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On the eve of Samsung releasing details of its NZ 3DTV plans, reviewers in Australia and Britain have analysed the technology’s strength and weaknesses using the Korean juggernaut’s kit. The Sydney Morning Herald’s Asher Moses writes that after playing with a 46-inch Samsung Series 7 3DTV (above), he was “wowed by the spectacularly immersive experience [...]

Panasonic NZ today demonstrated its 3D plasma TV technology to journalists in Auckland. Unfortunately, your humble, Wellington-based ScreenScribe was unable to attend because of other commitments. But elsewhere expect a flurry of reports like this and this and what was in the Australian trade press. Panasonic NZ expects to be selling three Full-HD 3D-capable Viera [...]

Trusted Reviews has published an insight into how Sky TV in the UK plans to launch 3D broadcasts using the satcaster’s HD set-top box — and may not even charge its top-tier HD customers extra to receive them. It will be able to do this by carrying the 3D signals within a single HD- bandwidth [...]

CNET Australia admits to being “gobsmacked” by the picture quality of Panasonic’s new 3DTV plasma range following a demonstration of the technology across the Tasman. “The 3D element was very immersive, and almost as good as the cinema, but we think that the technology hinges on lots of quality content becoming available,” the magazine reports, [...]

New Zealanders will have to wait until mid-year to see Panasonic’s first 3D plasma TVs but already the company is demonstrating them to media across the Tasman and in Europe. Smarthouse reports a “significant difference” between the 3D image plasma delivers and that of LCD and LED technology while Home Cinema Choice has details of [...]