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by Michael Grotticelli August 17th, 2010
 The slim design of the SC-ZT2 minimizes unwanted sound reflections while ensuring a captivating 3-D TV viewing experience. First there were 3-D TV receivers, and then 3-D Blu-ray Disc players. Now Panasonic, one of the more aggressive 3-D vendors to date, has introduced the SC-ZT2 wireless home theater audio system designed specifically for 3-D viewing.
The idea behind the SC-ZT2 is that audio pops out of the speakers to match the extra dimension of 3-D TV. The SC-ZT2, available now, offers 7.1-channel sound from two speakers, each of which houses four tweeters and a long-stroke woofer. When paired with the company’s DMP-BDT350 3-D Blu-ray player, the SC-ZT2 provides HD surround-sound audio without the need for speaker cables running across the room.
The system is compatible with Audio Return Channel, which allows the reception of audio signals from the TV through a single HDMI cable. This new feature simplifies setup by eliminating the need for a separate optical audio connection. It supports Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD 7.1-channel surround sound. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: audio system, home theater, Panasonic, SC-ZT2, wireless
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by Michael Grotticelli August 10th, 2010
Visual Data Media Services, a full-service post-production house, has unveiled a 3-D
 Visual Data Media Services can turn around 3-D post projects in as little as 24 hours. production pipeline for feature films and TV that features streamlined workflow processes for the creation of promos, trailers, mobile platforms and display projects. Among the technology used is Digital Rapids’ StreamZHD encoding platform.
The new 3-D pipeline is the latest service offering from Visual Data. Other services include editorial, color correction, subtitling, encoding and digital cinema packaging.
Among the first 3-D projects completed at Visual Data’s Burbank, CA, facility was a multiformat promo produced by Jeffrey Lerner (Blue Collar Productions). The client had a tight turnaround time for the project, which included complex material with varying frame rates, and a mandate to deliver the best quality 3-D image possible. The Visual Data team delivered everything needed within 24 hours. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3D, pipeline, postproduction, processing, Visual Data Media Services, workflow
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by Michael Grotticelli August 10th, 2010
 A master control operator sitting in a small room in Building 13 at ESPN’s Bristol, CT, campus electronically inserted 3-D commercials and other graphic elements manually to enhance the broadcasts. As ESPN viewers around the country watched the World Cup matches live from South Africa in stereoscopic 3-D, a master control operator sitting in a small room in Building 13 at the sports network’s Bristol, CT, campus electronically inserted 3-D commercials and other graphic elements manually to enhance the broadcasts.
Televising one game in 3-D most days of the four-week tournament (for a total of 25 games in 3-D), ESPN accepted live 1080i HD feeds via a dedicated fiber line, with satellite backup, from World Cup host broadcaster HBS and used a Pixel Power BrandMaster master control switcher and Abekas Mira server (controlled by a DNF Control device) before sending the game out to the various satellite and cable carriage partners. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3-D, Abekas, BrandMaster, ESPN, graphics, Master Control, Mira, Pixel Power, servers
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by Michael Grotticelli August 4th, 2010
 All Mobile Video’s new Epic 3-D truck features a number of flat-screen 3-D monitors in the dedicated convergence area. While consumers struggle with the passive (more affordable) versus active (expensive, better resolution) glasses debate for 3-D viewing, production companies appear to have made their preference known for the less costly passive system when monitoring camera sources and program feeds during a 3-D production. It’s critical that stereographers see and adjust images correctly before consumers see them to ensure a comfortable viewing experience.
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Tags: 3-D, filters, glasses, JVC, Marshall Electronics, mobile production companies, monitors, outside broadcast, Panasonic, polarization, professional, Sony
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by Michael Grotticelli July 27th, 2010
Transmission services provider Broadcast Australia has developed a white paper that discusses the challenges of establishing Australia’s new 3-D TV environment and highlights the importance of laying the foundations to ensure the country’s free-to-air broadcasting infrastructure is ready to deliver such service. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3-D TV, Broadcast Australia, terrestrial broadcast, white paper
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by Michael Grotticelli July 22nd, 2010
 Sony’s new MVS-8000X production switcher handled the 2-D/3-D production in single-mode 3Gb/s. An intimate live show by Sheryl Crow was captured in New York City on Wednesday by All Mobile Video’s new 53ft Epic 3-D production truck, in both 2-D and 3-D, for a future edition on the PBS series “Soundstage.” The production is one of the first 2-D/3-D events captured with a single truck and represents a model of how to produce events more economically than using two separate trucks.
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Tags: 3Ality Digital, 3D rigs, All Mobile Video, cameras, outside broadcast, Sheryl Crow, Sony
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by Michael Grotticelli July 22nd, 2010
 The current 3-D camera cell phone module (developed by Sharp) internally processes image data output by compact left and right cameras. Sharp began shipping samples this month of a new add-on 3-D camera module that allows users of mobile devices such as cell phones, digital cameras and netbooks to record 3-D HD images. According to the company, it’s set to go on sale by the end of the year.
The new Sharp external plug-in module captures 720p full-motion video in 3-D, an industry first for consumer mobile devices, according to the company. Images can be viewed auto-stereoscopically (single viewer, no glasses) on 3-D-capable mobile devices or on a larger screen using polarized glasses. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3-D, cameras, cell phones, mobile video, Sharp
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by Michael Grotticelli July 20th, 2010
 At a conference hosted by the SMPTE, Panasonic gave a presentation on its new 3D-A1 camcorder, revealing that it made some compromises inside the camera to make 3-D production easily accessible to a wider production community. At the recent engineering conference hosted by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) in New York City, a number of camera technologies for acquiring stereoscopic 3-D images, both established and future-forward, were presented to a highly attentive audience. For the engineers in attendance, eager to get a handle on the tidal wave of information now becoming available and to see innovation in its prototype phase, it provided a good look at the merging worldwide 3-D landscape and how science is helping to bring “comfortable” content to movie and TV screens around the world.
The international strength of the SMPTE membership was in full view; the conference brought presenters from Russia, France, Spain and the United States to weigh in on the first day of the two-day meeting. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3-D conference, Panasonic, SMPTE, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, stereoscopic
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by Michael Grotticelli July 13th, 2010
 Quantel's Pablo system includes color, effects, titling and compositing tools that helped PostWorks complete the ESPN 3-D spot project. PostWorks, a New York City-based post-production house, used its Quantel Pablo and Genetic Engineering systems to create one of the first 3-D TV commercials in the United States for ESPN. The 30-second spot, which promotes ESPN’s own “Sportscenter” program, has been running throughout ESPN’s live, stereoscopic 3-D coverage of the World Cup.
The spot was shot and posted in just 10 days, according to Corey Stewart, PostWorks chief engineer, and depicts a “Sportscenter” anchor hitting a broadcast camera lens with a baseball bat. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3D, commercials, compositing systems, ESPN, Pablo, Quantel
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by Michael Grotticelli July 13th, 2010
 A technology team at the Comcast Media Center has developed an EBIF-enabled interactive application for MSOs that is optimized for next-generation 3-D TV services. HITS, a business unit of the Comcast Media Center that provides content management and distribution services to MSOs, has developed an EBIF (Enhanced Binary Interchange Format)-enabled interactive application optimized for 3-D TV services.
The new 3-D interactive application is designed to operate on 3-D TVs and targets video programming that is not in 3-D source code, such as guides or tickers. HITS addresses this concern with technology that allows 3-D and 2-D content to be viewed simultaneously. The technology can be employed by MSOs to ensure that visual elements such as text or buttons can be delivered in high-quality feeds to their 3-D TV subscriber base. This can translate to a wider adoption of popular 3-D technology throughout the industry. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 3D, Application, Comcast Media Center, EBIF, Enhanced Binary Interchange Format, environment, Interactive
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Michael Grotticelli is writer and editor of Broadcast Engineering’s “Beyond the Headlines” and “Sports Technology Update” e-newsletters. Each week, he provides a fresh perspective on the latest in 3-D technologies and innovations as well as report on real-world applications of 3-D in the broadcast, professional video and film industries.
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