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Walkabout Covent Garden 11 Henrietta Street
London WC2E 8PY Walkabout bar and iPONT to show UEFA Champions League Final 2011 on ‘without glasses' 3D TV bringing a new level of realism to sports fans Flagship Covent Garden bar first to air 'live' football match on a 3D TV that doesn't require you to wear special 3D eye-wear London - 12 May, 2011 Walkabout, the authentic Australian bar chain, is to pilot a 65" ‘without glasses' 3D TV at its flagship Covent Garden bar, London in time for the UEFA Champions League Final 2011 between FC Barcelona and Manchester United FC on Saturday 28th May 2011. The 3D TV will be provided by iPONT International, an innovator and technology partner in the glasses-free 3D market, making Walkabout Covent Garden the first bar in the UK to screen ‘live' football in this way. "The Walkabout brand prides itself on providing customers with an amazing experience and the best in live sport and entertainment with huge sports screens,". said Dal Jones, bar manager Walkabout Covent Garden., "With the UEFA Champions League Final returning to Wembley this year we're going to be giving our customers the next best thing to being there but with the added bonus of having a beer in their hands. Not only will we be the first bar in the UK to screen ‘live' 3D football without asking customers to wear 3D spectacles but we'll be bringing a totally new immersive experience to Walkabout." iPONT International will install the wide-angle auto-stereoscopic (glasses-free) 3D LCD display with an iPONT 3D TV Box, a proprietary set-top box that streams real-time 3D broadcast content from a Sky+ HD satellite decoder. "When Sky 3D launched, bars and pubs across the UK installed 3D TV systems that required the use of 3D glasses, active and passive types. The public's reaction to them so far has been lukewarm. Nobody likes wearing darkened-spectacles while drinking a pint as it really detracts from the enjoyment," said Matthew Young, director iPONT UK. "While there'll be plenty of other 3D TV screens at Walkabout I'm fairly certain people will be jostling for position in front of ours. 3D without the glasses is only way to enjoy it and to watch the UEFA Champions League Final this way will be every armchair sports fans dream come true." The 3D auto-stereoscopic LCD displays, available in screen sizes from 27" to 65" (and even in portrait format), provide vibrant pixel-perfect detail from a rich colour palette with no image ‘ghosting'. The 3D LCD display can be viewed in daytime conditions and features a wide viewing cone of 120° mirroring the same conditions a TV set is used in the home. iPONT's 3D TV box technology, available as a set-top box, converts any live 3D broadcast signal into real-time auto-stereoscopic one for use on glasses-free 3D TVs and displays. The 3D TV box can handle Internet, satellite, cable and terrestrial services that stream 3D content directly into the home or business. Walkabout is an authentic Australian bar chain with 36 venues across England, Scotland and Wales. The ‘without glasses' 3D TV will be at Walkabout Bar, 11 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London from 6pm-10pm on 28th May for the final and from 12.00 midday onwards till 10pm on 31st May - 3rd June - 2011. Walkabout Covent Garden: http://www.walkabout.eu.com/venues/Walkabout-Covent-Garden/sport/ iPONT will also demonstrate its 3D capabilities on stand no. F15 at Screenmedia Expo, Earls Court 2, London from 18th and 19th May 2011. ### About iPONT International iPONT International is an innovator and technology partner in the glasses-free (autostereoscopic) 3D market. The company serves both business and consumer markets. iPONT has a complete 3D turn-key solution for designing, distributing and displaying content. For home entertainment enthusiasts, iPONT's set-top boxes convert any stereoscopic (with glasses) 3D content to autostereoscopic (without glasses) 3D format, in real-time from any incoming 3D feeds including satellite, cable and terrestrial services. The company offers a complete multiplatform solution including 3D Blu-Ray integration, live 3D viewing from the Internet, and a back-end 3D broadcast solution to convert source content. Based in Oxford, UK, iPONT UK is a subsidiary of iPONT International. For press-related questions, please contact us at PR@ipont3d.com.
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