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         <title>A Village Lost and Found</title>
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An evening with Brian May and Elena Vidal
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Friday July 23, 6:00 pm 

<a href="http://www.londonstereo.com">Brian May and Elena Vidal</a> will bring to New York their narrated 3D slide presentation of <em>A Village Lost and Found.</em> Drawing from their exhaustive research into the work methods of Victorian stereographer T.R. Williams, Brian and Elena will share with us scenes from daily life in an Oxfordshire village in the 1850s. These are among the very first photographs to document everyday life in a natural setting. Some images are accompanied by recent stereographs made by Mr. May from the same viewpoint as the Williams originals.  The images were digitally restored and are exquisitely reproduced <a href="http://www.pgw.com">in their book</a> published in 2009 by <a href="http://www.franceslincoln.com/">Frances Lincoln</a>. 

A special presentation of this talk at the <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/tickets/calendar/view.asp?id=3116">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> has been made possible in cooperation with the New York Stereoscopic Society.   A limited number of tickets to the event are available to Stereo Society members.  Please email your reservation request to: <a href="http://mailto:info@NY3D.org">info@NY3D.org</a>

If you have not paid dues for 2010, you can Paypal $25 to dues@NY3D.org 

Checks can also be mailed to:

New York Stereoscopic Society
P. O. Box 250567
New York, NY  10025

A PDF Membership form is available <a href="http://www.ny3d.org/1997/02/">here</a>.

Stay tuned for more great Stereo Society programs in conjunction with the Film Forum's Classic 3D Festival in August (download a PDF of the schedule <a href="http://www.ny3d.org/ff2_cal88_FINAL_3.pdf">here</a>) and our 2010 members projection event in October. 


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         <title>3D Catholic TV - via Broadband Online</title>
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When I was informed of this I originally thought my leg was being pulled. But it appears that this is absolutely on the up-and-up: broadband Catholic TV programming in anaglyphic 3D. This is a must-see site for anyone interested in online 3D, regardless of your religious affiliation. Go <a href="http://www.catholictv.com/3D-video.aspx">here</a> and check it out.

From their website:

"CatholicTV is a 24/7 television network that broadcasts local and national religious programming and live events for the Catholic church in America. Heeding Pope Benedict XVI's call to greater utilize the power of television and new media to reach Christians, the network features CatholicTV, their Catholic web site, mobile apps and widget. Celebrate online mass; pray The Rosary; enjoy programs on prayer, the saints, the Bible, Jesus, who is God and the Catholic church on America's Catholic Television Network."

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         <title>Sony Announces World&apos;s Smallest Single-Lens 3D camera — Two of Them, In Fact</title>
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You knew it was only a matter of time before the Fuji W1 3D camera was joined by competing products. Sony will be bringing two single-lens compact 3D cameras to market this September. They are the Cyber-shot® models DSC-TX9 and DSC-WX5. The TX9 will have a MSRP of $400 and the WXS will be $300.

Sony says that these single lens cameras will capture 3D using a sweeping motion that brings to mind the classic single camera stereo method usually referred to a "cha cha."  This is because you put your weight on one foot and then the other while taking the picture to obtain your stereo baseline separation.

Here's how they describe it in their press release (below). Note that they refer only to 3D panoramas, begging the question: Can the cameras take non-panoramic 3D images? And the wording 'simulated 3D' viewing on the camera's LCD accessed by "tilting the camera back and forth."

"Both models offer a 3D Sweep Panorama™ feature, which lets you take panoramic pictures in one press-and-sweep motion. The high-speed burst of frames is stitched together using innovative processing techniques to automatically create detail-packed 3D panoramas. These images can be enjoyed in 2D or stunning 3D on compatible 3D televisions (3D-compatible HDMI cables and 3D glasses are also required and are sold separately.)"   

