At $10,000, the Samsung UA55C9000 costs more than twice what an otherwise similarly specified, similarly sized, Samsung TV would sell for. So what’s so special about it? We reckon that several of the more extraordinary features justify that price.
Scott Fitzgerald writes:
We've written the odd article lately on 3D. There was one from Valens Quinn, Time warp: 3D - back to the future?, which took a look back at where it all began in the 1950s, plus a sneak preview of the 3D tech that's heading to our lounge rooms. Anthony Fordham's 3D-TV - coming soon? - went into a little technical detail on how the 3D images are produced for the screen, and what companies like Philips are working on right now in this sphere.
And so, on to me, and my contribution to the topic of 3D on your home TV screens. And I'd to take us into the area of... porn. Why? Well, my first answer is, why not, and my second answer, because porn has gone 3D.
Come March 2009 "Cummin' At You! 3D" is being unzipped on to the world. And it's no small release. The moviemakers are beginning their ad campaign this weekend, distributing "125 million pairs of 3D glasses are being distributed through grocery, drug, and discount stores in anticipation".
Is porn really that widespread in retail stores in the USA? Can you really head out for a bratwurst and throw some porn in on impulse? Perhaps bratwurst was a poor choice of grocery example there...
And they're not stopping at 3D. Watching the movie you can switch the point of view, or, as they say, "choose your own adventure". So you can watch from the point of view of Sindee Jennings as Tommy Gunn gets about his work (he does 260 scenes a year apparently), or vice versa, in a tech twist, "choose a third person POV with ADVENTURE RANDOMIZER for a completely unique & random experience every time".
It's also claimed that the movie has been produced to work with the next generation of TVs that are 3D-enabled, so the 'ThrustVision' (hmm, should I trademark that?) is futureproofed! Allegedly.
So if porn's your bag and tech is your love, come March your world gets a little more interesting. Hopefully the 3D experience won't have you being worried about getting a very exotic form of pinkeye from a too-realistic bit of on-screen pole action, and that the money shot isn't too on the money for your liking.
One last thing, the tagline of the movie -" Remember, everything is bigger in 3D, especially when it's "Cummin' At You!". Nice.
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