CES 2010: Panasonic Brings 3D HD TV to Life Avatar Style
It really is a new decade for technology with Lenovo and HP ditching ye olde laptop in favour of the tablet, now Panasonic have blasted us to the future promising 3D TV to replace the so 90s 2D.
In what may be the biggest revolution in the industry from TV moving from black-and-white to colour, 3D TV is all the rage at CES this year with Sony, Samsung, LG, and Toshiba all announced 3D-compatible HDTVs at this year’s event.
Panasonic has been banging on about its 3D technology since last year’s event though, so we thought we’d see what developments have been made since.
Panasonic’s press conference began with a live broadcast from Japan of company president, Fumio Ohtsubo, on an HD visual communications system. He used himself as an example to introduce Panasonic’s new HD 3D professional video camera, allowing filmmakers to get creative with a new dimension.
The company plans to mainstream 3D HDTV through model info on five plasma sets in its Viera range and a Blu-Ray Disc player.
Panasonic’s 3D HD TVs (catchy, no?) range in screen size from 50 inches to 65 inches, and are due to ship by mid-2010, though costs are still under wraps.
The TVs include two 50-inch sets (TC-P50VT20 and TC-P50VT25), a 54-inch set (TC-P54VT25); a 58-inch model (TC-P58VT25) and the 65-inch blockbuster (TC-P65VT25).
Each set comes with one pair of the special funny-looking glasses that we’re supposed to don to see Man Vs. Wild in 3D.
If you fancy re-living the Avatar experience over and over again after it comes out on Blu-ray, Panasonic’s 3D-enabled DMP-BDT350 Blu-ray player will do just the job and will also play standard Blu-ray Discs and DVDs if you can’t handle the 3D blue leopard skin.
Panasonic also used its time in the spotlight to announce a partnership with Skype to equip its latest Viera TVs with videoconferencing capabilities.
The partnership allows TV watchers to make and receive Skype calls without taking their eyes off Neighbours.
You will also be able to use Skype TV to call mobile phones or landlines and set up voice conference calls with up to 24 other people.
Panasonic has created a specially designed camera that can be plugged into a Viera Cast set to make video-calling possible. The camera will deliver up to 720p video quality. and features a microphone system that can detect sound from “couch distance”.
Are you tempted to upgrade your current box to 3D? Leave us a comment and let us know.
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[...] Another interesting camera to debut is the Panasonic full HD 3D camcorder camera. Pretty cool, but I wondered how one will look at their 3D footage? Panasonic thought of that as well, and introduced 5 new 3D HD TV sets. [...]
I would like to buy a 3d hd tv from Panasonic, i have been using panasonic products for the last 12 years, and since moving from Canada to UK, I continue using the brand that I class as world class, I am interested in buying a 50inch – 65 inch 3d HD TV, can you advise me when they will be on sale and the cost for this brilliant 3d TV
I won’t buy one while they still need 3D glasses. They really don’t sound very kid friendly. Also, why do all the 3D sets seem to only come with 1 or 2 pairs of glasses? Doesn’t anyone have friends any more?
ever since playing Avatar on xbox360 at Armogedon 2009 and then seeing Avatar in 3d at the movie danm i have to have a 3d tv at home for playing games and watching 3d movie
bring it on now