3D News &3D TV 20 Mar 2010 02:26 pm
3D TV Bundles
Both Samsung and Panasonic have recently debuted 3D TV bundles with Blu-ray players and active-shutter glasses.
Panasonic’s package features the TC-P50VT20, a 50-inch 1080p 3DTV for $2,900 which comes bundled with Panasonic’s DMP-BDT300 3D Blu-ray player, which is capable of playing Blu-ray discs and DVDs and also has access to Netflix, Pandora and Twitter. This bundle is only sold through Best Buy. Included in the bundle is one free set of ($200) battery-operated 3D glasses.
Panasonic has added a 55-inch model for $400 more. Reports are Panasonic sold out in its first week of sales. Samsung released a bundled 3D TV package over a week ago, has not yet released its 3D shipment or sales figures.
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on 25 Mar 2010 at 9:06 pm 1.Chris said …
I saw a live demo of the Panasonic 3D TV at Best Buy yesterday-absoloutely incredible!
Only issues are the glasses-you get a bit of a headache after wearing them for ten minutes-and having to look directly at the screen which takes more concentration than you realise-probably contributed to the discomfort.
Picture quality, colors and “depth” of 3D are stunning. Would lke to buy this but until there is real programming and decent selection of movies etc it seems that laying out $3-4000 doesn’t get you anything other than being first on the block to have 3D.
Very impressed with what I saw and I am picky with low threshold of tolerance for not getting what you expect. Panasonic has really done an incredible job with this TV-hope the black level fading issues don’t undo the great work here.
on 26 Mar 2010 at 9:46 am 2.Del Crowe said …
I don’t believe that 3D TV will catch on until it can be experienced without the glasses. The technology still has a long way to go before it is viable.
on 10 Oct 2010 at 3:43 pm 3.Keaves Sharpi said …
Honestly, I had the 3d glasses for my CRT monitor (shutter glasses/3d software patch for geforce vid card) years ago and while it wasn’t perfect, it was fantastic. I’ve found that aside from the people who have problems with glasses, the only people who say things like “the tech isn’t ready” or “who cares about 3d” are people who haven’t actually used it.
Games like flight and racing sims are simply stunning in 3d, and if my dog hadn’t eaten my glasses I’d probably still have a CRT as a secondary monitor just for 3d gaming.
Sure there are still some hurdles to get over, but the fact that the industry is finally taking 3d seriously means that we are in for some fantastic advancements. There are already plenty of companies working on glasses-less 3d monitors, but the handful that are on the market (as of Oct, 2010) cost $20,000 plus. I don’t know about you but I’m willing to wear some plastic glasses in the meantime. The more market saturation 3d gets, the more investment goes into better technologies in the future. I.e., if you buy in now, you’re supporting 3D for the long haul.
on 27 Nov 2010 at 12:53 pm 4.Sandy said …
I’ll be glad when they perfect 3d without glasses. I’ll consider buying a 3dtv then.