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UK’s Channel 4 goes 3D!

Posted on12. Nov, 2009 by "Mitch".

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Channel 4 in the UK will be using a ColorCode system for its new 3D-TV channel. That system “uses a blue-amber filter, and claims to be an improvement over older red/green anaglyphic lenses”. Rapid TV News has more information as well as information on the programming plans. Here is a bit more about what is [...]

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3D cable TV service to be offered by Virgin Media, Nov 17th!

Posted on12. Nov, 2009 by "Mitch".

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It seems the Virgin Media demo last week of 3D cable TV wasn’t just a ploy to get people talking about their other services, but true dedicated programming that will be offered in a “similar way to how HD services are offered” starting on November 17th. The content will be delivered in the ‘video on [...]

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Virgin Media gives the UK it’s first-ever public demonstration of 3D television

Posted on04. Nov, 2009 by "Mitch".

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Virgin Media is starting to demo 3D cable technology in the UK. Even though it appears to just be a fairly tame demo to make people aware of 3D technology this holiday season. There is still no timeframe for when Virgin plans to start pushing 3D content over their fiber networks, but it’s good to see [...]

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Time to go home.

Posted on01. Nov, 2009 by The James.

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The future of the 3D market could hinge on the consumer acceptance of 3D televisions in the near future. With the limited amount of available 3D screens in theaters, and the number of 3D releases increasing, the movies are expected to spend less time in theaters. 3D movies are already expensive to produce, so limited [...]

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Finally, something on cable worth watching…

Posted on30. Oct, 2009 by The James.

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CableLabs is on top of the emerging market and will be demonstrating, for the first time ever, the transmissions of synchronized HD stereoscopic 3D video signals over a single cable channel on a real cable system at the Cable-Tec Expo Denver, CO.