Tag: 3D

Upcoming Gadget Unboxings and Previews

Just a quick one tonight. This weekend, I will be unboxing and previewing the Panasonic DMP-BDT300GN 3D Blu-ray player. Of course, this will be hooked up to the Panasonic Viera television that I showed off last weekend to assist in the review process. There is a 3D Blu-ray demo disc included in the box to …

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Panasonic Viera Plasma 3DTV Preview

In the follow up to yesterday’s video unboxing the Panasonic Viera 50″ Plasma 3DTV (TH-P50VT20A) I also recorded an initial preview of the unit to show the various interfaces that can be found on the television such as the various sockets, buttons, vents and mounting points. Importantly, I also cover the pedestal is fastened (if …

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Panasonic Viera Plasma 3DTV Unboxing

As promised, after taking delivery of the new Panasonic Viera 50″ Plasma 3DTV (TH-P50VT20A) on Thursday, I managed to record an unboxing video today with some help from my wife! It is available in high definition for those of you who would like to watch in the best possible resolution. I must mentioned that after …

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New Gadget – Panasonic VIErA Full-HD 3D Neo Plasma TV

A few months back, I came across an article on Gizmodo Australia spruiking the opportunity to get involved in the Panasonic Insider Crew and the chance to win a Panasonic 3D TV. The Panasonic Insider Crew is run by Soup which conducts market research on new products across a number of projects. People can sign …

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3D Newspaper – Genius or Gimmick

A couple of days ago the miss us and I arrived in Bangkok and I was surprised yesterday to see that the Bangkok Post had printed most of its photos and a good deal of its advertisements in 3D. Given that it was a printed newspaper, it had to use the traditional blue and red …

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The Days of HDMI may be Numbered – All Hail HDBaseT!

As part of my daily browsing, I came across an interesting article regarding HDMI and a new proposed standard with the moniker of “HDBaseT”. The networking gurus amongst us would know that we already have 10BASE-T (10Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair), 100BASE-T (100Mbps Fast Ethernet) and 1000BASE-T (1Gbps Ethernet). Given those standards and naming conventions, …

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Console Trek – The Next Generation

I’ve been a bit of a gamer for a while and when I say a while, I mean from about 1985 from the age of four. I started with a “Dick Smith Wizzard” which was a rebadged  VTech CreatiVision which was a second generation video game console. The games were very simple to say the …

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