DDD Group (LSE: DDD.L - news) , has developed software and hardware products that enable the viewing of 3D images without the need to wear special spectacles. The company has just signed a 3-year deal with nWave Pictures to covert a number of movies into its TriDef format. Could be one for the watch list.

I noticed this post from earlier in this thread. I should point out that the Nintendo DS (Dual Screen) was launched last week in Los Angeles and it does have two screens and they are NOT 3D and do NOT use DDD technology! One is a normal screen and one is touch sensitive.



jfwinvestments - 27 Jan'04 - 23:58 - 28 of 61

...................NINTENDO are launching the new DS system to use sharp's 3d screens using DDD technology

New DS Details
According to Cube-Europe, Nintendo has stated the the price of the DS will retail for about 20,000 yen (approximately 150 Euros or 155 USD)

Apparently there will be 2-3 internally developed games at launch. Miyamoto has his hand in one game allegedly entited, "Buzz."

haystack it did also state that he will still have links with the company until nov 2004.

That may well have to do with working out a contractual notice period. As he was chairman of the company that he is going to at the same time as working for DDD then one must assume that he has been part time at DDD for quite a time. November is exactly 6 months away.

Is there any potential left in this.

Turnover increased 64% to 298,000 (2002: 182,000)
Loss before tax decreased 19% to 2.1 million (2002: 2.6 million)
Cash reserves of 1.8 million
Three-year, worldwide software and content licensing agreement with Sharp
Corporation
Three-year, worldwide content licensing agreement with nWave Pictures NV

Haystack is it worth getting in sub 10p?

azhar,

The chart looks a bit dire!

I think you will find those cash reserves are somewhat depleted!

My best guess is a discounted fund raising at around 6p, and for the price to drift down towards that level.

Sadly, there simply isn't a market for what looks like a pretty decent product!

The cash reserves were 1.8m at the end of December last year. They had a small placing earlier this year of 380k. I guess they have enough cash to last till about Jan/Feb.

The licensing deal with Sharp is just to give away some DDD software with Sharp laptops as part of a bundle so as to have something to demo the 3D screen for any buyers. It is not going to make their fortune. A few dollars per laptop and they are only aiming the laptop at specialist business users who need 3D.

Thanks guys/gals

This was a share recommended by Shares Magazine last year at 50p. Now it is only 11p. How could shares be so wrong?

Is there any point in hanging on to these?I'm too embarassed to admit what I paid for them.Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Cos shares ainy got a f**king clue!

sandrew64, we have all been there but most won't admit it. My advice would be to hold, especially if you don't need the money elsewhere. one thing is for sure they will be above 10/11p by 2005. IMHO

azhar, thanks very much for your reply. However have bought into PRE during slight lull this afternoon,so unless something amazing happens by the time settlement is due I'm afraid these(ddd) will have to go!

Good luck

sandrew64,

I have to agree, not much point in hanging onto a falling or sideways trading share when there are opportunities to increase your capital elsewhere.

A friend of mine held sportech, and it has halved since he bought. He told me he was going to hang on for them to recover, but wanted to buy another stock but didn't have any trading funds available.

I suggested to him he might want to consider which was the more likely to incerease, and he agreed the stock he wanted rather than Sportech. I suggested he sell sportech, and buy his chosen stock with the funds.

Last Tuesday he sold Sportech and bought....Asia Energy!

Nice one!I don't know if I can match his success rate, but I'll have a go.I also had Sportech- I probably bought in at the same time as your friend(somewhat reassuring to know I'm not the only one who picks a few dogs , but luckily traded them in for DFD a couple of months ago.Not a rocket like Asia Energy unfortunately but a good steady climber that should do very well on their next results.

DDD is no.4 in Shares Mag Blue Sky Portfolio, a leading developer of software to make TV, computer and mobile phone screens look three-dimensional. The technology converts 2D content to 3D in real-time or off-line, allowing people to view pictures in three dimensions without glasses or specially adapted screens.A hot product is TriDef DVD software that converts standard consumer DVD movies into 3D as they are played. The Alliance with Arisawa involving a cash injection and equity stake last year means DDD has over 1 million cash and plenty of sales opportunities.

It takes 2D images and, according to reviewers, makes a bad job at comverting them to pseudo 3D. It does this by making guesses based on colours in the picture (large blue areas at the top probably the sky). It does not as is said above "make TV, computer and mobile phone screens look three-dimensional". It requires 3D screens to do it. Normal screens will no do. 1m in cash is unlikely to last even 6 months at DDD's cash burn.

Arisawa does not even have a 3D screen in production yet. It is all pie in the sky and window dressing. I expect a dilutionary new share issue cash call from DDD soon.

This has been in a solid downtrend for nearly 1 1/2 years. It is beacuse it makes no profits, has little turnover, has few customers, has a high cash burn and hardly any cash. It is also a technology that has little consumer interest. High Definition TV is where the manufacturers are putting their money for the medium term future.

the chart looks like it has hit the bottom with a higher low set last week,if it can get above the 15p level should see new buyers come in.i do not own stock.cheers woodie

This is the funniest thing I have read about DDD for ages.

"The RT3300, combined with the televisions pre-installed 2D/3D screen and a pair of comfortable, attractive polarized glasses for each viewer, will allow astonishing 3D viewing from anywhere in the room."

So the idea of glasses free viewing hasd been given up. That was their only selling point. This looks even more doomed than before.

Of course you can see why this is necessary. It is because the special 3D screens only work if you are sitting almost dead centre and can see the sweet spot where the 3D works. If you combine that with the poor conversion from 2D to 3D then you have a useless product.

Now they have had to resort to the old fashioned method of special glasses. This means that everyone in the room will have to wear the glasses otherwise the screen will look very strange. Have you ever looked at a 3D screen without the glasses - it is unwatchable. So the whole room has to have the special glasses on.

This is really funny. Arisawa must be crazy.

dear haystack, you seem to have very strong opinions on this company.is it really that bad??