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One of the problems with the whole 3-D fad that I mentioned in 2010 was the fact that there as a lack of 3-D content available. Specifically, there is a lack of 3-D movies. What good is a 3-D high definition television set if there is nothing to watch on it. Now, if there was only a way to convert regular 2-D movies into 3-D, then that would be a selling point. Imagine taking the new Star Wars BluRay collection, which is in 2-D, and watching it in 3-D.

The Digital Bits is reporting that Panasonic has done just that. Panasonic is releasing three new full 3-D BluRay player models. The DMP-BDT310, DMP-BDT210 and DMP-BDT110 will all be able to convert 2-D content from DVDs and BluRay into 3-D by using “natural depth perception”. This is a user adjustable effect which will allow you to increase or decrease the amount of depth in the movie.

Each model also includes the usual VIERA CAST Internet options (Netflix, Amazon VOD, You Tube, Pandora, twitter, Bloomberg News and weather info), which now feature Skype (a Skype button has now been added to the players’ remotes). All have ultra-quick playback and the two two models, the DMP-BDT310 and DMP-BDT210, have built-in WiFi and a Touch-Free sensor to open and close the disc tray in a dark room.

Prices and availability are unknown at this point.

via : The Digital Bits

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Fans of Pandora will find themselves browsing eBay in search of those fancy Avatar 3D BluRay discs, as new information says that the previously known Panasonic deal is actually an exclusive deal until February 2012.

Panasonic has confirmed to me that it’s nabbed the exclusive global distribution rights to the blockbuster title until February 2012. Until that point, it will only be available as a retail incentive to buyers of the brand’s 3DTVs and Blu-ray players.

That is an amazing duration on such a deal.  Panasonic no doubt paid a bundle, if it’s true.  I’m not very familiar with the ‘AVZombie’ site.

via Panasonic ties up Avatar 3D Blu-ray until Feb 2012, no retail release planned for 2011.

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Looks like the earlier reports of Avatar exclusively on Panasonic Viera televisions was right, because you can run out right now and buy a nice Panasonic Viera 3D TV and get the ‘Panasonic 3D Ultimate Pack’ including the rare disk and 2 3D Glasses.

If you’re hoping to score the 3D Blu-ray version of Avatar, you’ll have to cozy up to Panasonic and purchase a Panasonic Viera 3D TV. If you do, you can choose to receive one of two bundles:

• Full HD 3D Blu-ray Player plus Panasonic 3D Ultimate Pack
• $295.95 towards a Blu-ray 3D Home Theater System plus Panasonic 3D Ultimate Pack

If the $1000+ price tag is too much for you, then you can try your luck at eBay where the disks are going for $300-$400.

via Avatar 3D Blu-ray Finally Ships (Sort Of) – HotHardware.

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Time to start scrounging pennies, because Panasonic has just announced a new 3D Television.  Available for a massive 8.5 Million Yen (just around $100,000 USD), it’s a 103″ Plasma 3D TV.

Not much else in the way of details yet, but with a size like that, honestly what else do you need to know?  Except maybe how many air conditioners you need to add to your living room.

Panasonic introduces a 3D version its amazing 103” TV « Akihabara News.

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A few days ago we brought you news of the Lumiere Awards handed out at the International 3D Society awards.   NVidia has a new press release out announcing that they won for 3D Vision, and giving details on several of the other winners.

3ality Digital was honored for its Stereo Image Processor (SIP) technology; Autodesk for its “Maya®” 3D visual effects software technology; Dolby Laboratories for its “Dolby 3D” system; Steve Hines and The Walt Disney Studios for the “Disney Dual Camera Rig”; In-Three for its “Dimensionalization®” technology; MasterImage 3D for its “Digital 3D Cinema System”; Nvidia for its “3D Vision™” technology; Quantel for its “Pablo” 3D color correction and finishing system; Sassoon Film Design for its “2D to 3D Conversion” technology; Sony Pictures Imageworks for its “3D Pipeline”; The Walt Disney Studios for its “3D Pipeline”; and XpanD for its “Active 3D Cinema System.”

Get all the details after the break.

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Recently Panasonic unveiled a $250 3-D consumer camera, which is the the Lumix DMC-GH2 camera along with a special lens. The camera has an overly large 18 megapixel imaging sensor which allows the camera itself to shoot 16 megapixel images. This sensor can capture 1080p high definition footage at 60 frames per second. Unfortunately, it only outputs 1080i.

