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Show Notes

3D Movie Announcements:

• Nightmare on Elm Street 2 3D
• Transformers 3D / Avatar converted?
• How to Train Your Dragon 2 3D
• The Green Lantern 3D
• The Last Airbender 3D
• 3d Deep
• The Ring 3D
• Monsters Inc 2 3D
• Alien Prequel 3D
• Aliens / Transformers Conversion
• Dark Crystal 3D Sequal
• Ice Age 4: Continental Drift 3D
• Chinese Odyssey
• Gremlins 3d
• Life of Pi 3d

3D Movies in the theaters

• Shrek Forever After – May 21st
• Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World – May 14th (IMAX)

3D News:

• Roger Ebert Slams 3D
• Samsung and Panasonic Shutter Glass Basically the same thing
• Consumer Report Reviews 3D TV’s
• 3D Tech not what it is made out to be
• Yankees First with 3D baseball
• Mitsubishi 3d Converter incompatible with legacy Samsung 3d TV’s
• James Cameron to develop Mars 3d camera

Gaming:

• Gran Turismo 5 3D
• Nintendo 3DS to have 3D off switch
• PlayStation 3′s 3D implementation explained, may require upscaling (AJ)

FAQ:

• Amazon Launch 3D 101
• HD 101: 3D FAQ

TV’s:

• Zalman Trimon ZM-M240W 3D Monitor
• Panasonic prices, dates full 3D plasma lineup — 65-inches for $4,29

Currently available devices

• Blu-Ray:
  • Samsung BD-C6900 – $360
  • Panasonic BDT350 – $430
  • Panasonic BDT300 – $400
• Receivers:
  • Yamaha HTR-3063 – 500W 5.1 – no lossless – $230
  • Yamaha RX-V367 – 500W 5.1 – no lossless – $230
  • Yamaha RX-V467 – 525W 5.1 – lossless – $330
  • Onkyo SR308 – 5.1 325W – lossless- $250
  • Onkyo SR508 – 7.1 560W – lossless – $350
  • Onkyo SR608 – 7.2 700W THX2 – lossless – $500
  • Samsung HW-C700 – 840W 7.2 – lossless – $353
  • Samsung HW-C500 – 500W 5.1 – no lossless – $300
  • Pioneer VSX 1020 – 7.1 770W – lossless – $550
  • Pioneer VSX 920 – 7.1 770W – lossless – $400
  • Pioneer VSX 820 – 5.1 550W – lossless – $300
  • Pioneer VSX 520 – 5.1 550W – lossless – $230
• HTIB:
  • Samsung 7.1 $550
  • Samsung 5.1 $400
  • Yamaha 5.1 $400
  • Onkyo 7.1 $500
• TV’s:
  • Samsung LN46C750 46″ LCD $1529
  • Samsung PN50C7000 50″ Plasma $1800
  • Samsung PN50C8000 50″ Plasma $2300
  • Samsung PN58C7000 58″ Plasma $2430
  • Samsung PN58C8000 58″ Plasma $3000
  • Samsung PN63C8000 63″ Plasma $3800
  • Samsung UN40C7000 40″ LED LCD $1800
  • Samsung UN46C7000 46″ LED LCD $2340
  • Samsung UN46C8000 46″ LED LCD $2520
  • Samsung UN46C9000 46″ LED LCD $6000
  • Samsung UN55C7000 55″ LED LCD $2970
  • Samsung UN55C8000 55″ LED LCD $3149
  • Samsung UN55C9000 55″ LED LCD $7000
  • Panasonic P50VT20 50″ Plasma $2500
  • Panasonic P50VT25 50″ Plasma $2600
  • Panasonic P54VT25 54″ Plasma $3000
  • LG 47LX9500 47″ LED LCD $3500

Contact us:

• http://twitter.com/usacomp2k3
• http://twitter.com/JamesMontemagno
• seenin3d@thedigitalmediazone.com

Special thanks to:

Sir Wellington du Beuf by Amish Rake Fight

More links!

