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Siege · 28-12-09, 09:46 PM

3D Blu-ray Spec Is Finalized

The Blu-ray Disc Association on Thursday released the final specifications of the Blu-ray 3D specification, paving the way for 3D players to be at least talked about at the Consumer Electronics Show in January.

The spec will be released "shortly," the association said, "with the technical information and guidelines necessary to develop, announce and bring products to market pursuant to their own internal planning cycles and timetables."

The association also blessed the Sony PlayStation 3, stating that the console will be able to play back 3D discs in 3D. The BDA offered no further explanation of how the PS3 will accomplish this, although Sony said earlier this year that it would ship a BD-3D PlayStation 3.

In September, the BDA announced that it had set up a task group to work on the project, with the goal that even 3D-encoded discs could be played back on today's 2D Blu-ray players. That is still the case.

"From a technological perspective, it is simply the best available platform for bringing 3D into the home," said Benn Carr, chairman of the BDA 3D Task Force, in a statement. "The disc capacity and bit rates Blu-ray Disc provides enable us to deliver 3D in Full HD 1080p high definition resolution."

The technology will bring 1080p content to each eye, almost certainly through the use of 120-Hz technology with offset 60-Hz fields. The BDA did not describe how the technology would work, although most require some form of 3D glasses. The BDA did tout BD-3D as display agnostic, working with LCD, plasma and other displays, and functioning regardless of whether the display itself has its own 3D technology or not.

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Siege Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,354 Thanks: 9 Thanked 10 Times in 7 Posts	3D Blu-ray Spec Is Finalized 3D Blu-ray Spec Is Finalized The Blu-ray Disc Association on Thursday released the final specifications of the Blu-ray 3D specification, paving the way for 3D players to be at least talked about at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. The spec will be released "shortly," the association said, "with the technical information and guidelines necessary to develop, announce and bring products to market pursuant to their own internal planning cycles and timetables." The association also blessed the Sony PlayStation 3, stating that the console will be able to play back 3D discs in 3D. The BDA offered no further explanation of how the PS3 will accomplish this, although Sony said earlier this year that it would ship a BD-3D PlayStation 3. In September, the BDA announced that it had set up a task group to work on the project, with the goal that even 3D-encoded discs could be played back on today's 2D Blu-ray players. That is still the case. "From a technological perspective, it is simply the best available platform for bringing 3D into the home," said Benn Carr, chairman of the BDA 3D Task Force, in a statement. "The disc capacity and bit rates Blu-ray Disc provides enable us to deliver 3D in Full HD 1080p high definition resolution." The technology will bring 1080p content to each eye, almost certainly through the use of 120-Hz technology with offset 60-Hz fields. The BDA did not describe how the technology would work, although most require some form of 3D glasses. The BDA did tout BD-3D as display agnostic, working with LCD, plasma and other displays, and functioning regardless of whether the display itself has its own 3D technology or not.