We asked you, our Panasonic community, to vote for the Panasonic products you’s most like to find under your Christmas tree this year. After 5 exciting weeks of Facebook Polls and blog comments, we’ve compiled the Ultimate Panasonic Christmas list!
Follow the link below to download the list and feel free to print it off and send it to Santa.
On October 3rd, 2011 the longest 28-days of Rommy Gulla’s life begins
To celebrate the incredible ability of the new Panasonic BWT800 3D Blu-ray Disc Recorder to store a full 28 days of Full-HD* content, we’re endeavouring to demonstrate just how long 28 days really can be. And how are we going to do that? By making the next 28 days of a young man called Rommy Gulla’s life, the longest, most annoying 28 days he’ll ever experience of course.
In the first of our series on ‘Demystifying 3D’ we look at the some of the basics of 3D and how it works.
Why do we see in 3D?
Let’s go back to basics for a second. When we watch TV on a regular 2D screen the image appears flat, this is because it’s filmed with one camera and one lens, so it’s like watching the world with one eye shut. However the fact that we have two eyes allows us to see the world in 3D, this is due to an effect called ‘stereopsis’, which gives us ‘stereoscopic’ vision. ‘Stereoscopic’ vision gives us the ability to see depth -- basically, each of your eyes sees a slightly different image of the same scene. Your brain analyzes and processes the differences between the two images to reconstruct spatial conditions, enabling you to see things with three-dimensional depth.
To explain this effect here is the Colin Harm, Panasonic Australia, Training Manager
You can try this excercise on yourself and see the effect for yourself, just follow these instructions:
Place your finger just a few centimetres in front of your eyes and shut your left and right eye alternately. You’ll see the object changes (or rather, the finger moves).
Now try it with the arm fully extended. Again the object changes, but not quite as much. If you look at the same finger, say 20 metres away, it will hardly change or move. To put it simply, it’s the combined work of both the left and right eye which allows us to see two images as one and therefore to see life in 3D.
As you can see from the experiment the closer the object is to the eyes the greater the distance between the left and right eye the greater the 3D effect appears.
This is the first in our ‘Demystifying’ 3D series, the next installment will focus on 3D facts.
Following the announcement of our ground breaking partnership with channel 7 to broadcast the 2010 Grand Final in 3D, here are full details on how to watch it
The transmission will carry 3D video content in H.264 (MPEG-4) format and only specific 3DTV receivers will be capable of decoding the signal and displaying the video content in stereoscopic format. The transmission will commence on or after midnight on 18 September 2010 until 8th October 2010.
The service will be a temporary scientific test transmission of 3DTV (stereoscopic video format).
- The 3D Roadshow has now finished, thanks for everyone who attended! – Please keep checking the blog for more 3D content and news of exclusive deals
Experience Panasonic VIERA’s revolutionary Full-HD 3D TV for the first time as part of a national roadshow!
3D technology is taking the world by storm. Panasonic has been involved since the beginning, using it’s 3D camcorder technology to help bring you the blockbuster AVATAR, and now we’re inviting you to experience how 3D will change your home viewing experience.
