Beyond the Blu-ray effort, multiple standards and chips based on them are still in progress. The latest is an upgrade of the HDMI interface that will pave a way for future stereo 3D broadcasts to be available on new and existing HDMI links.
The HDMI Licensing group is adding support to its version 1.4 spec for the top/bottom format that many broadcasters are expected to use. The format squeezes information about left and right eye images on to a single frame to save bandwidth, albeit at a loss of some resolution.
HDMI 1.4 specification to support 3D broadcasts
Posted on Saturday, December 26 2009 @ 10:50 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
EE Times reports the HDMI 1.4 specification will add support for stereo 3D broadcasts: