IHS Screen Digest announced that U.S. consumers purchased roughly 1.75 million Blu-ray 3D discs at retail during the format’s first 12 months on the market and brought home another 1.7 million units as part of hardware/software bundling deals.
Onkyo USA announced its new THX certified BD-SP809 Blu-ray 3D player ($599).
Futuresource Consulting announced it forecasts that nearly 40% of Western European homes will own a 3DTV, and 50% a Blu-ray 3D player, by 2015.
VIZIO, Inc. announced its latest line up of Blu-ray 3D players, sound bars, home theatre systems, headphones, wireless A/V kits and 3D eyewear.
Denon Professional announced that it is now shipping its DBP-2012UDCIP ($899) and DBP-1611UDP ($499) universal Blu-ray 3D players.
Vivitek Corporation announced that it is shipping its new D5 series of DLP projectors that feature 2D to 3D conversion capability.
Sony Creative Software announced its new Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 consumer video editing application.
BluFocus Inc announced that it has opened a new office in the UK.
Harman International announced its new line of 3D-compatible A/V receivers, the AVR 1565 ($479), AVR 1650 ($599), AVR 2650 ($879) and AVR 3650 ($1,099).
ArcSoft announced that its TotalMedia Theatre 5 multimedia player supports Spatial View’s autostereoscopic 3DeeScreen display.
NVIDIA announced its new active-shutter 3D Vision wired glasses ($99), which will be available late June 2011.