23/04/2010 Panasonic 3D TV – a first look.

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LWA General Manager (and self confessed Sonos junkie) Trevor Rooney has just been to Melbourne for the release of the Panasonic 3D TV range. This is his report.

‘So here I was in the massive Melbourne convention centre, there is no doubt that you can see why Cedia is having it down here this year, great place.
It was 7.00 PM and myself along with about 400 other people were eagerly awaiting the sight of some 3D screens.
After about 30 mins of chat with the only other specialist retailer I could find we were eventually were ushered into a large hall and sat at various tables for dinner.
Where’s the 3D I asked, ‘it’s coming’ I was told not too long now !!!
The wine flowed and the crowd got louder !!,
Three hours passed broken up by a little food, why do I always sit in the wrong seat, I just don’t want the fish !!!
A very loud singer and the CEO of the AFL telling all about his life story in Aussie rules.
Bet they were happy they didn’t book the Storms Manager for a bit of motivational speaking given yesterdays shock news.
Still no product and at this stage, after 10.00pm I figured it had all been a ruse and that perhaps 3D wasn’t coming after all.
Just as I was drifting away there was a loud bang and down fell the large styrofoam walls that were in front of us to reveal all 32 of the new screens Panasonic have to offer.
There was a mad stampede towards the 3D booth and as I waited my turn I wondered was it all going to match the so called hype.
The noise was overpowering, people cheered as the glasses passed from hands to hands.
Nearly there, just a few minutes now, I thought as the clock ticked towards 11.00pm. This was about 3.00am in my little time zone so it was really going to have to be something special to wake me up.
‘Trevor’, your next a voice said.
My heart beat faster as I stepped forward, ‘I’m ready ‘ I said.
I grabbed the glasses,an active shutter design with built in battery.
You simply place them on your eyes and then press the button on the frame, within five seconds they sync with the screen and then the magic begins.
One word “STUNNING…….”
The picture was prefect in terms of colour, contrast and depth, and I could feel myself swaying as the sequence moved from side to side.
We watched a beach volleyball sequence and then a white water rafting piece and I just could not believe how good it looked.
I tried my best to find a fault and apart from the drunk guy standing a little too close to me in the booth I was in heaven !!.
All this from a $3299.00 screen and $599.00 Blu Ray player, just imagine what a high end manufacturer could do with this format.
Close to 11.30am I strolled back to the hotel with only one thing on my mind, how was I going to get a Sonos ZP90 into the equation !!!!!’

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