• Roxio Reveal 3D Consumer Survey
• 3D drives European cinema receipts to 12% growth
• Roxio: Consumers Ready For Home-Based 3D TV
• World Cup to kick-start 3D TV uptake?
• 3D tickets fuel record price surge
• Japan Issues Handbook of 3D Dangers
• 20 Million Households to Adopt 3D TV by 2015
• No One Wants To Be Left Behind In 3-D (broadcastengineering)
• DirecTV CEO: Lead in 3-D TV is competitive edge
• DirecTV quickly signs up the first baseball 3D broadcast
• Australia’s initial 3DTV broadcast will be delivered OTA
• Satellite HD and 3D Channels Grow
• 3D Gaming to Popularize 3D Technology
• 3-D video gaming is coming, but at what cost? – CNN.com
• Did you know you could use your new 3DTV for 3D PC gaming?
• Summit catches 3D gaming in upswing
• DreamWorks: Making 3D Movies – Forward Thinking by Michael J. Miller
• RealD’s Professional Stereo 3D Calculator Available Now
• MTV 3D
• Ontario incentives turn to 3D work
• What Suppliers Say About Their Products’ 3D Repeater Capabilities (twice)
• Sigma Designs Utilize RealD 3D Format
• Samsung’s BD-C6900 3D Blu-ray player reviewed: speedy, but noisy
• Standardization For 3-D Content Delivery In The Works (broadcastengineering)
• Fujifilm’s Finepix HD Player HDP-L1 puts 3D W1 footage onto your new 3D HDTV
• Toshiba Mobile Display touts 21-inch glasses-free 3D HDTV, raises a few eyebrows

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Show Notes

*AJ’s adventures caught on Camera (http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100424/VIDEO/4242000&template=video) about 2:05 in

*3D Movies this week!

• PHISH 3D (concert) April 30th

*3D Movies still in theaters:

• -Clash of the Titans
• -How to Train your dragon
• -Kenny Chesney: Summer 3D

*3D Movie announcements

• · Alice on Blu-ray…No 3D (http://hdguru3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=321)
• · Shrek 1/2/3 in 3D Blu-ray (http://hdguru3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=318)
• · Men in Black 3d (http://hdguru3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=335)

*3D News and Articles

• · Samsung 3D TV Viewing Warnings: (http://www.samsung.com/au/tv/warning.html)
• · Samsung 3D TV Commercials (http://hdguru3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=327)
• · French Open in 3D (http://hdguru3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=324)
• · NewSight’s 70-inch glasses free 3D tv (http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/newsights-70-inch-3dtv-keeps-the-glasses-away-with-its-parallax/)
• · PS3 Firmware for 3D (http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/17/ps3s-summer-3d-firmware-is-all-fun-and-games-and-no-blu-ray/)
• · 3d movies (http://hd.engadget.com/2010/04/17/3d-movies-have-accounted-for-33-percent-of-the-box-office-this-y/)
• · 10 Dream 3d movies (http://www.electronichouse.com/article/10_dream_3d_blu-ray_releases/)

Contact us:

• http://twitter.com/usacomp2k3
• http://twitter.com/JamesMontemagno
• seenin3d@thedigitalmediazone.com

Special thanks to:

Sir Wellington du Beuf by Amish Rake Fight

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Show Notes

* Whatcha been doing?

* 3D Movies this week

* 3D Movie Announcements (Resident Evil, Step Up 3D, Beauty and the Beast)

* 3D News

• Clash of the Titans #1
• What it takes to properly convert a movie to 3D
• Debate raging over conversions
• StreamTVs/Mitubishi 3D DLPs
• Sony prices their 2010 3DTVs
• Projection: 2.5 million TVs sold in 2010
• World Cup in 3D Schedule
• ESPN free to DirectTV HD subscribers
• 3D commercials

3D Movie Overview

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_movies

* 2004

• Polar Express (render) – first non-IMAX movie in imax

* 2005

• Chicken Little ()

* 2006

• Nightmare before Christmas (render)
• Ant Bully (animation)
• Monster House (animation)

* 2007

• Beowulf (motion capture)
• Meet the Robinsons (animation)