"The DSC-TX9, which has a 3.5-inch 921k resolution LCD touchscreen, and the DSC-WX5, which has a 2.8-inch LCD screen, also let you view images in a whole new way.  Unlike 3D Sweep Panorama mode, which lets you view your 3D images on compatible 3D television systems, Sweep Multi Angle™ lets you view images moving in simulated 3D right on the cameras’ LCD screen by tilting the camera back and forth. This new shooting feature captures 15 images at different angles and then compiles them into one photo, creating a 3D-like effect on the display. "

Go <a href="http://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_room/consumer/digital_imaging/digital_cameras/cyber-shot/release/57945.html">here</a> for the entire press release.

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         <title>Larry Miller 1953-2010</title>
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New York Stereoscopic Society member Larry Miller passed away recently.  You may remember his 1999 presentation <a href="http://www.ny3d.org/1999/09/fall_1999_1.html">The Color of Nature.</a> Lynn Butler is preparing a memorial show of Larry's beautiful western landscapes: 
<blockquote>"Larry Miller gave inspiration to others by the way he led his life.  He loved life, friends  and photography, never letting adversities overcome him. After living through two kidney rejections and being on dialysis, he took trips to the mountains and deserts alone to photograph. He would find hospitals in the state to go to his dialysis treatments in-between his work.  We will be showing his photography at a future event of the NY Stereoscopic  Society for all to share in his breathtaking images."  - <a href="http://lynnhbutler.com">Lynn Butler</a></blockquote>]]></description>
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         <title>LA 3D Film Festival</title>
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Our friends at the <a href="http://www.LA3DClub.com">Los Angeles 3-D Club</a> (SCSC) Movie Division present The 7th Annual LA 3-D Movie Festival. The Festival's mission is to showcase the best independent stereoscopic 3-D filmmaking from around the world. The festival takes place on May 15th, 2010, at the Downtown Independent Theater, 251 S. Main Street, in Los Angeles. A jury of celebrity and film industry judges will award prizes to the top entries.

JUST ADDED! Thomas Jane's DARK COUNTRY (rarely shown in 3-D)

The full Festival Program is now <a href="http://www.LA3DFest.com">online </a>.
 
Tickets and Passes may be purchased at <a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/group/182016">Brown Paper Tickets</a> until 11am on the day of the show. 

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS
The LA 3-D Club (Stereo Club of Southern California) was established in the Greater Los Angeles area in 1955 by a dedicated group of amateur 3D stereo photographers to further the art and science of stereoscopic photography. For more than five decades members have been meeting monthly to share images created through classic slide photography, non-standard photographic stereo imaging and, in more recent years, computer generated stereo imaging. The Movie Division was founded in 1982 by Dr. John Hart, to facilitate the production and exhibition of independent 3-D film. 

ABOUT THE VENUE
The Downtown Independent Theater is downtown Los Angeles' premiere venue for screening independent film and video. The modern facility features 236 Stadium style seats including 16 reclining sofa seats, digital and 35mm projection, a lobby art gallery, and a rooftop reception space. The LA 3-D Club recently outfitted the theater with a dual projector, polarized 3-D projection system and silver screen, specifically for the screening of independent 3-D content. For more info, visit http://www.downtownindependent.com
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         <title>BE Film, The Underground Film Festival presents New Work in 3D, NYC, Weds. thru Sat., April 28 – May 1, 2010</title>
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<strong>Be Film</strong> debuts and showcases award-winning short films from around the globe and is the first established film festival to feature a Stereo 3D category. The festival was founded 7 years ago by <strong>Laurence Asseraf</strong> in her Tribeca art gallery <em>A Taste Of Art.</em> NYSS member <strong>Dimitris Athos</strong> is program director.

This year alone, the festival features 3 Academy award nominated short films and one Oscar winning short film (LOGORAMA for animation short form)

The festival plays exclusively short form: narrative, experimental, documentary, spec ads, music videos, animation and 3D stereoscopic. It is the first established Film Festival in the world to have a 3D category. (Spring 2009)

The new 3D work that<strong> BE Film, The Underground Film Festival</strong> is presenting this year is shown below. There will also be additional 3D surprises throughout the festival, so get your tickets now!

