3DTV Without Upgrading Your HDTV

Users won’t have to upgrade their television sets to be able to experience 3D television claims John Lowry an imaging industry veteran and creator of a new 3D technology called TrioScopics3D.

The new 3D tech doesn’t require the viewer to upgrade their new television set or DVD/Blu-ray player and in fact can already be see in movies already out. The technology, which is based on the Anaglyph method of using a blue and red filter over your eyes, takes the technology one step further introducing a new color system (green and magenta) and better image processing and encoding on the disc.

3D Program Guides and On-Screen Displays Coming for 3DTV

Nagravision this week showed off the first example of a set-top guide created specifically for 3DTV stereoscopic viewing. One thing learned is that viewers need to have “an immersive experience” in 3D mode. That means all controls and visual elements, such as volume and on-screen program information, need to be in 3D.

Korean 3DTV Cable Service to Start

Cable TV providers will begin 3DTV broadcasting test for the first time in Korea in March of next year at the earliest.

3D Digital Signage Ready to Take Off?

Looks like there is a lot of interest from retailers in using glasses-free 3D digital signage. T-Mobile and Samsung are among the first to use it to promote their mobile phones.

Blu-ray 3D Meetings Start Soon

According to today’s Warren Communications News website, Panasonic says that the Blu-ray 3D Task Force will meet for the first time late July, and hopes for a finished standard by end of 2009.

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