For at least the past 18 months, TV manufacturers have been espousing the virtues of 3D TVs, even as the movie studios merely dabble in Blu-ray 3D releases while blasting the theatrical screens with 3D big-screen productions. As a result, millions of HDTV owners are interested in 3D but unwilling to take the plunge. A company called TriOviz has a possible solution: glasses that turn even 2D content into 3D presentation. And we have TWO of these innovative Inficolor 3D glasses to give away. TriOviz's Inficolor 3D … [Read more...]
Toy Story 3 Blu-ray 3D Review
As a parent, I find Toy Story 3 to be an incredibly sad movie. Well scripted, meaningful and great, to be sure, but emotional and sad nonetheless. As a so-called graphics whore, I find Toy Story 3 to be one of 2011’s benchmark CG films, with animations and textures so refined they’d make granular sugar cry. Yet as a fan of the Blu-ray 3D format, I find Toy Story 3 to be a bit disappointing. The technological jump from the first to second film was remarkable, as I noted in my Toy Story 2 Blu-ray 3D review, and the impact … [Read more...]
Panasonic, Sony, Samsung Partner on Universal 3D Glasses Standard
TV-specific active shutter 3D glasses may finally go the way of red-and-blue 3D glasses, as Panasonic, Sony and Samsung today announced an agreement to develop, adopt and promote an industry standard for universal 3D glasses technology. The new technology, which will debut in 2012, will still use the active-shutter technology but will ensure that 3D TVs from those manufacturers will all be able to use the same pairs of glasses. Active shutter glasses have largely been the technology of choice for most 3D TVs that … [Read more...]
First Rechargeable Active 3D Glasses — Also Universal — Coming in August
Considering the number of 3D TV manufacturers, most of which require proprietary active-shutter 3D glasses, owners of a PS3 or 3D Blu-ray player may feel hamstrung when it comes to the total cost of their hobby. The one set of universal active 3D glasses we've reviewed (from Xpand) didn't fare particularly well, but a company called NextGen is hoping to change that. And it's going to do so via the industry's first rechargeable Active 3D glasses. On August 1, NextGen will debut a pair of Active 3D Glasses ($79.95 … [Read more...]
