Hyundai Launches 3D TV in Japan
Ladies and gentlemen, the future has arrived… and you read about it first on Film Junk. (Okay, I can’t necessarily guarantee that part.) If you had any doubts about whether or not 3D was about to take over the entertainment world, get a load of this… the very first active 3D TV! Hyundai have released a 46 inch LCD TV in Japan that uses stereoscopic technology called TriDef to broadcast images to both the left and right side of the screen. Yes, it requires glasses to watch.
While there have actually been some rear-projection TVs released in the U.S. already by Samsung, they don’t have any programming to go with them. In Japan, there is now a cable network that broadcasts 3D content four times a day, although it is mostly short clips of the zoo, motorcycle races and other things like that. While they currently have no plans to sell the TV overseas, you have to wonder if this will actually catch on. I’m assuming the price would have to come down a bit though… this TV will run you about $3,960 U.S. Ouch! Would you ever buy a 3-D TV? Is this really the next big thing?
Comments (4)
I’d buy that for a dollar.
Posted by Cinexcellence on June 20th, 2008Honestly, I’m not that interested in 3D outside of amusement park attractions like T2-3D. I could do without this invention.
Posted by Rian on June 20th, 20083-D televisions will never take off until they figure out a way to lose the glasses and so on. Thirty years from now people will be coveting the new holosets.
Posted by Ryan on June 23rd, 20083D doesn’t add anything to the experience unless you move your head around to see things from a different angle. And TV-watching people that I know don’t like to move around too much. It would be better suited for video-games, in my opinion.
Posted by Matt on June 27th, 2008Leave a Reply