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Nintendo 3DS Official UK Launch Date

The Nintendo 3DS had it's official European launch in Amsterdam today where it was confirmed that the hand-held will be available to buy in the UK from March 25th. Pricing was not confirmed by Nintendo but estimates, by those that know such things, have put a figure of around £230 for the 3DS in the UK. Along ...[more]...

LG and Glasses-Free 3D Mobile Devices

Hot on the heals of Nintendo and their glasses-free 3D portable gaming platform, the 3DS, LG have announced that they will soon be bringing out a new 4.3" smart phone display featuring a similar technology. The LCD screen will have a native resolution of 480x800 pixels and create it's 3D image by splitting images in two, thereby firing one at each ...[more]...

Pioneer Launches New 3D Compatible Home Cinema Range

Pioneer has recently announced a new range of three home cinema systems all of which support 3D passthrough and all of which have a subwoofer/receiever combo to cut down on the space requirements. The range consists of the HTP-610 (pictured above), HTP-SB510 and HTP-FS510 with the HTP-610 being a fully-fledged 5.1 system, the HTP-SB510 being a ...[more]...

Apple and Sony Look to Future 3D TV Technology

Two of the biggest electronics giants, Apple and Sony, have both announced that they are working on new technologies for the displaying of 3D television.First up are Apple and their innovative approach is to do away with the need for 3D glasses completely. They are developing a unique 3D viewing system where a whole group of viewers can all enjoy ...[more]...

Avatar to Premier in 3D on Sky TV

Sky TV, courtesy of their 3D channel, Sky 3D, will be showing the TV premier of hit 3D movie Avatar this Christmas. And because it's on Sky 3D, you've guessed it, it will be broadcast in 3D! James Cameron's Avatar was a 3D hit at cinemas across the country, partly due to it being the first movie to take of ...[more]...

Acer Aspire 5745DG 3D Laptop

Acer, the global PC and laptop manufacturers, have recently launched a brand new 3D capable laptop, in the form of the Aspire 5745DG. Acer have gone down the ever popular active shutter route in partnering with Nvidia to provide 3D viewing in conjunction with it's own 15.6" widescreen 120Hz LCD display and the Nividia 3D Vision technology. The basic ...[more]...

Viewsonic V3D241wm-LED 3D Monitor

Viewsonic has recently launched it's new 3D capable monitor called the V3D241wm-LED. The LED component of the name, as you've probably already guessed, means this screen is driven by an LED backlight giving, in theory, a better quality picture. The screen is a 24" model with a native resolution of 1920x1080, so perfect for watching those Blu-ray films in your bedroom/study, ...[more]...

Sony PS3 3D Blu-ray Update

To all owners of Sony PS3s - well done! You've not only got a cracking games console, a top-class Blu-ray player and multimedia centre, but you've now also got something to play those spanking new 3D Blu-ray disks on!Yep, Sony have just released a PS3 firmware update - version 3.50 - to enable your PS3 console to play 3D ...[more]...