QOL Replicates Its First Blu-ray 3D

Quantum Optical Laboratories (QOL) of Vernouillet, France announced that it has replicated its first Blu-ray 3D title. According to the statement, the Blu-ray 3D is a retail demonstration disc featuring high definition footage of the Roland Garros French Open tennis tournament as well as selections taken from Jean Michel Jarre’s 2010 concert tour.  The disc …

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Panasonic and NTV Plus Bring 3D Broadcasting to Russia

Panasonic Corporation and NTV Plus announced the forthcoming launch of Russia’s first 3D channel. According to the statement, Panasonic and NTV Plus signed a 1 year partnership agreement with the possibility of extending the relationship until March 2014. The new 3D service is scheduled to go live October 15, 2010 and will available to all …

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Panasonic Lauanches High Speed HDMI Cable with Ethernet

Panasonic Europe announced that it had launched its latest series of HDMI cables. According to the statement, the cables comply with new features incorporated into HDMI Specification Version 1.4, such as HDMI Ethernet Channel (HEC), Audio Return Channel (ARC), Full HD 3D, 4k x 2k resolution. The cables come in either black or white are …

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Panasonic Launches High-Speed SDHC UHS-I Memory Cards

Panasonic Europe announced its newest 8GB and 16GB SDHC UHS-I Memory Cards, the RP-SDY08G and RP-SDY16G. According to the statement, UHS-I is the new standard for higher-speed Bus interface defined by the SD Association as part of the SD Memory Card Specification Ver.3.01, which provides up to 104MB/s performance. Both memory cards have maximum data …

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Panasonic France Unveils Blu-ray Disc Recorders

Panasonic Corporation announced two new DIGA Blu-ray Disc recorders for the French market, the DMR-BW880 and DMR-BW780 (successors to the DMR-BW850 and DMR-BW750).

TV Shipments Grow in Q2 2010

DisplaySearch announced that overall Q2 2010 TV shipments continued to show resilience, bouncing back from dismal 2009 levels, but there were some indications of trouble in key markets. According to the statement, DisplaySearch’s latest Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report reveals that global TV unit shipments rose 26% year-over-year (Y/Y) in Q2’10 to 56.2 …

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Panasonic 3D Hits the Ground Running

Panasonic Solutions Company announced the availability of its AG-3DA1 fully-integrated Full HD professional 3D camcorder and BT-3DL2550 25″ 3D production monitor as well as a new multi-year partnership with Bexel (a unit of the Vitec Group’s Services Division).

DIRECTV Serves Up 3D Tennis

DIRECTV announced that it and Panasonic will deliver live 3D coverage of the 2010 US Open, exclusively on n3D powered by Panasonic (channel 103). According to the statement, throughout Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4-6, n3D will air CBS Sports’ center court coverage of both the men’s and women’s third and fourth rounds from 11 a.m. …

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Panasonic Unveils Blu-ray 3D Home Theater Systems

Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company announced the debut of its first Full HD 3D Blu-ray Disc (BD) home theater systems. According to the statement, the top-of-the-line SC-BTT750 features a wireless LAN adaptor and is equipped with sleek Tall Boy speakers, a stylishly slim center channel speaker and a Kelton-type subwoofer. The SC-BTT350 is wireless LAN-ready (requires …

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