As we've been able to see over the recent couple of days, 3D display technologies will be a very important part of this year's CES, although many are mostly in demonstration phase. That's also the case with Panasonic, who'll be demonstrating what they're touting to be the world's first Full HD, plasma-based home theater system, capable of delivering 3D FHD (full-HD) images to the left eye and right eye.

But what's the secret behind this amazing development? Well, apparently, it's all a trick played on our eyes (and mind). Hence, as Panasonic informs us, the whole 3D experience is possible due to the fact that the left and right eyes recognize different images. However, in order to be able to actually experience the 3D images, users will have to wear a special pair of active shutter glasses that work in synchronization with the Plasma HDTV.

And if you were wondering just how the “full HD” thing is obtained, you should also know that full HD processing occurs on both the left- and right-sided 3D image in every single process, from recording, playback and display.

The system that makes it all possible is formed of a 103-inch Panasonic plasma display, accompanied by a specially-designed BD player, which decodes and plays back the left and right full HD image data recorded to the Blu-ray Disc in real time. Plus, there's also the Blu-ray disc itself, which is just a normal disc on which Panasonic has recorded left and right 1080p full HD images using a very innovative authoring technology developed by Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory (PHL).

Of course, the 3D FHD system from Panasonic is pretty much just “eye-candy” for the time being, since it will most likely take a very, very long time for it to become mainstream, given the sheer costs involved. But, then again, we can always hope, can't we?


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