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Blu-Ray Goes 3-D

One of the holy grails of television has always been 3D. Sure, you can put on those silly looking 3D glasses with the red and the blue, and while it does add some depth to the image, it is hardly three dimensional. I thought things might have been better with the new HDTV's, but when the same 1950's glasses came in my TV Guide last month, I will admit that I did tune in to that silly Hannah Montana special for a few minutes to confirm that it was no better than the last time I tried this decades ago. In the end, despite the cardboard glasses, it just isn't 3D, and looks more like "pseudo 3D."

However, it still could be done better. Philips is developing a standard, and apparently Blu-ray will deliver the three dimensional visual goods.

The next big thing Hollywood is hoping to bring to your living room is 3D television and the medium of choice looks to be Blu-ray. According to Xbitlabs, an undisclosed senior executive for a large consumer electronics company has said “The first real stereo 3D for the home will be via Blu-ray and for that you need a standard format. If everything goes perfectly this could happen in 2010 or 2011, but it never goes like that. Hopefully there will not be a format war."

While it sounds promising, here's hoping to no more format wars for a while. After all, it set hi def discs back for too long, and we don't need that scenario yet again.

By: mdc2727

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