Best Buy Responds To “3D Glasses Syncing Service”
(March 23, 2010) We asked Best Buy’s media relations department last week why Best Buy’s Geek Squad offers a fictional 3D glasses syncing service? (link to our original story). Below is the corporate response. “I wanted to address any lingering confusion about the characterization of…
Best Buy Offers Bogus 3D Sync Service
UPDATE 3/21/10: You can now buy the Samsung 3D TV package offered by Best Buy from Amazon (55″ UN55C7000, BDC6900 Blu-ray and [amazonify]B003AVM8PQ::text::::Free 3D Starter Kit[/amazonify] w/2pr. 3D glasses and Monsters vs. Aliens 3D Disc) for $3328, a savings of $91.96 compared to Best Buy’s…
Panasonic TC-PVT20-HD Guru Exclusive
(March 10, 2010) The 3D era arrives today with the first sales of complete systems that include a 3D display, a 3D disc player and 3D viewing glasses. Best Buy’s Magnolia stores offer an exclusive featuring the TC-P50VT20 and Panasonic’s DMP-BDT300 3D capable Blu-ray player….
Legacy Samsung 3D TV Owners Will Soon Be Able to View 3D Blu-ray Discs and 3D DirecTV
Update: Mitsubishi converter to be incompatible with Samsung TVs (link) Mitsubishi’s upcoming 3D converter box will be compatible with 2007 and 2008 Samsung 3D ready DLP rear projectors and plasma TVs, in addition to the Mitsubishi 3D compatible rear projectors, according to an industry source….
Best Buy’s 3D Launch Details Include First Full HD 3D Disc Offerings
Best Buy announced 3D TVs and 3D capable Blu-ray player sales and demos at over 200 stores  beginning on March 10, 2010. It will kick off the first Full HD 3D (FHD3D) sales at its Union Square store in New York City with an early…
CNET Tests Point To Extent of Loss in Panasonic Plasma Black Level Performance + A THX Response
(March 3, 2010)  Reports regarding a rise in the black levels of Panasonic’s 2008 and 2009 plasmas led CNET’s David Katzmaier to investigate the controversy. Katzmaier queried Panasonic. In their reply to CNET, a Panasonic executive confirmed: 2008 and 2009 model plasma HDTVs’ black level…
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1K Review
By Al Caudullo Videographer Al Caudullo reviews Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-GH1 digital camera with an emphasis on its HDTV camcorder performance. Panasonic really did its homework designing the DMC-GH1. It uses the Micro Four Thirds System standard, which eliminates the mirror box and employs an optical…
3D HDTV and HDMI Explained
(February 22, 2010) The Internet is replete with bad information regarding 3D ready Blu-ray player/ surround sound receiver/ Full HD 3D TV (FHD3D) HDMI connectivity. Unfortunately, HD Guru is not immune from this: we recently passed along misinformation received in an email from an official…
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