Retrevo, a consumer electronics product review aggregator and price comparison website, has released one of the most optimistic forecasts on 3D TVs to date based on data gathered from a survey among its pool of users. According to the survey results, among those who intend to splash out on a TV set this year, more than one-third (35% to be ... Read More »

With compulsory eyewear frequently being cited as one of the chief factors hampering 3D TV uptake, one would think that TV manufacturers would at least be sensible enough to settle on a common standard to improve inter-brand compatibility and facilitate consumers’ upgrade cycle. But no, at this time of writing it turns out that 3D glasses from one brand cannot ... Read More »

Two of the largest TV retailers in the United Kingdom have this week posted highly encouraging full-year results, boosted in no small part by a surge in HDTV sales as UK consumers prepared to enjoy the FIFA World Cup 2010 on large-screen displays from the comfort of their own homes. Comet Kesa Electricals, which owns the Comet chain of electrical ... Read More »

Despite almost every HDTV manufacturer jumping on the 3D TV bandwagon to sell more 3D-centric products, expert speakers at a Westminster Keynote Seminar have dampened expectations of rapid adoption of 3D technology. Titled “2020 Vision — web-enabled television, 3D and future TV tech“, the forum/seminar took place on 10 June 2010. Robert Hannent, the chief technologist for Humax which is ... Read More »

Although 25 of the FIFA World Cup 2010 football matches are to be filmed in 3D using Sony HD equipments, UK viewers won’t be able to enjoy these live 3D broadcasts at home, because Sky — the only broadcaster in the UK capable of delivering 3D content via its Sky 3D channel — has not secured any broadcasting rights to ... Read More »