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Verizon FiOS TV Launches WealthTV – now in Amazing Cutting Edge 3D !

 

‘Wealth on Wheels Classic’ Series Now Available in 3D only on FiOS TV

 

Breaking News just in to 3DGUY.TV – of particular interest to all who want the closest thing to the reality of seeing, touching and driving real classic cars from their living room!

We have just heard that Verizon, a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers, serving nearly 93 million customers nationwide,  is offering FiOS TV customers an opportunity to see the latest in 3D programming, making an episode of its series on classic cars, “Wealth on Wheels Classic,” available in 3D – only for Verizon’s FiOS TV subscribers!

“As we progress with 3D on FiOS TV, programming like this from WealthTV gives our customers a
chance to see what 3D on FiOS is really all about,” said Tricia Lynch, director of content strategy and acquisition for Verizon.  “Seeing the classic cars come to life in 3D will make viewers feel like they’re in the driver’s seat,  especially with the incredible picture quality only FiOS can deliver.  

We look forward to providing more 3D programming like this.” Robert Herring Sr., CEO of WealthTV, said, “It’s clear that Verizon FiOS TV is committed to offering its customers the best possible viewing experience, from its robust high- definition offering to its leadership role in the deployment of lifelike 3D programming.  

WealthTV has a number of 3D production crews in the field producing exciting travel, adventure, culinary and documentary programs that will be available to FiOS customers in the near future.”

WealthTV’s 3D VOD program is available to all FiOS TV customers across the country who have a 3D television set, 3D glasses and a high-definition set-top box.  FiOS TV customers can find the 3D “Wealth on Wheels” episode in the “High Definition” VOD folder, under HD 3D.  The episode features the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center in Irvine, Calif., and highlights more than a dozen priceless classic automobiles and the 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.  The episode was produced by WealthTV, using the latest stereoscopic technology to further enhance the viewing experience.

WealthTV is available on FiOS TV in standard definition on Channel 169, high definition on Channel 669, and on VOD in 3D and HD.  FiOS TV’s leading VOD service includes 18,000 monthly titles, 70 percent of which are free.  

In addition, FiOS offers a broad collection of programming, with more than 565 all-digital channels including up to 140 HD channels.  FiOS also provides next-generation interactive services including an advanced interactive media guide; social networking, news and entertainment widgets; remote DVR management
via broadband or cell phone; and more.

For the latest news, updates and information about FiOS TV, visit www.verizon.com/newscenter
and http://www.verizon.com/athomeblog.

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You’ve probably heard some stories about major sporting events being produced for 3D. Recent events like this week’s All-Star Home Run Derby, the recent World Cup and the Masters golf tournament are fueling demand for 3D TV at a time when relatively few households own 3D-capable TV sets. But the consumer electronics supply chain is hard at work bringing more 3D TV sets to market. As many as 5.99 million 3D TV sets will ship worldwide by the end of this year, according to IMS Research. But the big growth remains ahead:

More than 218 million 3D TV sets will ship between 2010 to 2015.  Also, by the end of 2015, more than 241 million household will have a 3D Blu-ray Disc player, and more than 280 million will have an HD set-top box, many of which are capable of supporting 3D.

Maybe all of that volume will bring more service providers off the fence to support the technology. Comcast, DirecTV and, to a lesser extent, AT&T, have jumped out to support some of the earliest 3D TV programming, including the ESPN 3D channel that featured dozens of World Cup matches over the last month.

For other service providers, however, 3D TV remains a work in progress. Verizon has pledged to support 3D TV by the end of this year, but it has yet to publicly discuss further details of the service or channels it will offer.   Also, while early rollouts have stirred excitement about the technology, there have been minor glitches and other concerns. DirecTV and the YES Network offered the first New York Yankees game in 3D TV earlier this month, but a problem, reportedly in a fiber network connection, kept 3D features from kicking in right away. Sony also recently became the latest consumer electronics–maker, after Samsung, to issue a health warning about 3D TV.