For tickets and more information including the complete listing of all films in competition please see their website at <a href="http://www.befilm.net">www.befilm.net</a>

<strong>Wednesday,  April 28, 7-9:00 pm</strong>
The Disney Screening Room
500 Park Avenue & 59th Street

<strong><em>Reminiscence</em></strong> (6 min.) 3D, Director: Celine Tricart (France)

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<strong>Thursday, April 29, 7-9:00 pm</strong>
The Disney Screening Room (Xpand 3D system)
500 Park Avenue & 59th Street

<strong><em>Plasticity</em></strong> (5 min) 3D, Director: Ryan Suits (USA)
<strong><em>Mumbler</em></strong> (2:15 min) 3D, Producer: Greg Passmore (USA)

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<strong>Friday, April 30, 7-9:00 pm
</strong>The Dolby Screening Room (Dolby System 3D)
1350 6th Avenue & 55th Street

<strong><em>Magnetic Baby: Semi Precious Weapons</em></strong> (3 min.) 3D, Producer: Greg Passmore (USA)

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<strong>Saturday, May 1, 3:00 pm
</strong>OFFHOLLYWOOD Screening Room (Dolby System 3D)
580 Broadway (between Houston & Prince)
(for pass holders and invited guest only)

<strong><em>Holy Moly</em></strong> (2:30 min.) 3D, Producer: Greg Passmore (USA)
<strong><em>Train of Though</em>t</strong> (18 min.) 3D, Director: Jeanne Guillot (France)
<strong><em>Archangel</em></strong> (8 min.) 3D, Director: James Lawler (USA)

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<strong>Saturday, May 1, 7-9:00 pm
</strong>The Crosby Screening Room (Dolby System 3D)
79 Crosby Street (inside The Crosby Hotel)

<strong><em>Maestro</em></strong> (30s) 3D, Producer: PSYOP (USA)
<strong><em>Fanta</em></strong> (30s) 3D, Producer: PSYOP (USA)
<strong><em>The Alley</em></strong> (2 min.) 3D, Director: Daniel Phelps (USA)
<strong><em>Drown in the Now</em></strong> (4:30 min.) 3D, Producer: UVPHACTORY (USA)
<em><strong>Mothership</strong></em> (1 min.) 3D,  Producer: Nathan Love (USA)]]></description>
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         <title>Roger Ebert Hates 3-D movies, Does Arthur C. Clarke&apos;s Wisdom Apply?</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<blockquote><strong>"If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong." 
— Arthur C. Clarke</strong></blockquote>

<strong>Roger Ebert</strong>, one the best and most prolific film critics in America, <em>hates</em> 3-D and thinks you should too, as he explains here in <em><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/237110/page/1">Newsweek</a></em>. Below are his bullet points which he fleshes out in his article.

1. IT'S THE WASTE OF A DIMENSION
 
2. IT ADDS NOTHING TO THE EXPERIENCE
 
3. IT CAN BE A DISTRACTION

4. IT CAN CREATE NAUSEA AND HEADACHES

5. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT 3-D SEEMS A LITTLE DIM? 
6. THERE'S MONEY TO BE MADE IN SELLING NEW DIGITAL PROJECTORS

7. THEATERS SLAP ON A SURCHARGE OF $5 TO $7.50 FOR 3-D

8. I CANNOT IMAGINE A SERIOUS DRAMA, SUCH AS <em>UP IN THE AIR</em> OR <em>THE HURT LOCKER</em>, IN 3-D
 
9. WHENEVER HOLLYWOOD HAS FELT THREATENED, IT HAS TURNED TO TECHNOLOGY: SOUND, COLOR, WIDESCREEN, CINERAMA, 3-D, STEREOPHONIC SOUND, AND NOW 3-D AGAIN. 

