Panasonic is now showing off a new prototype 50-inch plasma 3D television, as the company continues to be at the forefront of the future 3DTV market.
Pricing hasn’t been released yet, but the company plans to show off the TV during the CEATEC computer conference in Japan early next month. Pricing details should be released a few months before launch, with the company expected to release specific details in October.
The company wants to bring full high-definition 3DTV to the North American and Japanese markets sometime in 2010, and showing off the TV during CEATEC is an important first step.
To help promote its 3D, Panasonic will continue to rely on Hollywood to market 3D technology. Movie studios are expected to offer at least thirty 3D movies, with the overall number expected to increase further in 2011 and 2012.
Now that TV manufacturers have enlisted Hollywood to help promote 3D, manufacturers can now focus solely on pushing out the technology.
Panasonic already introduced a 103-inch 3DTV, but the price tag will keep it off most store shelves for quite some time, with the unit truly designed to show that the technology is here.
The 50-inch 3DTV will require owners to wear “shutter” glasses that have the ability to get in sync with what the TV is showing at the time. Specifically, active shutter technology allows the glasses to show the correct image for each eye. The ability to offer 1080p quality 3D images to both eyes is a requirement the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is mandating with 3D Blu-ray standards.
Panasonic is at the forefront of 3D, and is likely going to be one of the first companies to help create guidelines for the technology.
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