These mainstream Disney titles should offer further incentive to upgrade to home 3D hardware.
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To further improve the in-home 3D viewing experience, Panasonic introduced its latest generation of lightweight 3D glasses.
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Still, it's hard not to get excited about the direction such a device signals both in the development of an ecosystem for the company and for the future of home 3D printing in general.
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But for those not yet willing to shell out thousands of dollars for their own home 3D-printer, Shapeways offers another path to bring software models into reality, asking consumers and retailers to upload their designs shipping the results back to them, printed on high-end machines with a level of precision and in materials that no consumer 3D printer can yet achieve.
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Two of those films, the just-released Titanic 3D from Paramount Home Media Distribution and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and the October 15 Avatar 3D from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, are from the Oscar-winning director.
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As new 3D content is available, consumers can enjoy the 3D experience in the home, on their 3D-ready HDTVs.
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"As an innovative market leader in TV, Samsung continues to invest in building a robust 3D home entertainment ecosystem that appeals to consumers who enjoy high-quality 3D in their homes, " said Senior Vice President Kyungshik Lee of Visual Display Business, Samsung Electronics.
The big question mark remaining for the 3D home entertainment push is consumer confusion from competing technologies like active and passive stereoscopic (with glasses) 3D, and the newer autostereoscopic (glasses free) 3D like the Nintendo 3DS employs.
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The new Toshiba BDX3000 allows everyone to bring 3D home, and create that immersive experience in the comfort of the living room.
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The announcement was made against a backdrop of rapid 3D growth in the consumer home entertainment marketplace, with three times as many 3D enabled Blu-ray Disc releases in 2012 than in 2011 and 3D television households nearly doubling from 3.5 million in 2011 to an estimated 6.4 million in 2012.
After a short run in theaters, Top Gun 3D is coming home on Blu-ray.
And from the VCR (1970) to the DVD (1996) to 3D TVs for home, CES rarely disappoints.
Improving upon its predecessor, the 5-star rated PT-AE7000U1, the PT-AE8000U ensures less crosstalk and 20 percent brighter images for comfortable and natural 3D viewing at home.
Last but not least is Japan, already home to at least one 3D network, which will soon have access to even more over the cross-manufacturer AcTVila video on-demand service.
Warner Bros. will release the final installment of the enormously profitable Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two in theaters this summer, which means a home entertainment Blu-ray 3D version can be expected this fall.
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Kickstarted company Formlabs, meanwhile, showed off the massively impressive FORM 1, which could bring pro-level 3D printing into the home.
General 3D printing in the home has not arrived yet but that will pick up as prices come down and the technology proliferates.
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"This is an excellent opportunity for PopBox and Popcorn Hour to bring our community an amazing experience, and spectacular 3D content in the home, " said Alex Limberis, COO, PopBox.
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Cameron and Pace believe sports broadcasts will be a key driver to entice consumers to upgrade to 3D TVs for their home entertainment experiences, much like HD sports broadcasts encouraged fans to purchase HD TVs.
Newly re-mastered to ensure the highest quality image, the TOP GUN Blu-ray 3D presents the film with pristine high definition picture and sparkling sound, as well as in spectacular 3D for the ultimate home viewing experience.
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PlayStation Network members can also download free applications, such as PlayStation Home, a ground-breaking 3D social gaming community available on PS3 that allows users to interact, communicate and share gaming experiences, as well as Life with PlayStation, which offers users various news and information on a TV monitor in the living room by connecting the PS3 to the network.
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The TM2792 creates the perfect environment for immersive 3D viewing anywhere in the home.
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"The Home Cinema 750HD is ready to display 3D from virtually any device out-of-the-box unlike other 3D 720p projectors on the market today that are not compatible with Blu-ray players or game consoles, and require an additional format convertor for true 3D, " said Jason Palmer, marketing manager, Epson America.
He'd recently brought a 3D printer to play with at home, so thought this would be a "good way to test it out, " he recalls.
Offering full HD, active shutter 3D with 720p resolution, the Home Cinema 750HD makes it easier than ever to enjoy movies, video games, sporting events and more in high-quality 2D and eye-popping 3D at up to 120-inches or larger.
In addition, the Home Cinema 750HD features Epson's latest RF 3D glasses that last up to 40 hours or up to three hours with a new three-minute quick charge.
' Motion Picture Imaging (MPI) division, Warner Home Video has meticulously and painstakingly restored the original 3D presentation, and, when Dial M for Murder Blu-ray 3D debuts October 9, audiences will finally be able to see the film in their homes as it was originally meant to be seen.
RealD's extensive intellectual property portfolio enables a premium 3D viewing experience in the theater, the home and elsewhere.
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