3D TV is here. Now where’s my flying car?
The BBC is planning a live three-dimensional test broadcast of the Six Nations rugby match between England and Scotland in a little over a week’s time.
Technical details for the Riverside event have not been finalised but
it is understood that three 3D rigs comprising dual Sony HDC950s will
capture the action. One will be positioned up high for wide shots with
two at pitch level. The dual HD streams will be transmitted multiplexed
to down link at Riverside Studios, demultiplexed and combined on
reception before projection onto a large screen for an audience wearing
stereoscopic glasses.
3D HDTV should be pretty lifelike, and they are claiming that the viewing experience will be just like being at Murrayfield.
Meanwhile, if you live in Korea, you can now buy a 3D plasma TV from Samsung at ?1,750,000 or ?2,500,000 for a 42" or 50" model respectively. That’s £935 or £1200 in Sterling, for comparison. For the moment, people buying 3D TVs will be restricted to using them for computer games and a limited number of specially created 3D movies.
Regular live 3D broadcasts are obviously still a little way off, but the technology’s in place: at this rate it might not be that long before we’re all able to watch them. I just hope that the motion sickness problems that have affected 3D TV in the past have been addressed — otherwise, I wouldn’t want to be in the pub when they start showing matches in 3D!
On a related note, you can get a three-dimensional effect and annoy fellow bus passengers with Sony’s new £250 headphones, whose speakers that float just in front of your ears.
Blog posted on Friday, February 29th, 2008 at 11:57 am under Televisions. Leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.
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