Reasons 1 through 3 are his opinion.
 
Number 4 is true, but seriously affects only a tiny portion of the film-going audience.

Number 5 is also true, but is a technical issue which can be overcome.
 
Numbers 6 and 7 leave me shocked, absolutely shocked to learn that Hollywood is all about business, not art. When did that happen? Why was I not informed?

Number 8 is, once again, his opinion.

Number 9 is an historical fact. But does Ebert think we should roll back technology to the days of hand-cranked, black and white silent film cameras? Is he seriously against stereo sound, color and widescreen formats?

Number 10. Couldn't he come up with one more reason for an even 10?

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         <title>Charles Phoenix and The Third Dimension</title>
         <description><![CDATA[New York Stereoscopic Society members <a href="http://reel3d.com">Susan Pinsky and David Starkman</a> are the 3D team behind the latest <a href="http://charlesphoenix.com">Charles Phoenix</a> Kodachromage.

<img alt="CharlesPhoenix500.jpg" src="http://www.ny3d.org/CharlesPhoenix500.jpg" width="500" height="334" />

Those anaglyph glasses are only a prop. The show will be projected in saturated, polarized stereoscopic glory on the <a href="http://LA3Dclub.com">LA3D Club's</a> <a href="http://www.downtownindependent.com/events/la3d-club-presents-open-screen"> 16x22 foot silver screen. </a> 

For more info, go here <a href="http://www.charlesphoenix.com/">www.charlesphoenix.com</a>

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         <title>A NYC First: 3-D Viewing of the &quot;Future of Fashion&quot; at FIT, Monday, April 26, 2010, 7:30 pm</title>
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New York City's <a href="http://www.fitnyc.edu/7989.asp">Fashion Institute of Technology</a> will present their Graduating Students Runway Show, <strong>The Future of Fashion</strong>, in a fully immersive, stereoscopic 3D web simulcast at <a href="http://www.fitnyc.edu/futureoffashion">www.fitnyc.edu/futureoffashion</a>. 

This will be the first time that a New York runway show has been produced in 3D and the second time any runway show has been presented in 3D. (Burberry Prorsum’s fall 2010 collection, shown in the U.K., was the first.) The 3D production is by UVPHACTORY.

<strong>The Future of Fashion</strong> is a professionally produced runway show with an array of fashion-forward garments, including sportswear, special occasion, knitwear, intimate apparel, menswear, and children’s wear designed for fall 2010 by FIT’s graduating Fashion Design students.

<strong><a href="http://www.uvph.com">UVPHACTORY</a></strong> is a New York-based design and production company offering a complete range of creative services for broadcast, commercial, film, music video, and web clients.

FIT, a college of art and design, business and technology of the State University of New York (SUNY), offers 44 majors leading to the AAS, BFA, BS, MA, and MPS degrees. FIT fashion design alumni include <strong>Calvin Klein</strong>, <strong>Francisco Costa</strong>, <strong>Ralph Rucci</strong>, <strong>Stephen Burrows</strong>, <strong>Amsale Aberra</strong>, <strong>John Bartlett</strong>, and <strong>Nanette Lepore</strong>.

<u><strong>3D Stereoscopic Team</strong></u>

<strong>Dimitris Athos</strong> (NYSS), 3D Producer
<strong>Daniel Phelps</strong> (NYSS), 3D Director of Photography
Stereoscopic camera rig designed and built by <strong>Daniel Phelps</strong>
<strong>Kyle Dabrowski</strong> &<strong> Gary Floures</strong>, 3D Assistant Camera
<strong>Robert Lutrell</strong>, 3D Projection Specialist
<strong>Carlton Bright</strong> (NYSS), 3D Technician
<strong>Jeanne Guillot</strong> (French/Paris Stereo Society), 3D Specialist
<strong>John Canata</strong>, 3D Intern
<strong>Arnie Schlissel</strong>, 3D Post Production Editor

<u>from UVPHACTORY</u>
<strong>Scott Sindorf</strong>, <strong>Damian Saccio</strong> (co-founders)
<strong>Paul Schneider</strong>, EP

<strong>Terry Blum</strong>, for FIT]]></description>
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<a href="http://www.hd3dvdo.com/">E. James Smith and Bill Meredith</a> present their newest 3D movies for the New York Stereo Society on Wednesday April 14 at 7:30pm. 

