3D Television

[E-Dork]

Evening all,

Have just been looking at a 3D Samsung television and had a little go with the goggles. I must say it was impressive. The price range was 112,000 including a blue ray player. The question I ask is, is there any point getting a 3D TV at the mo. Are there enough 3D dvd's? or other things about to make it worthwhile or would it be better to wait a while until this particular peice of technology is more used. I need to replace my current TV and wondering weather to just get a decent HD TV or go for the full 3D on top as well. Being a little out of date with all things technology related I would appreciate your opinions on this.

Thanks.

[hhfarang]

I have a Samsung 3D TV, and while I'm sure it's better with a 3D DVD or broadcast program (which Truevisions does occasionally), it has a 3D setting that causes all TV to appear 3D(ish) so you need to find out if you were watching something made in 3D or just the Samsung 3D simulation. If it was the simulation and you liked it, there you go! I've only tried it once on mine and couldn't see myself watching in that mode very much. Besides, it only came with one pair of the 3D glasses, and I don't think you can use the paper kind as I think the 3D simulator requires the powered glasses that come with the set (battery powered).

[Big Boy]

Does live football get broadcast in 3D in Thailand yet?

[SaSamSa]

I know someone with Samsung 3d monitors for their computer... they got it to play games in 3d but they cant find games that support it.

[works.webs]

I also interesting about 3D television

[Terry]

A Korean friend of mine tells me that LG will have commercially available 3D sets WITHOUT the need for those bloody glasses within the next 9-12 months

That's got to be good news if true

[pharvey]

A Korean friend of mine tells me that LG will have commercially available 3D sets WITHOUT the need for those bloody glasses within the next 9-12 months

That's got to be good news if true

Seems Toshiba may be ahead of the game (?)

In October 2010 Toshiba announced the impending arrival of the first commercially available 3D TV without glasses models - to go on sale first in Japan only, and in 12 inch and 20 inch models. Clearly this move was targetted at early adopters, and is the first step towards proving that 3D TV without glasses is technically and commercially viable.

The 2011 IFA - the world's largest trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances held in early September each year - has seen the first demonstration of Toshiba's stunning no glasses 3D TV.

The 55 inch LED backlit, lenticular screen TV works with Full Quad HD resolution displaying 3840 x 2160 pixels. Amazingly that's four times as many pixels as a 1920 x 1080p 3D TV. The model promises high quality wide angle 3D viewing from 9 different positions, allowing multiple viewers to get the 3D effect at the same time. But early reports suggest it doesn't quite deliver the same immersive experience you get with active shutter 3D sets or even some of the passive sets, although 2D is expected to be of ultra high quality thanks to the Full Quad HD. Toshiba are attempting to solve the problem of viewing positions by use of the TVs CEVO-ENGINE which uses a face tracking solution to detect positions of the viewers. This uses a camera positioned below the display which recognises how many people are watching and where they're seated in order to deliver the 3D images so everyone gets the same effect. The face tracking feature is enabled by a button on the remote control.

http://www.3dtvguide.org/3d-tv-without-glasses.html