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    Toshiba to ship glasses-free 3D TV to U.S. in early 2012

    By David Katzmaier | Yahoo! News – Fri, Jan 6, 2012

    Toshiba has confirmed to CNET that it plans to make a glasses-free 3D TV available to buyers in the U.S. sometime during the first quarter of 2012.

    The set would be the first of its kind for the North American market, although Toshiba already has 55-inch glasses-free 3D TVs available for sale in Germany (the 55LZ2) and Japan (the 55X3). Both went on sale in December and retail for more than $10,000 in their home currencies.

    A Toshiba representative told CNET that the U.S. version would be similar to those versions, but he couldn't provide additional details, nor could he list available screen sizes (other than "big") or model numbers yet. The Japanese and European 55-inchers utilize 4K (3,840x2,160-pixel) resolution screens, but the 3D mode is limited to an effective resolution of 1,280x720 pixels.

    For the uninitiated, here's an excellent summary from CNET's Steven Shankland on how the European Toshiba 55LZ2 manages to ditch the glasses:

        3D works by showing separate views to the left and right eyes; the brain reconstructs the 3D world from the two images. Toshiba's TV uses numerous tiny lenses to direct two different views in slightly different directions so each eye sees something different. That's easier to do with a single viewer at a fixed distance to the screen, but harder with multiple viewers. Toshiba's 55LZ2 divides the overall viewing area into nine separate regions so people can use the 3D over a broad range of angles.


        It's not quite as easy as regular TV, though. Before watching, a button on the remote control launches face-tracking software on the TV to detect viewers' positions to best control the picture.

    The company will demonstrate an improved prototype that is, according to the company rep, "much further along in development than the prototype we had at CES last year" at an event Sunday in Las Vegas, so I'll check it out then and let you know what I think. I've been told that there will still be some differences between the new prototype and the one that Toshiba plans to ship this year.

     

    15 comments

    • Frank Bacon Pastry
      Frank Bacon Pastry  •  4 mths ago
      Just add the broadcaster voice and you got a new buddy.
    • Robert
      Robert  •  West Allis, Wisconsin  •  4 mths ago
      Can you imagine watching "The Biggest Loser" in 3D? Or worse yet, the Kartrashian clan! I know I'm not ready for 3D probably never will be either. I like to differentiate between a flat screen and reality. This keeps me from being a couch potato.
    • William S
      William S  •  Las Vegas, Nevada  •  4 mths ago
      Going to lots of vision impaired kids in the future.
    • jerrod
      jerrod  •  New York, New York  •  4 mths ago
      3D TVs are brutal. Who would ever buy one?
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Austin, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      just be careful when you're watching jersey shore, dont want snooki coming out and you catch something from her
    • Kurtayn
      Kurtayn  •  Seoul, South Korea  •  4 mths ago
      I thought we were in a recession. Nice to see that "recession" in 2012 means people can still by $10,000 TVs
      • propaganda
        propaganda 4 mths ago
        It will cost as much as an Apple Laptop.
    • americanspartan
      americanspartan  •  Woburn, Massachusetts  •  4 mths ago
      remember 4D...It's called walking around and doing stuff
    • ds
      ds  •  Nacogdoches, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      anyone who spends that much on a tv, has the priority list way out of line.
    • Michael N
      Michael N  •  Pottsville, Pennsylvania  •  4 mths ago
      so what they are saying is that once you start watching, don't move an inch to the left or it will be all screwed up
    • gary
      gary  •  Marble Falls, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      How does this work for people that only have the use of one eye?
      • Chris
        Chris 4 mths ago
        Well if he lives in the land of blind then he be king and have TV all to himself.
      • jkeyner
        jkeyner 4 mths ago
        No problem, they naturally have no depth perception.
      • Eric
        Eric 4 mths ago
        People with one eye are lucky. They get the same 3D quality with the cheaper sets that have been out for years now, that we'd have to pay large quantities of cash (or most likely credit) for.
    • Shawn Chao
      Shawn Chao  •  Irvine, California  •  4 mths ago
      yay! $10,000? pocket change, not too bad. ill b first in line!
    • jkeyner
      jkeyner  •  Los Angeles, California  •  4 mths ago
      I bet the licensing was from Fuji Films who put out a 3-D digital camera with a 3-D screen.
    • Z
      Z  •  4 mths ago
      I love my 3dtv, and hope to have the next generation in a couple years when the price comes down.
    • Gorilla
      Gorilla  •  Washington, District of Columbia  •  4 mths ago
      More crap to buy that we don't need.
    • AF
      AF  •  Newhall, California  •  4 mths ago
      why bother 3d causes medical issues, and it won't be long before someone is sued over them. Get rid of 3d please
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