Archive for: 3D

Acer GD235HZ and Alienware OptX AW2310 do battle in 3D HD monitor faceoff

We know 3D isn’t for everyone, but if you’ve got your heart set on jumping that bandwagon nice and early, here’s a review for you. The folks over at Tom’s Guide have sat down with 23-inch 3D displays from Acer (GD235HZ) and Alienware (OptX AW2310) and sought to figure which one offers the better gaming [...]

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Sony intros 3D-capable STR-DN1010 A/V receiver

Sony’s already introduced 3D TVs and 3D Blu-ray players, and it’s now finally followed those up with a 3D-capable receiver for those who need to pass through 3D video while internally decoding high res audio. That model, the STR-DN1010, is naturally a 7.1 A/V receiver, and boasts 110 watts of power per channel, along with [...]

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Weber State University shows us how to shoot 3D in HD for $250 (video)

There are plenty of ways to shoot the next groundbreaking 3D masterpiece, and for those with considerable bankrolls Panasonic’s P2 is a good choice — but, at $21,000, forgive us for looking for inexpensive alternatives. The Scientific Analysis and Visualization Initiative at Weber State University has crafted a very simple solution relying on a pair [...]

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TAT Home: the gesture-powered 3D home screen your Android device has longed for

It’s hard to believe this homegrown home screen actually runs as quickly as the video demo (posted up after the break) shows, but even if it’s just 89.877 percent as fast, we have a good idea we’d be interested. TAT Home is a gesture-powered 3D home screen for Android, and it relies heavily on cascading [...]

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Panasonic goes 3D crazy with AG-3DA1 camcorder and AG-HMX100 video mixer

Well, what do you know? The world’s first pro quality, fully-integrated full HD 3D camcorder has a name — and it’s up for pre-order. The AG-3DA1 camera (available this fall) is equipped with dual lenses and two full 1920 x 1080 2.07 megapixel 3-MOS imagers for recording 1080/60i, 50i, 30p, 25p and 24p (native) and [...]

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Panasonic launches BT-3DL2550 25.5-inch 3D IPS monitor, breaks your piggy bank

Feel like making your own 3D movie? That 3D camcorder and the bucket of blue paint alone won’t be enough — consider Panasonic’s new BT-3DL2550 3D production monitor. This 1920 x 1200 IPS display relies on an Xpol filter for the 3D magic through passive polarizing glasses (like the ones in the 3D cinemas; two [...]

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PS3 3D video output turns up in 3.20 debug firmware

We’d already heard that the PS3 wouldn’t need anything more than a simple firmware update to make the jump to 3D, and it looks like we now have the first evidence of that very firmware update. It’s obviously not ready for public consumption just yet, but a debug build of the 3.20 firmware is apparently [...]

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Samsung’s 3D HDTVs arrive February 26, starting at just under $2,000

Following the company’s 2010 Blu-ray player lineup, the first of this year’s 3D HDTVs from Samsung are available for preorder at a few internet retailers. The edge-lit LED and 1.1-inch thin C7000 series hits in 40- 46- and 55-inch sizes, with plenty of other features to go along with their 3D and 2D-to-3D conversion abilities. [...]

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Acer’s 3D, home automation-ready S5200 projector now available

Acer first slipped out word about this one last week, but it looks like its new S5200 projector is now actually available, and it packs a few more unique features than your average projector. That includes a 120Hz refresh rate and full support for 3D when paired with a compatible graphics card (and some 3D [...]

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Toshiba aims for living room domination with StorE TV media set-top box

You know who has yet to produce their very own connected set-top box? Believe us, it’s hard to formulate a correct answer here. Toshiba has somehow managed to stay far, far away from the STB bandwagon, but all that’s fixing to change in the year 2010. Electric Pig was able to toy with a pre-production [...]

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