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Nvidia Announces 3D Blu-ray Format For 2010

Posted by timothy on from the reformat-your-viewing-cave dept.

Barence writes "Nvidia has announced that 3D Blu-ray movies will begin appearing in 2010. A spokesman confirmed that the Blu-ray Association — to which Nvidia is a contributor — had settled on the 'proper parameters [for] what constitutes a 3D Blu-ray' and claimed the first 3D Blu-ray films would hit the shelves 'towards the end of Summer 2010.' Nvidia will support the standard through its 3D Vision technology, using bit rates of around 60Mbits/second — twice that of a standard movie — although HDMI 1.3 'should have sufficient bandwidth' to ensure smooth playback. New files will be encoded using the MVC-AVC format, which is based on the AVC format currently used by Blu-ray movies.' Update: HotHardware has some additional details, including images of demo hardware.

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  1. New players AGAIN? by Kardos · · Score: 5, Interesting

    >>> “future Blu-ray equipment will need more powerful chips” to play content smoothly, with “the majority” of major manufacturers set to release “brand new players” next year.

    Good luck selling those, you're going to need it!

    1. Re:New players AGAIN? by DebianDog · · Score: 4, Insightful

      HA my procrastination pays off AGAIN!

  2. Remind me why we need (or even want) this? by Overzeetop · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is there some wicked cool technology that's going to work on my existing (brand new) TV without glasses? Will the directors stop putting in just-for-the-effect, in-your-face scenes meant only to remind you the film is "in 3d!" I've watched a couple of modern 3D films at home and - honestly - they're pretty annoying. Then again, maybe I'm just too old.

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    Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
    1. Re:Remind me why we need (or even want) this? by abigor · · Score: 5, Insightful

      That's because you see bad movies. There are many good ones released each year. Hope that helps.

  3. fuck blueray by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    http://fuckbluray.com/

  4. Re:Color? Why? by MooseMuffin · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't need to wear special glasses to see color tv.