If you had to pick the most highly anticipated products at the recently concluded 2010 International CES in Las Vegas, it would have to be 3DTVs. Panasonic made the most noise about the new 3D technology at the show and going by a claimed spring release date Panasonic will likely be the first to market.

The 3D capable Panasonic TC-PVT25 series announced at the show garnered a lot of interest and it looked great too. It is names as Cnet’s Best of CES Award in the Television category. It will include a pair of 3D glasses that is necessary for this slew of first generation 3DTVs. Pricing was not announced at the show. Also, like all other makers, Panasonic will employ an active LC shutter system. The right and left lens in the glasses alternately darkens and lightens, too quickly for the eyes to perceive, while the TV synchronously displays the corresponding right and left-eye-specific images. The result is a stereoscopic 3D effect that, in the case of the VT25 mated to full-resolution 3D content, preserves all 1080p pixels for each eye. The only way to get 3D out of this TV (at least until 3D-upconverting players come along) is to mate it to a true 3D source like Panasonic’s own DMP-BDT350 3D blu-ray player or a cable box tuned to a 3D channel.

Other 3D HDTV makers have also been active up but Panasonic is the most vocal proponent, and the VT25 series will be a good showcase for this new technology.