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Panasonic gives NBC 152 inch plasma for Olympic coverage

Savan Thongvanh — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:24:31 +0000

Panasonic announced today that part of it’s partnership with NBC would include giving NBC a 152-inch plasma display. According to Panasonic it’s the largest screen of it’s kind. The enormous screen will be used in the studio to enhance NBC’s coverage.

Follow the jump for more details on donation of the 152-inch monster

See what engadget had to say about the display at CES

Canadian TV brings the 2010 Olympics to your iPhone

Savan Thongvanh — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:12:18 +0000

With the start of the Olympics here who better than the Canadians to keep us on top of the events. Canadian TV has an iPhone app to help you stay on top of your Olympic Games.

Screenshots after the jump

The app is free and does a good job at what it was designed for, helping you find information on the games. Here are some high points:

The look and feel is great. CTV did a great job of putting together a nice clean product with some cool graphics in it.

it’s GPS enabled! If I were in Canada instead of IOWA I’d be able to use the app to find and get to all the venues for the games.

The calendar makes sense. The calendar is not a 40×40 grid of events and times. It simply list the events by day to get you started.

It helps you cheer for the home team when yours isn’t playing. The app has a feature that lets you flip through the Canadian Olympic team’s members by sport and gives you their bios.

Check it out at the app store

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Panasonic and ESPN leading in 3D Sports in 2010

Savan Thongvanh — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:08:02 +0000

Can’t make it to the Olympics in Vancouver or the World Cup? Don’t worry Panasonic and ESPN will get you there – in 3D.

Earlier this month Panasonic announced that they signed up the Olympic Speed Skating team Vancouver in 2010.

Bob Greenberg, Vice President of Corporate Brand Marketing for Panasonic Corporation of North America. “Speedskating is a fast, highly visual, and exciting sport that takes center stage in the world of sports during the Olympics. Panasonic is also on the verge of taking center stage in the next generation of home entertainment with the debut of our Full HD 3D Home Theater system. We are looking forward to capturing the high speed action of Speedskating in Full HD 3D video and showcasing the truly immersive, blur-free images that consumers will be able to enjoy when this amazing technology makes its debut next year.”

Hopefully we’ll see more and more 3D coverage, enough so that it can get pushed down to “entry level” big screens. As they’re just coming to market now it probably won’t be for another couple years but the more coverage the better! You can read more about Panasonic’s coverage at http://panasonic.net/olympic/

If ultra fit Olympic athletes wrapped in spandex aren’t your bag don’t forget that ESPN announced at CES that they’re going to have a whole 3D sports network in 2010, including the World Cup. Read more about ESPN’s coverage.