Category: 3D TV
Star Wars movies getting 3D cinema makeover
Lucasfilm have officially confirmed that the Star Wars movie saga will be getting a 3D makeover and hitting cinema screens in 2012. Both the prequels and classic trilogy will have stereo conversion applied to the films, released year by year,…
Sky reveal 3D channel programming line up
Sky have revealed the full range of content headed to their 3D TV channel when it launches this coming October 1st. From movies to sport and a fair few other titbits in-between, it's looking like quite a healthy line-up so…
Stephen Fry's 3D TV guide for Sky ahead of October 1st channel launch
He's everywhere at the moment. Stephen Fry, the Jamie Oliver of the tech world, is now giving his time to Sky to promote the launch of its 3D TV channel on October 1st (just in case you'd forgotten). If…
IFA 2010: Surreal 3D meta-reality future glimpsed at Panasonic booth – VIDEO
3D tech was all over the IFA 2010 conference this year, but perhaps the most unusual example of its usage was over at the Panasonic hall. Now the actual technology demoed here, whilst impressive, isn't all that strange; Panasonic…
IFA 2010: LG's lush 31 inch 3D OLED prototype is a tantalising taste of the future – VIDEO
3D may still by the buzz word when it comes to TVs at the moment, but if LG's 31 inch prototype model is anything to go by, the future of flatscreen televisions really lies in OLED technology. At 31 inches…
IFA 2010: Sky back LG for 3D TV future, hardware deals on the way for subscribers
Sky TV and LG have further extended their 3D partnership in the run-up to the broadcaster's October 1st 3D channel launch. LG will enter into a joint marketing program with Sky to promote the new service, which will soon include…
IFA 2010: 65 inch 3D TV is Samsung's show-stopper
Though the focus of Samsung's IFA 2010 press conference may have fell largely on their Galaxy Tab slate device (as did their advertising campaigns – building sized Galaxy Tab adverts are dotted liberally around Berlin at the moment), perhaps the…
Low cinema attendance figures: are 3D films to blame?
This summer saw US cinema attendance figures hit their lowest point in 5 years. Hollywood.com estimates that 552 million people hit theatres across the States, compared to the previous lowest point of 563.2 million back in 2005. What's thought to…
IFA 2010: Details of LG's 31 inch 3D OLED leak ahead of Berlin debut
It's been heralded as the future of flatscreen TVs, but OLED screens have so far been so small and expensive that they've remained something of a novelty. Until now that is. Details have leaked of an LG super OLED set…
Toshiba working on glasses-free 3D TV for the home?
Apart from their high price tags, the need for a pair of active shutter glasses is a major factor slowing down the adoption of 3D TV sets. Jazz them up all you want, but they are in no way convenient,…