Category Archives: HD TV

PS3 Getting 3D Blu-ray Movie Support

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If you happen to have a Playstation 3 and a 3DTV, this is your lucky day! Next week (September 21 to be exact), Sony is unleashing yet another firmware update to the system. This one will allow you to play back Blu-ray movies in 3D to your 3D capable TV. Very nice that PS3 is getting this capability, but it begs the question: who has a 3DTV? I honestly don’t know anyone that has one or is in the market to get one. But regardless, it’s still neat. Also, if you’re one of those lucky few that have a 3DTV, be sure to check out the PSN store on your PS3 to get some game demos that take advantage of it. I hear they look really awesome. Unfortunately, I’ve never seen them in action.

Source: Playstation.Blog

HDCP Master Key Supposedly Unlocked

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This could be a problem. HDCP is the encryption standard used by HDMI which prevents making perfect copies of HD content over HDMI. Pretty much every HD device sold these days supports HDCP since it’s pretty much mandatory for Blu-ray. When one of these devices is made, the company making it goes to the HDCP licensing board to get a set of keys for the device. If these keys are ever broken, they can be revoked by HDCP content, which means security holes are patched pretty well. However: this could change. There have been rumors of a master key that all HDCP devices can use as a fallback, and now it has supposedly been found. The key is a 40×40 matrix made up of 56-bit hex numbers, and contains over 20,000 characters. No word on if this truly works, but it’s impressive nonetheless.

Source: Engadget

3D tech now…for a SMALL price

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No, I’m not referring to a supposed swindle in the price of this new technology that can create 3D images.  Sharp introduced a new screen capable of 3D imagery.  What’s so great about that? There’s no need for the combersome 3D glasses and the picture is crystal clear. The drawback? The screen is only 3 inches and you have to hold it a foot from your face.  The reason the tech is so difficult is the need for each eye to view a slightly different version of each image.  Small screens are easier to to do that than the larger screens.  I’m sure, though, it’s just a matter of time before we see large screen TVs capable of creating clear 3D imagery similar to what we see in the movie theater.

A great gift on a modest budget

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This year for the holidays, my wife got me one large present instead of a bunch of little presents. She got me a Dynex 22″ flatscreen TV with a built in DVD player for the bedroom. Don’t ask me why, but I have an easier time falling asleep when there’s a DVD playing in the background. She also got a mounting kit for the wall facing our bed.  I do have to say I was a little nervous mounting the TV since working with drill and making holes in walls usually doesn’t end well for me, but everything fell perfectly into place.  The TV is on the wall and we’ve used it every night since.

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Thanks for the great gift, babe!

The NFL goes HD 3D!

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Yes, you heard it correctly. at the end of the 2008 regular season the NFL experimented with theater hosted High-Definition three dimensional live football games. They did this in an effort to push this technology into homes over the next few years. It supposedly puts the viewer in the middle of the game and early reports indicated that the viewings were a success!

The technology that has to go into this is vast and is very interesting in it’s own right but it will be interesting to see if the fans of football embrace this on a large scale or will they reject it. With the cost that the NFL has to be investing in million dollar set ups it might behoove them to come up with a consistent instant replay system and fix some of the issues that prevents the game from running smoothly.