First live 3D broadcast to rock Japanese airwaves on May 16
By Tim Stevens 
posted March 31st 2010 8:27AM
posted March 31st 2010 8:27AM
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posted March 31st 2010 8:27AM
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The title is a bit confusing. If the Masters is next week, it isn't the first 3D broadcast then, no? Plus wasn't there a 3D Islander/Ranger game on Cablevision last week?
@Heywood43
I think the article refers to Japan and not the US. When it comes to 3D broadcasts, I may be wrong but I think the first one was made by Sky of the Arsenal vs Manchester United football match back at the end of January (1-3 to Man U - ...bugger...).
Is that the Ark of the Covenant?
3D is the least of your worries right now, believe me, ShankNutboy.
What do you mean?
Well, I mean that for nearly three thousand years man has been searching for the lost ark. It's not something to be taken lightly. No one knows its secrets. It's like nothing you've ever gone after before.
[laughing] Oh, ginhead. What are you trying to do, scare me? You sound like my mother. We've known each other for a long time. I don't believe in magic, a lot of superstitious hocus pocus. I'm going after a find of incredible historical significance, you're talking about the boogie man. Besides, you know what a cautious fellow I am.
[throws 3D glasses in suitcase]
@ShankNutboy That's actually a portable shrine called a Mikoshi. This area gets mad craZy with people during this festival for hours on end. If anyone's in Tokyo during this festival, they should check it out, enjoy the crowd, and definitely bring your camera as those shrines are carried through the sea of people. (Not passed along by everyone)
@VAGRANT Asakusa temple me thinks?
@VAGRANT
i'm actually planning on being there on May 16th so i'm definitely going to check it out. i've been to Sensoji Temple in Asakusa before and its definitely one of the coolest places ive been.
it was crazy crowded on an off day in april last time i was there. I can't imagine it getting any MORE crowded...
@Brokinarrow
Vagrant is referring to the gold shrine that a group of people is carrying in the middle of the crowd. Asakusa is the part of Tokyo where this festival is held. The temple itself is named Sensoji Temple IIRC.
@dinnerwithtomedison - Festivals are always fun, especially the ones in Japan. If you haven't been to a matsuri before then highly recommend it.
This Asakusa Sanja festival doesn't look too interesting to me (mikoshi parades seldom are) - there are much more interesting crazy festivals involving fire, dance, fighting battles with 4t heavy danjiri carts, riding tree trunks down a hill, naked men (and women), and 25m tall lanterns) but if you are stuck in Tokyo around this time then a visit to the sanja matsuri is certainly worth it and a good experience!
@stemu2000 thanks!
some friends and i are travelling there around that time and had actually scheduled to be there on that day. good timing, huh?
what are the festivals for those other things you described? any of those going on around that week in May?
lol, and i don't even have HD at home :(
Wow, the US wins for once. Though Japan will probably be doing 3D UHDTV by the fall.
@TVGenius I thought that the first 3D live broadcast was a football game in the UK on Sky?
how do you say The Emperor's New 3D Goggles in jap?
not the first...fox did that a ton in the ninties...3d glasses came in the tv guide remember those?...tv guides?...anyone?
Japan was broadcasting HDTV in the 1980s! Those broadcasts used the 1035i MUSE system, which has now been abandoned. Lesson: The first system or standard is not necessarily the system or standard that will prevail. Japan switched HDTV broadcast standards. Whose to say Comcast won't change the way they broadcast HDTV?
The first American HDTV broadcasts to consumers were in 1998. The Superbowl didn't go HD for two more years, and most Americans waited several more years before jumping into HDTV. Lession: It can take years for a significant amount of content to switch over to a new format, and years before consumers adapt a new technology.
@erh
I meant to say "Whose to say Comcast won't change the way they broadcast 3DTV?"
@erh
People didnt "wait" to get their HDTVs, they just got them when they could afford them.
@erh yep over 10 years of roll out for HD and we are still waiting for the majority of channels to be in HD.
Now they want to to diverge and roll out 3D TV.
Terrible news for people who have paid so much and waited and wanted to watch HD.
Ok, I'm a bit confused how does 3D apply to real live shows? Like how does 3D look like in real life situations ?
@linkintek06 it looks pointless as there are no new angles.
the reality of 3d
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_14793902
Gods willing, the heavens will open up one day so Zeus can smite this 3-D fever gripping Hollywood and the world.
Given 2010s track record — with "Alice in Wonderland" and "How to Train Your Dragon" gobbling up millions — that's about as likely as Kate Gosselin winning "Dancing With the Stars."
Unlike its 3-D predecessors, "Clash of the Titans," opening today, is dubiously different. Director Louis Leterrier originally shot a respectably entertaining redo of the 1981 cult classic in 2-D. Then along came the invasion of James Cameron's gangly big blue people in "Avatar" and the resulting 3-D mania. Cuckoo green with envy, "Titan's" producers furiously added the effects.
In the end, who cares how obnoxiously calculated the 3-D reupholstering is? What matters is whether the enhancements of a reportedly $180-million production make the film better — and the answer is a big fat no.!