* 2008

• Bolt (animation)
• Fly Me to the Moon (animation)
• Journey to the Center of the Earth (3d) – Same cameras as Avatar

* 2009

• Avatar (real)
• Christmas Carol
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (animation)
• Coraline (3d)
• The Final Destination
• G-Force (rendered)
• Toy Story 1/2 (re-rendered)
• Up (animation)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (animation)
• My Bloody Valentine

Special thanks to:

Sir Wellington du Beuf by Amish Rake Fight

More Links:

• Projection: 2.5 million 3D HDTVs sold in 2010
• ESPN 3D Free to DirecTV HD Subscribers
• Panasonic 3D: ‘We Pride Ourselves in the Design of the Glasses’
• 3D Demos: Big-Box Retailer Shoot-out
• 3D FAQs from Panasonic Touch the Future Tour
• Inside Panasonic’s 3D Tour
• Monsters vs. Aliens 3D Blu-ray Available
• First live 3D broadcast to rock Japanese airwaves on May 16
• LG announces LD950 passive shutter 3DTV for UK market
• Comcast’s 3D channel goes live, just in time for the Masters
• New Mitsubishi 3D DLPs arrive for 2010, is this the mysterious StreamTV?
• What it takes to properly convert a 2D movie to 3D
• DirecTV will have ESPN 3D at launch, next to its own N3D channel
• AVS Forums lets you know how to watch The Masters in 3D online
• Pricing for Sony’s 2010 3DTVs revealed at JR.com
• Final Four basketball in 3D is the closest thing to being there
• The Masters in 3D will require you to manually select side by side
• Comcast only wants to share 3D feed of The Masters with cable
• Samsung’s 3D UN55C8000- HD Guru Exclusive First Review
• LG’s 3D Market Target
• 3D Content Available for Download
• Hollywood Producer Slams 3D Overuse
• Samsung’s 3D UN55C8000- HD Guru Exclusive First Review
• 3D Vs the Supernatural This Halloween
• Clash of the Titans Terrible 3D Conversion
• The Fast and the Furious 5 in 3D?
• NCAA Final Four 3D Venues Finalized
• DirecTV to Offer 3 3D Channels This June
• Eco Friendly 3D Glasses Announced
• Google Maps Street View Goes 3D
• Sky 3D Venue Locator Launched
• Resident Evil Afterlife 3D
• PowerDVD 10 Receives Blu-ray 3D Certification
• Verizon Planning 3D TV Service
• Sharp Develops 2D/3D Touchscreen LCD
• Successful Kick Off For Sky 3D
• Avatar Producer Confirms 3D Gaming Summit
• Yamaha Announces 3D-ready AV Receivers
• Comcast to Offer Masters Tournament in 3D
• Shark Night 3D
• Sony to Announce 3D Distribution of 2010 FIFA World Cup
• Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D Trailer Revealed
• Mammoth HD3D Footage Library Launched
• Tron: Legacy Sequel Underway
• Sensio and Miranda Form 3D Partnership
• 2010 FIFA World Cup 3D Schedule
• 3D TV Demonstrations Set for NAB Show
• Sony Launch 3D Film Competition
• Advertisers exploring 3D commercials
• Exec: Mass 3D TV adoption to be slow
• RealD plans IPO of up to $1 billion
• 3D to take center stage at NAB
• Sharp working on advanced 3D displays
• Debate waging over 2D-to-3D conversion
• 3D: The Next Big Thing?
• First Look 3D: Samsung UN46C8000 3D HDTV and BD-C6900 Blu-ray 3D Player
• Theaters Bottleneck 3D Movie Glut
• Why 3D TV is just a pointless gimmick
• New Onkyo Home Theater Products Compatible with HDMI 1.4a (3D)
• NEW YAMAHA ‘3D-READY’ HOME THEATER IN A BOX SYSTEMS OFFER HD AUDIO, FAR-REACHING HD SOURCE CONNECTIVITY
• SENSIO And Teranex To Demo Integration Of Professional 3D Technology Into Leading Processing Platform
• SENSIO And Miranda Announce Partnership To Develop Suite Of Broadcast Products For 3DTV

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Show notes:

