Panasonic has caught the 3D bug and has reportedly commenced in developing its own 3D rendering production system. The system, which is expected to be the first of its kind in the industry, consists of a twin-lens P2 professional camera recorder and a 3D-compatible High Definition Plasma display. Panasonic will exhibit concept models of the 3D system at its booth (Central Hall #3712) at NAB 2009 to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from April 20, 2009.

Each component of Panasonic’s innovative 3D Full HD production system has unique features. The twin-lens P2 camera recorder enables the capturing of natural and high-quality live 3D images. Thanks to the non-mechanical solid-state construction of the P2 system, the camera recorder will be compact enough to allow more flexible 3D shooting, thereby maximizing the creativity of the filmmakers by eliminating the stress factor from the use of the equipment.

3D Full HD recording using Panasonic’s proprietary P2 system also enables recording of two channels of Full HD images on the P2 card. P2’s non-mechanical construction and compactness will also be incorporated into the company’s 3D image recording and editing equipment to make production in the field highly flexible and efficient.

Panasonic’s 3D Drive System enables the display of Full HD moving pictures for the left and the right eyes, so large screen 3D viewing will become possible. The excellent moving picture performance and accurate color reproduction characteristics achieved by Plasma’s self-illuminating technology enables the realization of high-quality 3D image evaluation capabilities required in the professional content production field.

(Source) Press

Digeo Inc. will be unveiling top quality HD digital video recorders to aid premium consumers on recording high quality programs that come from digital cable providers and the Internet. The Moxi HD digital video recorder includes a 500 gigabyte hard drive which can store up to 75 hours of recording at a full 1080 resolution.

This new digital video recorder aims to satisfy the growing demand for quality and improvement of home theater entertainment through various forms of media which can be customized and enhanced according to user preference.

Features:

• Dual-tuner HD DVR
• Emmy® award-winning single-screen interface
• 500 GB storage means 75 hours of 1080 HD recording or 300 hours of standard definition recording
• Brings web-based services such as Flickr, Finetune and more to the HDTV
• Access to a wide variety of Internet content including news, sports scores, entertainment and financial information, weather and more through MoxiNet and the Moxi SuperTicker(TM)
• Remote web and mobile browser scheduling
• Connection to PCs through home network to play music and display photos
• Dolby Digital Plus certified for high-fidelity surround sound
• CableCARD(TM)-equipped Broadcom BCM7400-based set-top box with twice the processing power of competitors to render HD graphics

“With the Moxi HD DVR, we built upon our experience deploying nearly half a million DVRs throughout the U.S. to understand what consumers are going to need long-term, and then we created a premium DVR that delivers the ultimate HD experience,” said Greg Gudorf, CEO, Digeo, Inc. “Simply put, Moxi blows away other DVRs.”

(Source) MSNBC