3D TV in the home is now a reality. For £1,800, you can now own a 40 inch HD TV that supports 3D.
In the race to bring out the first 3D-Ready TV, it seems that Samsung was the winner in the UK, releasing the Samsung UE40C7000 40 inch 3D Ready TV a few days back.
It’s am impressive-looking TV set, and it’s also very capable.
These TV sets use LED technology – LED lights use less energy than standard LCD, and offer more precise control of colour, contrast and clarity. The UE40C7000 has a built-in Freeview HD tuner, supports SRS Theatre Sound, offers full 1080p HD, supports streaming video (DLNA) and has Internet connectivity.
At the moment, this TV set is only available from John Lewis (online or instore). Link: Samsung 3D TV at John Lewis
Here’s Samsung’s new 3D TV commercial:
This first HD TV from Samsung uses Active Shutter technology – the 3D glasses switch on and off 50 times per second to create the 3D illusion, although you might want to check out the 3D Usage Notice issued by Samsung recently, which warns about possible side effects including seizures, strokes, altered vision ,muscle twitching, confusion, motion sickness, disorientation, eye strain and something called ‘decreased postural stability’.
3D TV is finally available for the home, it seems. Let us know your views on 3D, and we’ll cover the subject in more detail in an upcoming FrequencyCast podcast.
April 29th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
I guess you’d expect a comment from me (the 3D geek…)
It looks like the 3D revolution is taking the obvious direction using alternate left/right images viewed through synchronised glasses. I suppose we’ll need to wait for the “road test” to see if there really will be any side effects with the nations health.
Despite all this, do remember that the existing method I described once …… is not subject to any health issues…… and works with absolutely no added technology or “New TV set” that we all suddenly need to purchase for HOW MUCH !!!!
July 16th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
I do believe diferrent because my family use another company.It’s relaxed and i love it’s very much.But next 3D Products I’ll consider this 3D stuffs which you present.Grate!!!