Comcast will be showing a live 3D broadcast of the Masters golf tournament from April 7 through 11 to subscribers of Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, and Cablevision. The broadcast will be produced by the Augusta National Golf Club. Recently Comcast gave a preview of what it would look like.
On Wednesday, Comcast showed off test footage to reporters at the Sports New York studios. The company demonstrated the technology on three devices: a 3D-enabled laptop, an LG “passive” 3D TV, and a Sony “active” 3D TV. There are technical differences between the “passive” and “active” TVs, but for consumers, the difference between the two is that the passive technology requires glasses that cost about $1.50, while the active version requires glasses that cost $150.
