3D demos headed to a retailer near you
on September 2, 2010
Haven’t seen 3D television yet? The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is launching a nationwide program with retailers to get 3D programming viewable to consumers. National 3D Demo Days will start on Friday, Sept. 10 and extend through the weekend. As part of the programming, ESPN 3D will broadcast live coverage of the Miami vs. Ohio State football game in 3D on Sat., Sept. 11 at 3:40 p.m. ET. Best Buy, CompUSA, and Fry’s Electronics are among the stores participating. For a listing of retailers who will be participating visit the retailer locator page at digitaltips.org.
Great news for Apple customers. Netflix subscribers can now watch streaming Netflix content on iPhones and iTouch mobile devices. Apple’s Steve Jobs first showed off the Netflix app on an iPhone 4 in June — which works on both Wi-Fi and 3G networks. 
The PlayStation 3 160GB model is now shipping for $299, the same price as the smaller 120GB model released last year around this time. The 160GB PS3 comes with a Cell Broadband Engine, NVIDIA graphics processor, built-in Wi-Fi, 2 USB ports and HDMI (+ Bravia Synch) and weighs just about 7 pounds.
now shipping for $299. 
Sony officially announced plans to release a higher capacity hard drive for the PlayStation 3 this fall. In North America, the PS3 will be offered with 320GB’s of storage space (an increase of 33% from current capacity), with everything else inside and outside the console remaining the same. The 320Gb model will be bundled with one PlayStation Move controller, a PlayStation Eye camera, a copy of Sports Champions, and a Blu-ray game demo disc for $399.99. Release date for the 320GB bundle is September 19, 2010. 
If you own a Panasonic HDTV with Viera Cast you’ll now be able to access your Twitter account and send and read messages. With Twitter, you’ll be able to send text messages up to 140 characters through your TV. Viera Cast also allows access to other online services such as Skype, Netflix, Pandora and Fox Sports. Panasonic series HDTVs capable of the app include the VT25 and VT20 Series 3D HDTVs, the G25 Series, and the G20 series. The company also plans to add Twitter support for several Blu-ray Disc players sometime in the future. Those models include the 3D capable BDT350 and BDT300, the BD85, BD70V, BD65, and portable DMP-B500.
Later this month Panasonic will make available two new Viera series 3D plasma HDTVs. The 42-inch TC-P42G25 and 50-inch TC-P50GT25 expand Panasonic’s Viera GT25 line, which won Best in Show at CES 2010. Both models will feature Panasonic’s VIERA CAST, allowing access to Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand, and Twitter among other online services. 
Amazon has dropped the price of the Panasonic DMP-B500 portable Blu-ray Disc player, and for a limited time is offering three free Blu-ray Discs with the purchase of the 10.1″ DMP-B500 or 8.9″ DMP-B100. 
- Limited Time
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