Soon, film fans won't have to go to theaters to get their 3-D movie fix -- as long as they don't mind spending a lot of cash. The Blu-ray Disc Association has finalized specs for 3-D Blu-ray content. Viewers may need to buy new TVs, and some older Blu-ray players may not be capable of delivering 3-D. The discs, however, will be backward compatible.
The Blu-ray Disc Association released the specifications for 3-D Blu-ray on Thursday, just over a year after Panasonic first publicly demonstrated its application of 3-D Blu-ray technology.
The specifications are backward-compatible with standard 2-D Blu-ray players, and disks and will run on Sony (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 3 consoles.
Several vendors, including Nvidia (Nasdaq: NVDA), promptly announced products that support the technology. A slew of 3-D Blu-ray products is expected to hit the stage at the Consumer Electronics Show, to be held January in Las Vegas.
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The specs are display-agnostic, the Blu-Ray Disc Association (BDA) said. This means 3-D images can be run on any compatible 3-D display whether it uses LCD, plasma or other technology.
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