Panasonic's 3D Full HD Plasma Home Theater System

Events like the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are wonderful opportunities to evoke technologies that are about to invade the mainstream market, within months for some, within years for others. 3DTV is one of those.


Panasonic demoed its 3D Full HD Plasma Home Theater System including a 103-inch plasma, a Blu-ray player and a dedicated set of specs. The system by the Japanese electronics giant uses a special disc on which images are recorded on two canals, one for each eye. The glasses shutter successively the right eye and then the left in order to produce the 3D effect.

3D technology itself is not new, but has still failed to come to stores, mainly because of the lack of 3-D movies. The other reason is compatibility between the different manufacturers' systems and standards. These two points will have to be worked on in order to see 3D TV in homes anytime soon. Meanwhile, those who lag behind can take the opportunity catch up. LG for instance has already announced that 3D will be one of its priorities in 2009.


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