October | 2008

TV’s Next Dimension

3-D Television Is the Medium’s Next Frontier—When Will the Future Arrive?

With U.S. consumers expected to buy about 2 million 3-D-capable televisions this year, such TVs will account for about 5% of the total. “It’s way in front of the consumer,” Bruce Leichtman, president of Leichtman Research Group, said of 3-D…

Firm Sets Sights on Glasses-Free 3-D

While exhibitors at last week’s 3-D Biz Expo in Los Angeles gladly showed off a couple dozen 3-D displays with images ranging from sunsets to roller-coasters appearing to jump out of the screens, they also included something they were less…

Blu-Ray a Player in 3-D

While standards for over-the-air 3-D broadcasts are likely years away from being set, television makers and studios are looking to Blu-ray DVD technology as the first step toward mass acceptance of the new technology. Walt Disney, a big proponent of…