With 3D lighting up movie theaters worldwide, major consumer electronics manufacturers are rushing to roll out television sets that will bring three-dimensional digital images to the home.
"Today, 3D is clearly on its way to the mass market," Sony Corporation of America chairman and CEO Howard Stringer said Wednesday at the annual Ifa technology trade show in Berlin. "The 3D train is on the track, and we at Sony are ready to drive it home."
Sony is not alone, as archcompetitor Panasonic also announced Wednesday that it is on the 3D bus, or more specifically the tractor-trailer truck. Bob Perry, executive vp of Panasonic Consumer Electronics, said a fleet of trucks built to carry HD 3D theaters that will accommodate 30 people will roll across the country in the fall to showcase 3D televisions and Blu-ray players.
"This really is the new frontier of television," Perry said in an interview. "Over the coming years,...
"Today, 3D is clearly on its way to the mass market," Sony Corporation of America chairman and CEO Howard Stringer said Wednesday at the annual Ifa technology trade show in Berlin. "The 3D train is on the track, and we at Sony are ready to drive it home."
Sony is not alone, as archcompetitor Panasonic also announced Wednesday that it is on the 3D bus, or more specifically the tractor-trailer truck. Bob Perry, executive vp of Panasonic Consumer Electronics, said a fleet of trucks built to carry HD 3D theaters that will accommodate 30 people will roll across the country in the fall to showcase 3D televisions and Blu-ray players.
"This really is the new frontier of television," Perry said in an interview. "Over the coming years,...
- 9/2/2009
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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