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3DTV shipments to hit 46M by 2013
SlashGear — ... According to research firm GigaOM, the market for 3DTVs will boom over the next three years. By 2013, 3DTV shipments are set to hit 46 million units. The research firm reports that both Sony and Panasonic are both betting that 3DTV sales will help to rejuvenate their sales. ...

3DTV Shipments to Hit 46M by 2013
I4U News — ... 3D is really coming of age with several big 3D films hitting the theaters this summer and doing very well at the box office. As more people get used to viewing, 3D content on the big screen there is more of a demand for 3D content in the home. According to research firm Gigaom 3DTV shipments are set to boom over the coming years with shipments expected to hit 46 million by 2013. Sony and Panasonic are looking to 3D TVs as a way to rejuvenate TV business. The prediction is that 3D will become a feature with only a slight cost premium in the coming years like 120Hz refresh ...

5 Reasons 3-D Video Will Come to Our Living Rooms [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... 1. 3-D will become a standard feature. TV makers will put a premium price on anything 3-D in the next few years (much as they did with HD), as Alfred Poor points out in his new 3DTV report at GigaOM Pro (subscription required); but over time, the technology will become just another standard feature. Chances are in five years we’ll see $799 50-inch 3-D TVs from Vizio at Costco. ...

3DTV Is Coming! No, Really — Here’s Why
NewTeeVee — ... The demand for 3DTV is clear. One needs only look at the millions of dollars spent at the local cinema box offices by consumers willing to pay a premium to see a movie in 3-D. Much of the movie content has been animated — in large part because it’s easier to create and produce 3-D versions — which, in turn, means that they have been targeted at family audiences for the most part. An entire generation is growing up with the expectation that movies should be in 3-D, and if that’s the case, then why shouldn’t they get the same experience at home? Unlike the difference between ...

46 million 3DTVs 'by 2013'
Techradar - All the latest technology news — ... Although there is a lot of deliberation at the moment with regards to whether 3D in the homes will actually be a success, US-based research agency GigaOM Pro believes that in just a few years the format's tipping point will come. ...

Why Every ISP Needs a Fiber-to-the-Home Network [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... with me earlier this week about that company’s fiber network — and why he believes every other ISP is going to have to embrace a fiber to-the-home strategy, too: Personalized Video: As video moves from broadcast to a time- and place-shifted model that lets consumers watch what they want, when they want, sending televisions shows out on demand in a unicast model will overwhelm cable networks. 3-D TV: Depending on the technology consumers adopt (GigaOM Pro, subscription required), sending 3-D video content ...