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SMPTE to establish 3-D standards for home

WHITE PLAINS, NY - The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has announced ambitious plans to create 3-D mastering standards for content that will enable 3-D feature films and other programming to be played on all fixed devices in the home, no matter the delivery channel. “Digital technologies have not only paved the way for high quality 3-D in the theaters, they have also opened the door to 3-D in the home,” explained SMPTE Engineering vice-president Wendy Aylsworth. “In order to take advantage of this new opportunity, we need to guarantee consumers that they will be able to...