IHS Screen Digest announced that U.S. consumers purchased roughly 1.75 million Blu-ray 3D discs at retail during the format’s first 12 months on the market and brought home another 1.7 million units as part of hardware/software bundling deals.
Onkyo Unveils BD-SP809 Blu-ray 3D Player
Onkyo USA announced its new THX certified BD-SP809 Blu-ray 3D player ($599).
3DTVs and Blu-ray 3D Players Storm Western Europe
Futuresource Consulting announced it forecasts that nearly 40% of Western European homes will own a 3DTV, and 50% a Blu-ray 3D player, by 2015.
Vizio Unveils Blu-ray 3D and Home Theatre Extravaganza
VIZIO, Inc. announced its latest line up of Blu-ray 3D players, sound bars, home theatre systems, headphones, wireless A/V kits and 3D eyewear.
Panasonic Offers Avatar on Blu-ray 3D
Panasonic announced that it will offer the Blu-ray 3D version of Avatar as a bonus with the purchase of its 2011 Blu-ray 3D players and home theatre systems.
CyberLink Launches PowerDVD 11
CyberLink Corp. announced its new PowerDVD 11 digital media playback software, which is available in Ultra ($99.95), Deluxe ($69.95) and Standard ($49.95) versions.
Blu-ray 3D Spending Booms
IHS Screen Digest announced it forecasts that consumers in the U.S., U.K., Germany and France will purchase 7.5 million Blu-ray 3D discs this year rising to 41 million in 2014.
Onkyo Launches Blu-ray 3D Player and Friends
Onkyo USA announced a new Blu-ray 3D player as well a range of home theatre systems.
Fixstars Unveils Accelcoder v.2.2
Fixstars Corporation announced its Accelcoder v.2.2 MPEG-4/H.264 software encoder at the NAB Show 2011.
Sony Unveils Z Depth 2.0
Sony Creative Software announced that it will release version 2.0 of Z Depth in May.

