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Acronym Madness! CES, VOD and 3DTV |
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Dr. Samuel Says -
Rants
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 15 January 2009 |
Still sleeping off my hangover from the Consumer Electronics Show. Not from booze -- I gave that up after the infamous MIT Nuclear Reactor Lab Tequila Incident of 1992. No, instead I got caught up in all the 3D TV excitement. Predictably, the show was rather tame this year due to the economy, and 3D TV was among the few recognizable hype spots. Unfortunately, sideband frequencies in 3D throughput tend to trigger my acid flashbacks. I just woke up. In Reno. Again.
 Anyway, the good news in the 3D TV space is that the technology is
rolling out very quickly, and you can expect the big boys --
Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Phillips, Samsung, Sharp and Sony -- to keep
prices in the range of current HDTVs without 3D readiness. Much of the
demand for 3D will come from Hollywood, which is pushing 3D across the
board. In fact, DreamWorks announced that all its films will be
produced for 3D production beginning in 2009.
Also, speaking of home entertainment and pursuant to our recent
discussion on the future of the Blu-ray format, word has come down the
business wire that retail heavyweight Blockbuster is making even more
inroads toward video-on-demand via the Internet. Blockbuster announced
this week it will team with online movie downloading service CinemaNow
to offer more than 10,000 movies and TV shows for rent and sale.
Critical point here: The CinemaNow system works with a wide variety of
devices, including mobile phones, Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch, game
devices and Blu-ray disc players connected to the Internet.
Watch this space for further updates. Personally, I’m banking that VOD
will come quickly to the PlayStation 3, which supports wireless broadband and Blu-ray, thus
covering all my bets. You have to think ahead with these things.
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