But in its report, “3D Video & Gaming in the Home,” IMS Research said that ongoing releases of 3D theater movies, as well as competition in the home entertainment and consumer electronics sector, will help create a 3D TV market with high volume and aggressive pricing that narrows the gap in prices between 3D and 2D TV sets. IMS said that over the next five years the majority of high -end large-screen TV sets and Blu-ray Disc players will likely support 3D. The often overlooked base of 3D-capable HD set-top boxes will also help, as it will inspire content companies to invest in developing more 3D content, IMS said.

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A Sony studio exec recently was drumming up support for Sony PlayStation’s future capability to game in 3D when he mentioned that YouTube will be supporting 3D content over the next 12 months as well – and you’ll be able to watch that on the PlayStation 3. And as you start taking 3D pictures of your family or 3D camcorder movies, you can play those back on PS3, too.

Obviously, people who want to enjoy 3D content will need to buy all new hardware that supports 3D, all of which Sony plans to sell you.  To watch YouTube, in 3D for example, you’ll need a 3D display and a HDMI 1.4 compliant video card.  you’ll also need a TV or computer OS that supports 3D.

A YouTube 3D gallery already exists here.  You can find existing 3D YouTubes by seaching for yt3d:enable=true (thanks) and, if your hardware supports 3d, you can watch YouTube in 3D now.  But there is no consolidated 3D YouTube protocol.

Sony (SNE) is also one of a few Google (GOOG) manufacturing partners on GoogleTV (Logitech being the other), so it would not be surprising to see 3D built into Sony’s GoogleTV offering, which debuts later this year.  It will also be interesting to see how quickly these interfaces make their way to mobile devices.

How long will it be before 3dtube.com is taken… err, it already is. I just checked !

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It was announced this week that James Cameron’s box office destructor Avatar will be released again, just over 8 months after its initial run that started in December last year.

It seems as if the film’s $750 million box office success hasn’t satisfied 20th Century Fox, as it could have earned even more if almost every 3D screen had to stop running Avatar and start running Disney’s Alice in Wonderland because of contractual obligations. Read the rest of this entry »

As the 3D film industry burgeons, its perhaps a good time to stop and look back at the 50+ years of studio 3D cinema and draw breath.

There have been moments of terror, of laughter and of pain, both emotional and physical.  Read the rest of this entry »

After much speculation, it seems that James Cameron’s blockbuster Titanic will indeed receive 3D treatment and be released in April 2012 on the 100th anniversary of the ship’s tragic sinking, confirmed by an article that ran in the LA Times this week.

But the more interesting question at hand is: Can the post-production conversion process take a flat film and give it more depth as well as more box office legs? Read the rest of this entry »

Cinemas in Europe are scrambling to pick up the technology that enables them to project in 3D, as major studios start to release more consistent 3D blockbusters.

“Almost all of the growth in Europe has been driven by 3D,” Paramount exec vp distribution Mark Christiansen said Tuesday. “In the past year, Europe has surpassed the US in the number of 3D screens available.” Read the rest of this entry »

If you live in an English-speaking country you probably rarely see subtitles when you go to watch a movie in the cinema, unless the movie is a foreign one of course or some of the characters talk in a foreign language. But if English is not your official language and you are not watching a local movie, but the most recent Hollywood blockbuster title, then you will either see subtitles or in some occasions get the movie audio doubled in your local language. And while doing subtitles for 2D movies is actually not a serious challenge for anyone now (not meaning it is an easy task when it is being done right), when we are talking about a 3D movie that needs subtitles, then you actually have a serious challenge in front of you… Read the rest of this entry »

We don’t know what’s happening with them but one thing’s for sure— sexy girls in 3D will definitely click!
Here is one of the headlines from a website named “The Sun”:

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According to recent research conducted by the Jon Peddie Research Company, an estimated 75 million 3D PC’s will be purchased by consumers by the year 2014. The company is predicting that under a million 3D capable PC’s will be purchased in 2010 and that the industry will raise around $640 million. However, the company believes that by 2014, over 75 million 3D PC’s will be sold and the 3D PC industry will thrive. The industry in 2014 is estimated to gross over $34 billion from 3D PC hardware, with an additional  $4.5 billion coming from stereoscopic 3D content.