Telefónica and Philips testing no-glasses-necessary 3D IPTV, got ?18,000 we can borrow?
By Richard Lawler 
posted Aug 14th 2008 12:03AM
posted Aug 14th 2008 12:03AM
Please note: If you're a current Engadget commenter, you do not need to re-register. Simply login and you will be prompted to select a username.
No........
Just no...........
If this period never happened, imagine when we DREAMT of 64-bit computing. Like that wasn't round the corner.. *cough* 2 years *cough*.
Hrmm, makes one wonder what channels this thing supports. If I can't watch The Young and the Restless in full HD 3D, then this fails.
I really enjoyed living in the United States, too. Oh, well. Looks like it's time to pack my bags and learn Portugese.
...crap.
It was first presented in Spain (Europe), and it already has some media turned into 3D. Also the VoD platform is adapted to the 3D TV:
http://bandaancha.eu/articulo/5909/telefonica-prueba-version-imagenio-3d
The only problem is that you have to be at least 5 meters (16.4 feet) to be able to see the 3D :-S
First!
Looks like I was first in FAIL. HARHAR HAR.
i didnt know that timing made text funny too. i learned something today =)
Hip, hip, hurra-effing-ay.... Unless this television actually projects light/things/holograms(?) out, or something, I don't know how useful it would be to someone like me with strabismus. If this becomes mainstream and raises the price of televisions everywhere, I'll be pissed... and working even harder to find a cure for amblyopia, just to keep up with modern technology and not because I actually want to join the stereoscopic masses :/
18 000? yeah thats nothing to see helicopters coming out the screen at you. I'll hook it up with my laser disc player.
oh dang!! does it run doom!!?!! ... sorry
It doesn't, but your avatar does.
Two words for this: Double-D and POV.
Cuming to an adult theatre near you!
Screw 3D porn, for $18,000 you could get a lot of decent hookers.
well if Spitzer's ho was any indication of market rates, you could get one horse-faced chick for 2 nights with a few g's to spare. And as an added bonus, none of the discretion you might have wanted if, say, you were a married state governor.
HOLY SHIT THAT HELICOPTER IS FLYING OUT OF THAT TV HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE OMG
Does this thing still work if you sit at an angle?
can the general public in Brazil afford that?
I am pretty sure general public in Hong Kong can't.
Jardins is a neighbourhood of rich people in the richest state of Brazil. They can afford that.
18,000 for hookers. More like $300 for the hooker and you can't put the rest towards your healthcare needs after you get AIDS!
Remember it's 18.000 Euros, so even more money! ;)
more like epic fail
I got the chance to see one of this in person on the Telefonica Flagship store on Granvia (Madrid, 3 floors of iPhone and mobile goodness).
Anyway I can say is really impressive. I was chatting with the guy controlling the demo and he told me that at the moment the TV has 11 "viewing angles". That means that you have to be more or less exactly on one of the 11 possible spots to get the 3D feel. Otherwise you see a blurred double image (similar to the one of a 3D cinema when you take out the glasses).
I was standing there on one of those spots and when I leaned on either side (for around 20-30 centimetres) I lost the 3D effects.
Either way the technology is amazing. But don't hope this to get cheap any time soon.
Would u believe this cute little thing was just the room next door to me in Telefonica here in Brazil? We even had the chance to watch a live demo here at the office, with Pinochio's nose "coming out of the screen". No kidding guys! It really works and it's amazing! People around here even tried to set a kind of "popcorn session" in front of that, but the demonstrators were kind of too jealous of the gadget.
And at least you know we speak Portuguese over here... very nice.