Using a special 3-D lens, it can shoot still photographs. It appears that the camera cannot shoot video in 3-D. Erica Ogg over at CNET has an article that takes a hands-on look at the Panasonic 3-D camera.

The 3D lens can be attached to the Micro Four Thirds camera. With the 3D lens on, there’s no zoom, and very bright light is required. Photos taken in a dimly lit exhibition hall barely registered any 3D effect, besides being blurry. For the best results, Panasonic says it recommends using the setup outdoors.

But the images we took in the demo area, where Panasonic had set up a backdrop with plenty of depth and a very bright light, even indoors, came out fairly well in 3D.

via Ceatec 2010: Hands on with Panasonic’s 3D camera | Circuit Breaker – CNET News.

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We have told you about the Panasonic AG-3DA1 3-D professional camera, and have even told you about the Panasonic HDC-SDT750 3-D consumer camera. Now Akihabara News has posted a review of the Panasonic HDC-SDT750.

Based on pretty much the same design introduced by Panasonic for the first time in July 2007 with its SD5, the TM750/SDT750 does not strike us at first really radically different from other models. To make things even worse, the TM750/SDT750 comes with the same 3CCD Technology introduce by Panasonic on its very first full HD consumer camcorder the SD1 launched in April 2007…

But as usual, looks are deceiving; our new TM750/SDT750 features Panasonic’s latest state-of-the-art improvements including a new 3MOS sensor offering a total of 9.15Mpix with 7.59 effective pixels just dedicated to movies, offering not only better video quality but also drastically improving Noise Reduction as well as offering better, more vivid colors. Add to this list a new HYBRID O.I.S image stabilizer working on 4 different axes, SDXC support, 96MB of internal memory, an impressive 12x optical Zoom expandable to 18x in iA Mode, 1080/60p, a manual focus ring and you have here Panasonic’s ultimate pocket camcorder.

If this is not enough for you yet, we should remind you that we are talking here about an ultra-compact Camcorder that just weighs 440g for 66x69x138mm without its 3D lens converter and 635g for 78x69x235mm with its 3D Lens Converter.

via [Review] Panasonic HDC-TM750/SDT750, the First Consumer 3D Camera. « Akihabara News

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I got my newest toy today, the Panasonic AG-3DA1 stereo camera.   Still need a lot of time to experiment with it and get the hang of it, but the in-hand convergence control alone is nice :)

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The boys at Engadget take Panasonic’s HDC-SDT750 for a spin, and finds it a pretty decent consumer-grade 3D experience.  If you don’t remember, this is a regular consumer grade camcorder with a special addon lens that takes the usual 1080p sensor and splits it into a side-by-side view, suitable for 3D, reducing the horizontal resolution by half.

We didn’t get to do any free roaming with the camera, but that’s none too thrilling anyway: your preview image is a slightly fuzzy 2D on the built-in LCD. What we did do was watch the camera feed its 3D capture live to a Panny 3D TV (in one of the hilarious outfits provide for us by Panasonic, as pictured above), and while the 3D effect is certainly for-reals and non-janky, the actual image quality takes an obvious hit from the fact that a 1080p sensor is being cut in half to capture the dual images. It almost took us back to the early days of HD cameras, or your friendly neighborhood “HD” webcam, where the output resolution is clearly higher than the sensor is physically capturing.

via Panasonic HDC-SDT750 3D camcorder preview — Engadget.

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If the 2D Version of Pandora wasn’t enough to satisfy your Avatar cravings, and you’ve been anxiously awaiting the 3D BluRay to come to market, then you might want to hurry out and get yourself a nice Panasonic 3D Viera plasma.  It seems that Panasonic has brokered a limited-time exclusive so that the 3D BluRay will initially only be available to Panasonic Viera owners.

At launch, running through an undisclosed period of time, the disc will only be available to consumers who purchase a Panasonic 3D Viera plasma TV. The promotional offer will likely take the form of a variety of bundles onto the purchase of Viera 3D TVs and related equipment, although exact details are still to be announced, the company said.

via 3D ‘Avatar’ to Blu-ray in December; exclusive to Panasonic 3D TVs | Crave – CNET.

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