3D News and Articles

a. Avatar Blu-ray + 3D release + Titanic 3D? http://www.collider.com/2010/03/24/james-cameron-interview-avatar-blu-ray-also-talks-titanic-3d-and-avatar-2

b. More Avatar blu-ray: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/avatar-disc-opens-up-online-only-extras-until-ultimate-edition-a/

c. New 3D movies:

i. Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

ii. Gulliver’s Travels

iii. Harry Potter

iv. Tangled aka Rapunzel

v. Tron Legacy!

vi. Yogi Bear

vii. Hangover 2

d. 3D TV news

i. Samsung vs. Panasonic 3D showdown: http://gizmodo.com/5501900/

ii. New LG on sale in May: http://gizmodo.com/5501792/lgs-lx9500-3dtv-will-go-on-sale-may

iii. Samsungs fancy 3D glass for pre-sale: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/26/samsungs-fancy-3d-glasses-up-for-amazon-pre-order/?tag=thedigmedzon-20

iv. Sky TV: http://hdguru3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=260

v. Sony 3D TVs for Canada! http://hd.engadget.com/2010/03/26/sony-canada-prices-3dtvs-for-june-samsung-models-available-at-f/

e. HTPC 3D:

i. Power DVD 10: http://www.cyberlink.com/eng/press_room/view_2382.html

ii. WMC will record 3D just fine!

f. Glasses Free 3D: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/25/new-glasses-free-3d-tech-uses-per-pixel-prisms-for-zero-crosstal/

g. Nintendo 3DS! http://kotaku.com/5499784/what-we-know-and-think-we-know-about-the-nintendo-3ds

h. Geek Squad and 3D synching: http://hdguru.com/best-buy-offers-bogus-3d-sync-service/1415/

3D Movie Technology

a. 3D Glasses and the Different types??: http://www.cepro.com/article/3d_glasses_101/

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Special thanks to:

Sir Wellington du Beuf by Amish Rake Fight

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More Links:

http://hdguru3d.com/index.php?view=article&id=267 – 3d movies coming Christmas 2010

http://hdguru3d.com/index.php?view=article&id=269 – The Hangover 2 in 3d Confirmed

http://broadcastengineering.com/news/3-d-sports-production-takes-off-with-vengeance-0325/ – Great specs. The Hockey game was shot with 6 different camera’s. The Master’s will have 2 camera’s in 8 locations. Works on 3d-equipped PC’s too. Comcast will have a dedicated 3d channels with 2 hours/day of cover. It will send the signal to Denver over fiber to be distributed.

http://www.hdguru3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=266 – NCAA final 4 coming to 3d theaters & championship game.

http://www.hdguru3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=268 – Technicolor now has analog 3d projection over 35mm

http://hdguru3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=263 – Price increases for 3d

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/technology/news/e3ibfd213a2705154524fa74c3489cfb08c – CatholicTV broadcasting in 3d

http://www.electronichouse.com/article/deal_3d_tvs_from_tigerdirect_amazon_more/?tag=thedigmedzon-20 $2198 will net a 46”, $3330 for 55” Samsung

http://hometheatermag.com/news/032410shelves – Panasonic 3d tv’s sold out – $2500 for 50” Plasma, $2890 with blu-ray player and glasses. Panasonic also has 55” LED backlit LCD set

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/wal-mart-to-sell-3-d-tv-this-year-unexpectedly-2010-03-23 – Wal-Mart says will sell by year-end

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/sonys-3d-glasses-rated-at-55-alice-in-wonderland-viewings-per/ – Sony glasses say will get about 100 hours/recharge. The Panasonic says theirs are 250 hours.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/avatar-disc-opens-up-online-only-extras-until-ultimate-edition-a/ – 2d-only release – but in 16:9

http://www.hdguru3d.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=255 – 65% of people want 3d for movies. 27% of internet-using adults ssaw a 3d movie, and half of those saw >1. Just under half would prefer 3d if available.

http://www.cyberlink.com/eng/press_room/view_2382.html PowerDVD 10 . 3d edition will work in summer. $100. Will also upconvert 2d content in software (including DVD)