Monsters vs. Aliens will be available exclusively bundled...

Blu-ray finally got its 3D specs completed, and players, discs and HDTVs are expected to start hitting the consumer market sometime in 2010. According to Sony the specs will be backwards compatible, allowing 2D discs to still play on 3D Blu-ray players, as well as allow 3D discs to play on current market 2D Blu-ray players (of course only in 2D).

he Home Theater Forum’s Ron Epstein needed just one word to sum up what everyone was talking about at the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) show: 3D.