3d-tv

Premiere for all-3D TV network on February 13

Published on: 14th February, 2011

A network exclusively dedicated to 3D TV broadcasting has launched on the 13th of February. It is called 3net and is offered by DirecTV on channel 107. The network is a joint venture between Discovery Communications, IMAX and Sony. The channel has aired two original programs in native 3D, each one-hour long, Forgotten Planet and [...]

Sales under expectations for Toshiba’s glasses-free 3D TVs

Published on: 7th February, 2011

The president of Toshiba’s Visual Products Company, Masaaki Osumi, said a few days ago that Toshiba had sold only about half of what was expected to of the glasses-free 3D TVs in Japan. It has only sold 500 of the 20-inch TVs with prices of $2,490 in the first month and less than that of [...]

First glasses-free 3D TV in the world launched by Toshiba

Published on: 8th October, 2010

Toshiba has said it would be the first company in the world to launch a glasses-free 3D TV. The event is scheduled for late December in Japan only. There will be two initial versions, the 12-inch 12LG1 and 20-inch 20LG1, both of them based on the parallax barrier effect found in the Nintendo 3DS. This [...]

Samsung 3D TVs soon available in the UK and maybe in the US

Published on: 25th February, 2010

Samsung’s president Hu has announced that the company is about to release its 3D-enabled TVs to the UK market, somewhere in March. He has also promised that every top Samsung TV will have 3D capability. In March, the company will be launching about 20 different 3D-capable products, including Blu-ray players, as well as 3D glasses. [...]

Sky to launch the first dedicated 3D TV channel

Published on: 9th February, 2010

United Kingdom-based cable provider Sky will launch the first 3D TV channel in April. The first live sport event that will be shown on Sky 3D will be a soccer match between Arsenal and Manchester United. The hardware needed to play the 3D broadcast will equip only nine pubs in towns like London, Manchester, Edinburgh, [...]