Making the Third Dimension a Reality: 3D Video and Home Theater Design

Every few years, a new “hot trend” will burst upon the scene in the world of consumer electronics. This emergence will drive a wave of popular new products throughout the market, and push them into the home theater integrator’s world. Generally speaking this will start at the cutting edge with high end enthusiasts, and be swept downward into the rest of the market, as costs decline, and acceptance by the market increases. The last two revolutions that entered the home theater universe are still being felt today; the introduction and adoption of HD video as a standard, and the launch of a new medium to support better quality HD video – the Blu-Ray. Both of these products emerged within the last 10 years, and have become mainstays in any home theater designers’ arsenal. They have literally become a required standard in order to conduct business. We are now faced with another wave of new technologies, introducing another dimension into our design requirements. Of course we are speaking of 3D.