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3D Blu-rays will be comin’ at ya’ in time for Christmas – and not just those bundled with that new Panasonic, Samsung or Sony 3D TV. Universal Pictures will be the first distributor to release active Blu-ray 3D titles in the local market. Initially, it will offer two from December 8: a movie, Step Up [...]

The last of the consumer electronics giants to start selling 3D TVs in NZ, Sony, has just started shipping to retailers three LED models with varying 3D capabilities. They range in price from $4000 for a 40-inch display to $10,000 for a 60-inch, and each TV is being bundled with two pairs of 3D active [...]

As I write in this week’s The Box cover story for The Press newspaper, “Choosing the television that’s right for you can be as bewildering as trying to fathom the programming strategies of TV networks.” Among the considerations is the high-end option of apps, or widgets, such as those analysed in this CNET.com update of [...]

Sony’s new Blu-ray home theatre systems are due in stores but won’t be 3D-capable for another month or so. The three 5.1 channel models were meant to go on sale late this month but retailers now expect them mid-June. A 3D firmware update will be available about a month after their launch, to coincide with [...]

This is no joke — Sony will demonstrate its first range of 3DTVs in its Newmarket, Wellington and Christchurch Style stores from April 1. The global launch will follow later in the year, with 3D home theatre systems and a PlayStation 3 firmware update to complement the groundbreaking new models. As well as 3D movies [...]

Sony is the latest consumer electronics giant to unveil its 2010 range of HDTVs and 3DTVs to trade media in Australia and Asia. Expect many of the 26 models demonstrated in Australia yesterday to be available here in the third quarter of the year, with the three 3D options — in 50- and 60-inch sizes [...]