Continuing their series of short documentary vignettes on New York City topics, the stereo pair of filmmakers have turned their attention to <em>The Blessing of the Animals</em> at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and a <em>Return to the 1964 World's Fair.</em> The two new movies will be shown in rotation along with their 2009 favorite, <em>Mermaid Parade in 3D.</em>  

This is the third year that Smith and Meredith have organized an evening for the Stereo Society at the legendary Kettle of Fish in Greenwich Village. The bar will be open for business, so you can enjoy a refreshing beverage in the company of stereoscopic creators and watch these entertaining and informative short films. 

Wednesday, April 14
Kettle of Fish
59 Christopher Street, New York City

beginning at 7:30, the 3 short movies will be repeated until 9:30.
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         <title>Cablevision presents the Masters Golf Tournament in 3D, April 7-11</title>
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<strong>Cablevision's iO TV On-Demand</strong> service will broadcast live 3D coverage of the Masters Golf Tournament today through Sunday. You'll need a 3D-capable TV and their SA HD service package to enjoy this in your living room. 

If your twin obsessions are golf and 3D (and you have the disposable income to be an early adopter of a 3D TV set), this may be the event you've been waiting for.

We invite anyone who does see this broadcast in 3D to post comments on their experience here.

<strong>Live Daily 3D Coverage April 8th - 11th</strong>

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm on Thursday and Friday
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday
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         <title>Roger Ebert tweets that 3D is a &apos;Juvenile Abomination;&apos; Books go 3D in S. Korea; Nintendo DS goes 3DS in 2011</title>
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<strong>Twitter</strong> is such a great thing. It provides another digital distraction so that Americans can at all costs avoid the pain of actually thinking about anything. It's also the perfect platform for deep, meaningful and nuanced conversations on important topics. You want proof? <strong>Roger Ebert</strong> weighs in on 3D with the following tweet:

<blockquote>3-D is a distracting, annoying, anti-realistic, juvenile abomination to use as an excuse for higher prices.</blockquote>

How does this square with Ebert's December 2009 review of <strong>Avatar</strong> where he wrote: 

<blockquote>Cameron promised he'd unveil the next generation of 3-D in "Avatar." I'm a notorious skeptic about this process, a needless distraction from the perfect realism of movies in 2-D. Cameron's iteration is the best I've seen — and more importantly, one of the most carefully-employed. The film never uses 3-D simply because it has it, and doesn't promiscuously violate the fourth wall. He also seems quite aware of 3-D's weakness for dimming the picture, and even with a film set largely in interiors and a rain forest, there's sufficient light. I saw the film in 3-D on a good screen at the AMC River East and was impressed. It might be awesome in True IMAX. </blockquote>

So which is it, Roger? Abomination or awesome, if done well?

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<strong><a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE62N0TR20100324">Reuters</a></strong> reports that researchers have developed a proof-of-concept 3D book:

<blockquote>At South Korea's Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, researchers used 3D technology to animate two children's books of Korean folk tales, complete with writhing dragons and heroes bounding over mountains.</blockquote>

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<strong><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/23/breaking-nintendo-announces-the-3ds-more-news-at-e3/">Nintendo</a></strong> will release a portable game console in 2011, the <strong>Nintendo 3DS </strong>that will allow gamers to experience 3D effects without the need for special glasses. 

An autosteroscopic screen like the one on the Fuji W1 would make a nice gaming platform. Wait, why not a iPad with an autostereoscopic screen? Then you've really got immersion.



