Panasonic demonstrated the world's first 3D
high-definition plasma home theatre system at theConsumer Electronics
Showin Las Vegas this week.
The
3D full HD plasma home theatre system enables the viewing of
"true-to-life" 3D full HD images by using a Panasonic 103in plasma
HDTV and a Panasonic Blu-ray Disc player, capable of distributing
full high-definition (1920 x 1080 pixels) images to the left eye
and right eye.
"This goes well beyond conventional 3D and
Panasonic is fully
committed to making it a reality, and soon," said Bob Perry,
executive vice-president of Panasonic Consumer Electronics
Company.
He said, "Plasma is currently the only TV capable of delivering
a 3D full HD experience, due in great part to its ability to
refresh at a speed which enables multiple image display without
loss of resolution.
"The integration of Hollywood's 3D content with Panasonic's
plasma, Blu-ray and 3D full HD technologies delivers a truly
immersive experience, which will elevate home entertainment to a
whole new level of excitement. You will no longer just be watching
a movie, you will be experiencing the realism of a Hollywood
film."
The 3D experience occurs because the left and right eyes
recognise different images. Panasonic's 3D full HD system comprises
a 103in plasma HDTV and a
Blu-ray Disc player that plays back Blu-ray Discs onto which 3D
video (consisting of left-sided and right-sided 1080p full HD
images) are recorded.
Full HD processing occurs on both the left-sided and right-sided
3D image in every single process - from recording, playback and
display. With a special pair of active shutter glasses that work in
synchronisation with the plasma HDTV, the viewer is able to
experience 3D images formed with twice the volume of information as
regular full HD images, and enjoy them together with high-quality
surround sound.
Panasonic said previous consumer 3D entertainment systems
encountered many problems, including the inability to deliver true
high-definition picture quality in 3D due to the lack of bandwidth
in transport and the limited capacity of the storage.
Previous systems also suffered from reduced vertical resolution
caused by a 3D display method that divides the scanning lines
between the left and right eyes, and picture quality degradation
caused by pixel skipping that results from the squeezing of two
(left and right) screens' worth of full HD images into one screen
of data capacity for image storage and transmission.
Until now, said Panasonic, there has not been a system capable
of displaying the equivalent quality to the original Hollywood 3D
master.