Panasonic unveiled a new consumer-friendly 3D camcorder, and two new Blu-ray home theater systems.

The devices were announced during a press event at the US Open, which also highlighted the latest from Panasonic’s partnerships with CBS Sports, DirecTV, and the U.S. Tennis Association.

The 3D camcorder, the HDC-SDT750, is a $1,399 device that will shoot in 3D and 2D, and can switch between the two just by screwing a lens on or off. It weighs less than a pound, and is designed for on-the-go filming. 3D content is mostly stationary at this point, typically requiring large rigs. This works for in-action filming, but filling time with interviews and the like was previously more difficult.

The home theater systems – the SC-BTT750 and SC-BTT350 – both include speakers and Blu-ray players. The 750 system comes with two Tall Boy speakers, a center channel speaker and a subwoofer, while the 350 features four satellite speakers, a center speaker and a subwoofer. Both deliver 5.1-channel and virtual 7.1-channel sound, as well as Netflix and other streaming video apps through Panasonic’s Viera Cast software.

The new products are part of an effort by Panasonic to create an end-to-end 3D product line, letting consumers work with 3D. As one Panasonic executive said, “from your camera to your couch.” Panasonic now offers camcorders for filming in HD, mixers like the AG-HMX100 for editing and producing, and home theater and TV systems for viewing 3D content.

Stephen Roberts, a senior vice president at DirecTV, spoke about the content that is available in 3D, noting that the technology is already being widely used, particularly in the sports world – MLB, NASCAR, PGA, and now USTA events have all been filmed and broadcast in 3D.

The US Open is the first tennis event to be filmed in 3D, and matches over two weekends—Labor Day and finals’ weekend—will be broadcast in 3D on DirecTV. Much of those matches will be filmed with Panasonic equipment, both on rigs created through a partnership with Bexel and on portable camcorders like the ones announced today.

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Optoma  PK201 mini projector is considered as an ideal home cinema projector for its  usage of watching movies and displaying photos using the internal media player.  Optoma PK201 features a micro SD card slot  that supports expanding capacity up to 16 GB in size, which gives Optoma PK201 the ability to directly project pictures and videos on the PK201  from a camera or other source devices like Motorola  Droid by simply switching a memory card. In the purpose of helping Optoma PK201 mini projector owners  experience their beloved Blu-ray movies on the gadget, this tutorial aims to  show you how to rip Blu-ray movies to Optoma PK201  mini projector with Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper.

Step 1: Run Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper, and load  Blu-ray movie files to it
You  can load BD files into the application through “BD/DVD ROM”, or “BD/DVD Folder”.

Step 2: Select output  format for Optoma PK201 mini projector
To rip Blu-ray movies to Optoma PK201 mini projector, it is necessary to know the video  formats supported by Optoma PK201, they are AVI, MOV, MP4 and 3GP. That means  you need rip Blu-ray to a format among the four to satisfy Optoma PK201 mini. Take  MP4 for example, follow “Common Video”> “MPEG-4 Movie (*.mp4)” would be all  right.

Supposing  you would like to use the Optoma PK201 as an iPod or iPhone display, you  can then choose “iPod” or “iPhone” preset.

Step 3: Click “Settings”  button to do advanced settings
Click “Settings” button, then you will be able to adjust  audio and video parameters to have good control of the output file quality. The  adjustable settings include codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample  rate, and audio channel. An 800×600 resolution is recommended when convert Blu-ray movies to Optoma PK201 for  better projection.

Step 4: Rip Blu-ray movies to  Optoma PK201 mini projector
Click  ”Convert” button to start converting Blu-ray movies to Optoma PK201 mini  projector. Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper adopts advanced audio and video in sync technology,  so it is able to guarantee you a perfect audio and video in sync output file  quality. When the ripping task is finished, you can get the final files for  your PK201 via clicking “Open” button with ease. Just copy the files to your  micro SD card, and now you are ready to experience your Blu-ray movies in 16:9  widescreen. Have fun.

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