The famous consumer electronics show CEATEC 2010 once again has it’s grand opening today. Already Toshiba has announced in advance, it’s first ever glassLESS 3D TV models. They will be offering two models, one that is portable (12″ in size) and another which is 20″ in size. Although this is notable, I think 20″ these days might be a bit small for viewing a living room entertainment system. Nonetheless, glassless 3D systems is ultimately where the technology will head and will mature with time. Think of a basic family of four, two parents and two children. With current technology, you will need to buy a pair of (exepensive) glasses for each member of the family if they all want to watch a program at the same time. Eventually that cost and that technology will go by the wayside and come to fruition. The two models being offered by Toshiba….. 20” model, 20GL1 will have a 1280×720 resolution with a 550:1 contrast ratio, Toshiba CELL Regza technology, two digital TV tuner, HDMI out (1080/60p and 1080/24p), Ethernet, and a USB Port. The smaller 12” 12GL1 will come with a 466×350 resolution, 500:1 contrast ratio, one digital TV tuner, HDMI out (1080/60p and 1080/24p), Ethernet, USB Port and SD Card reader. Hmmm….. Both models will be available in Japan in December. ¥240,000 JPY for the 20GL1 and ¥120,000 JPY for the 12GL1 model.
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CEATEC 2010 Japan – Early Announcements
Night Video Test
Here is a night video test using the ancient Minolta SRT-101 camera prime lens, f1.4 f=58mm, of late 1960s vintage. I experimented with this lens docked to the modern Panasonic Lumix GH1 body. I was experimenting with the lens as I plan to use this lens extensively for Japan’s famous legedary Kitaro who will hold his 15th annual all night taiko (Japanese drums) event at Mt. Fuji coming up 8/24-8/25, the night of the full moon. This test video was taken of trains arriving and departing Kugayama Station in Tokyo, Japan. The environmental lighting pretty much reflect what the actual colors of the adjacent parking lot and street lights were.
Japanese
このビデオでは夜景テストとして撮影しました。東京の久我山駅辺りの電車を到着したり発車したりすることを撮影しました。使ったレンズは昔のミノルタ（型 番SRT-101) のf1.4、f=58mm レンズでした。これから過去の、日本の有名な喜太郎さんが富士山の御殿場で第１５回のオールナイト太鼓イベントの撮影準備為にこのビデオで予めテストを 行っています。イベント自体は毎年の８月の満月の夜に行うイベントです。今年は８月２４日。です。
Apple-Connected TV Coming?
Recent market movement is beginning to hint at something along the line of an Apple TV coming to fruition over the next couple of years. If so, that might be a killer solution, once again coming from Apple. Think about it for a moment…. they steamrolled and revolutionized the the personal computer, portable music player and mobile phone. So, why not the TV market as well? The upcoming Apple iTV is hinting at such an evolution. It is theorized to be the prelude, a steppingstone to the eventual realization of this prophetic all-in-one entertainment TV. For Apple to deliver a cloud-based media service device to leverage competitive advantage makes sense. App store, games, iTunes, internet, TV download streaming, and of course, regular local broadcast. It may very well replace the typical home entertainment system as we know it, the TV. Adding 3D will be the icing on the cake too. We’ll all find out soon enough.
Stereo Lens Option for Micro Four Thirds cameras
Yes, 2010 is surely the year that ushers in the era of 3D. TVs will soon be all 3D capable. The technology is gradually entering the camera and camcorder domain too. There is already a Stereo 3D Lens available through Amazon for the Olympus and Panasonic Micro Four Thirds camera line ups. It is known as the Loreo Stereo Lens.
Panasonic’s consumer-grade 3D camcorder leaks out, the HDC-SDT750 — Engadget
Consumer-grade 3D Camcorder, shooting at 60fps and 1080p coming? Nice!
Panasonic’s consumer-grade 3D camcorder leaks out, the HDC-SDT750 — Engadget.
Google plans to rollout a complete redesign of it’s Google Images soon. More functionality and an improved UI.
Good news coming from Google and image searching. The quantity of of images on the web has simply become quite voluminous in this past decade. Google supposedly went from searching around 250 million images to over 10 billion images currently. They are coming out with a revampment of their Google images. Rather then belabor the issue here, check out Google’s blog on the subject.
Google's Upcoming Redesigned Google Images.