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Sky to be first in UK with dedicated 3D channel

article published on 28 January, 2010

The UK satellite provider Sky has announced it will be the first in the region to offer a dedicated 3D channel when it launches Sky 3D in April. The first 3D live sports event will be a football match between Arsenal and Manchester United. There will be one Sky Sports broadcast completely devoted to the 3D showing, with 8 different 3D camera setups. As long as you have a 3D HDTV, Sky+HD ... [ read the full article ]

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asad78611
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_ 		29. January 2010 @ 04:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sky is a UK Satelite Provider. Virgin Media is the cable provider.
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cart0181
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_ 		31. January 2010 @ 14:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
...and suddenly Blue-Ray isn't big enough to record 3D content, just as I predicted. or am I wrong here?
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juankerr
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_ 		31. January 2010 @ 16:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by cart0181:
 ...and suddenly Blue-Ray isn't big enough to record 3D content, just as I predicted. or am I wrong here?
3D Blu-ray specs have already been finalized and the PS3 will be able to play the 3D Blu-ray discs with a firmware update:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/blu-r...r-ps3-is-ready/

Samsung's first 3D Blu-ray player was up for pre-order on amazon and sold out pretty quickly:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/samsungs-3d-blu-ray-player-

3D Blu-ray movies are coming out this year:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/sony-...store-for-2010/
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cart0181
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_ 		14. March 2010 @ 21:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
juankerr, I believe I said "record" not play, but thanks for the info anyway. My point is even dual layer Blu-ray's 50GB or so, will begin to feel a bit cramped.
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