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         <description><![CDATA[<strong><a href="http://www.deadline.com/2010/03/tim-burton-next-3d-animated-film-da-da-da-snap-snap-the-addams-family/">Deadline New York</a></strong> reports that <strong>Tim Burton'</strong>s next 3D project is set: an adaptation of Charles Addams's cartoon creations from<em> The New Yorker</em> to be done using the stop-motion animation technique he employed so successfully in <em>The Nightmare Before Christmas</em>. That film's director Henry Selick had great success with stop-motion 3D animation in last year's release <em>Coraline</em>.

Of course, the road from announced project to completed and released film is often a bumpy one and is completely without guarantees. But this sounds like the perfect marriage of a darkly comic sensibility teamed with source material that seems tailor made for Mr. Burton's talents.

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March basketball madness is <a href="http://www.dcinematoday.com/dc/PR.aspx?newsID=1760">coming at ya' in 3D</a> in Brooklyn next month courtesy of the <strong>NCAA</strong>, <strong>CBS Sports</strong> and <strong>LG Electronics</strong>. The NCAA Final Four men's basketball games will be captured in 3D and transmitted live to around 100 movie theaters across the country.  Locally, they'll be shown at <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theater/1268/">Pavilion Digital Showcase Theatre</a> in Park Slope. Tickets are $25 per game and go on sale today.]]></description>
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         <title>USA Today reviews the Fuji W1, decides it&apos;s &quot;too complicated for the average consumer&quot;</title>
         <description><![CDATA[In what may be the first detailed review by a major mainstream media outlet, <strong>USA Today's</strong> Personal Tech columnist, Edward C. Baig praises Fuji for pushing the technological envelope and concedes that 3D enthusiasts may be thrilled with the Fuji W1. 

But he cautions this is not a camera for the masses and notes how little promotion Fuji has done to market their breakthrough. Officially released in September 2009 in the US, Fuji is only now sending out review units to the tech press.

I found it amusing and perhaps a little condescending that a tech "writer" like Baig puts "quotation" marks around words like "stereo" and "stereoscopic" in his "review."

On the whole this is a well-balanced take on the Fuji W1. The menus are complicated and not nearly as intuitive as they could be, post-processing of the images is certainly an issue and if you consider 3D a novelty the initial enthusiasm can wear thin quickly.

However, I would also note that the similarly priced Canon Rebel XSi digital SLR (retail $649) is not a camera for the masses, has a bewildering array of menu options and is likely to appeal only to high end photography enthusiasts. In the same way that Baig concludes about the W1, I can't recommend the Canon Rebel for most users either.

The reflects, I believe, a subtle bias against the tech here. No one dings the Canon Rebel because it's capabilities are beyond the needs or abilities of the average point and shoot user.

Still the "review" ends on a "hopeful" note: "I can't recommend the W1 for most users in its current iteration. But given the promise of 3D and Fuji's head start, I'm hoping they give it another shot." 

I just wish Baig had given Fuji more credit for bringing the first twin-lensed digital camera with an autostereoscopic rear display to market. 

Like my grandfather said "I can't recommend the horseless carriage for most users in its current iteration. But given the promise of automobiles and Henry Ford's head start, I'm hoping he gives it another shot." 

Read the entire review <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2010-03-11-baig11_ST_N.htm">here</a>.]]></description>
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         <title>Samsung selling 3D TVs in US this month, Sony to follow in June</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Early adopters and gaming enthusiasts, prepare to open your wallets.

<strong>Samsung</strong>, the world's leading manufacturer of flat-screen TVs will begin selling 3D TVs this month, starting with 46 and 55 inch models. <strong>Sony Corp</strong>. will begin their US sales of 3D TVs in June. The maker of the enormously popular <strong>PlayStation 3</strong> game console also plans on releasing 3D gaming software at the same time.

Read the entire article at <strong>Reuters</strong>, <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0922582320100309">here</a>.


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