Gizmodo: 3d television

Panasonic V10 NeoPDP Plasmas Now In 58 and 65-inch, and Just as Beautiful

Danny Allen — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:57:54 EDT

Amongst lots of chatter about 3DHD tech we've already seen, Panasonic has turned-out two larger V10 NeoPDP models at the IFA electronic fair in Berlin. Specs follow the existing 50 and 54-inchers: 1080p, 600Hz sub-field drive, and VIERA CAST web-content.

The new Plasmas also boast THX certification, and a dynamic contrast ratio of over 2,000,000:1 (really?).

The models look to have slipped under the radar and hit the U.S. last month. The TC-P58V10 is $2700; the TC-P65V10 is $4000. [Panasonic USA | Panasonic @ IFA]

Breakthrough in Holographic Tech Makes 3D Sets 5 to 10 Years Away

Elaine Chow — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:00:00 EDT

Holographic television sets may be only a few years off thanks to a new breakthrough in 3D technology. Researchers at the University of Arizona said they had made the first updatable 3D displays with memory, a prerequisite for getting any holographic image to move. With the new technology, displays can now be erased and rewritten in a matter of minutes.

Though that's still far slower than the refresh rate of normal 2D television sets, the researchers said that speeding the frame rate up would be a piece of cake compared to the first breakthrough. They were so confident, they even gave a time peg—five to ten years before the technology would reach the market. That's right, folks! Five to ten years before every wannabe-Luke Skywalker in the world will get to endlessly loop that integral Star Wars scene.

Grundig Tharus 3D: TV in All Its Dimensions, Someday

Charlie White — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:26:59 EDT

Here's yet another iteration of 3D TV, and this Grundig Tharus 3D flat panel lets you watch that 3D without special glasses. Made for the DVB system (the European and Asian broadcasting counterpart of the ATSC high-definition standard here in America), Tharus 3D uses a system where the footage is first acquired by a stereo HD camera. Its two pictures are transmitted to a special 3D converter set-top box that turns those two angles into eight perspective views, displaying them on this flat panel.

This we gotta see. After all the attempts at 3D content for broadcast and movies—most of them ultimately unsatisfying—could this be the one? Probably not. Nice-looking TV, though. Pricing and release date were not announced. After all, this fanciful broadcast system has to be built first. – Charlie White

GRUNDIG Tharus 3D [AVing, via BornRich]