Television Makers Look to Add Another Dimension with 3-D TV

Imagine being able to see your favorite television shows in life-like 3D. It may happen sooner than you think. At the recent International Consumer Electronics Show 3-D was all the rage. Every TV manufacturer was there and each had some version of 3-D TV.

When it comes to home viewing, recent technology advances in the flat-panel televisions have cleared the way for 3-D. The flat-panel TVs can now switch through images so rapidly that with the right pair of glasses the viewer can be enabled to see every other image. This means different images can be presented to the right eye and the left eye and thus achieve stereoscopic vision which is also known as 3-D (source: tech.yahoo.com).

The big push is coming amidst the fact that consumers are slowing down on their purchases of flat-panel televisions. The manufacturers know that they have to give the consumer something more than size to entice them to purchase a new flat-panel TV. While there were several different types of 3-D technology on display, the predominant theme was never the less 3-D (source: tech.yahoo.com).

Panasonic had a 3-D display that on a plasma TV that showed high definition animated clips and clips from the Olympics. Consumers were able to use a battery powered set of eye glasses which blacked out alternating images to achieve the 3-D effect. Not to be outdone, each of the other three top television manufacturers, Samsung Electronics Co., Sony Corp. and LG Electronics Inc. also had 3-D displays (source: tech.yahoo.com).

All the 3-D TVs that were on display however have no firm release date. That is because there is a step missing in the 3-D process. While it is no longer hard to shoot in 3-D or even to display it at home, there is no standard format for the 3-D. There is no standard way like a disc or a broadcast to get the 3-D from the studio to the home; at least not just yet. Panasonic is hoping to fix the dilemma by creating standards in both broadcasts and discs. They intend on creating some type of high-definition Blue-ray disk and have it available for the market by next year (source: tech.yahoo.com).

So before you know it we will be watching our favorite sitcoms, movies and more in 3-D from the comfort of our own homes. The technology is here now and with the continuing development it will hopefully be in our homes within a year or two.