3d-related stories
Posted Sep 30th 2009 4:00PM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Hardware, Reality-Free
Why must Panasonic, Sony, Samsung and that lot constantly develop new technologies in an attempt to break my bank account? First it was things like flat television and high definition. Now, Panasonic is joining the ranks of other television manufacturers to produce a high definition television that can handle both 2D and 3D images. But this time, they're enlisting Hollywood
to help them sell it.
The idea is that Hollywood is producing more 3D films and this technology will enable the sale of 3D DVDs. It could even potentially be the feature to push Blu-ray sales to the level of regular DVDs (assuming it's only on Blu-ray).
Do we really need to be able to watch 3D movies at home? It sounds like one of those things that seem extraneous at first then once you have it in the home you have no idea how you lived without it. 3D television has been talked about for years now. We'll have to see if this is the event that pushes it more to the mainstream.
Posted Jul 27th 2009 10:09AM by John Scott Lewinski
Filed under: Reality-Free, Comic-Con
There's still plenty of Comic-Con International coverage en route from me, including exclusive interviews you'll only find here.
But, as the Monday morning after the madness dawns, we'll take a few minutes and review the major impressions left by the four day weekend.
What happened? What were the biggest themes of the convention and what didn't happen that everyone was hoping would. In other words, what was Comic-Con 2009, and where did it fall short?
Continue reading The convention that WAS and WASN'T - Comic-Con Report
Posted Apr 15th 2009 9:05AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Programming, HDTV, Cable/Satellite, Hardware, Reality-Free
Have you been clamoring for an all 3-D television network? Have you been hoping and praying that the god of your choice would listen to your prayers and deliver unto you a fully three dimensional network? Have you been unable to sleep for months on end as your very sanity teeters on the precipice of your grasp on reality?
Me neither.
Nevertheless, a publicly traded company hopes to turn a humble syndicated network into the world's first fully three-dimensional channel.
Continue reading New 3-D channel coming at ya
Posted Jan 30th 2009 12:00PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Watercooler Talk, Super Bowl, Chuck, Reality-Free
This morning, among all its other self-promotional Super Bowl nonsense, NBC's
Today show was promoting
the 3D experience that fans will see during the game on Sunday. Sobe and the animated movie
Monsters vs. Aliens will both have ads in 3D, and then fans can use the same glasses to watch Monday night's episode of
Chuck, which is shot with the same Intel
Tru3D technology as the ads. DreamWorks' co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg appeared on
Today with Zachary Levi from
Chuck to promote the technology and explain how different it was from the old red-and-green 3D that gave people headaches in the days of yore.
According to Levy and Katzenberg, this version of 3D is supposed to work, no matter what the delivery method. Well, NBC was kind enough to send me a preview copy of Monday's
Chuck (which I sent on to Allison for her episode review), complete with glasses. I've got to tell you... it doesn't work. At least not on TV. At least not for me.
Continue reading I don't care what NBC is saying... 3D on TV still doesn't work
Posted Jan 12th 2009 2:08PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Industry, HDTV, Hardware, Reality-Free
So you've got that new high definition television in the living room, your 120 gig TiVo recording all of your favorite shows and a cable box with more channels than a Roman aqueduct.
Think you've reached the pinnacle of home entertainment?
The Consumer Electronics Show would beg to differ.
Some 3-D TV's popped up on the convention floor and the advent of the burgeoning technology is starting to create a bit of buzz that it could become the next step over HD TV.
Continue reading From HD...to 3-D?
Posted Nov 28th 2006 1:33PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Animation
How about a big, blue, smurfy nose in your face?
The Smurfs are getting their own movie and it's going to be in 3-D and CG. While that's pretty cool, it's really not the most interesting part of
this article with
Smurfs movie producer Jordan Kerner. Let's just say he is an extreme fan of the cartoon. Kerner says he has watched all 234 episodes of
The Smurfs numerous times. He's producing a trilogy of
Smurfs movies that fill in the "holes" in all the episodes. He gives the example that sometimes there was another female Smurf that was not Smurfette. He has come up with an explanation for that and many other things, including a backstory for Gargamel. The last time I watched
The Smurfs, I was a kid. I sure don't remember any "holes" in the series. I'd like to know where baby Smurfs come from if Smurfette is the only girl!
Posted Apr 19th 2006 5:05PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Cable, Animation, Children
Here's a question for anyone who's reading this who has little kids: do kids
today even know who Mickey Mouse is? I know Disney still maintains a talon-like hold on the subconscious of
preschoolers everywhere, but I don't know if ol' Mickey gets much attention these days. Well, he may be getting more
attention when
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse premieres in May as part of the Disney Channel's "Playhouse
Disney" block. The new computer-animated program will feature Mickey and his close pals Goofy, Donald Duck,
Pluto, Minnie Mouse, and Daisy Duck as they take part in weird and fun adventures and teach basic fundamentals of
learning. The theme song is written and performed by They Might Be Giants. The show debuts in primetime at 7:30 p.m. on
May 5, and then rerun the next morning in its regular Saturday 9:00 a.m. timeslot.
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