3D-ready TV sets

3D-ready TV sets are those that can operate in 3D mode (in addition to regular 2D mode), in conjunction with a set-top-box and LCD shutter glasses, where the TV tells the glasses which eye should see the image being exhibited at the moment, creating a stereoscopic image. These TV sets usually support HDMI 1.4 and (if an LED-backlit LCD Television) a minimum (input and output) refresh rate of 120 Hz; glasses may be sold separately.

Panasonic already has several sets in the market, like the Panasonic Viera TC-P50VT200 which are 3D capable and come shipped with glasses. It has a retail price of approximately US$2,500. The Samsung UN46C7000 46-Inch 3D TV can be purchased for US$2,000.00 or less. There are numerous, relatively inexpensive models available from a number of manufacturers already in the summer of 2010.

Mitsubishi and Samsung utilize DLP technology from Texas Instruments.[7] As of January 2010, Samsung, LG,[8] Toshiba, Sony, and Panasonic all had plans to introduce 3D capabilities (mostly in higher-end models) in TVs available sometime in 2010.[9] 3D Blu-ray players went on sale in 2010, and Sky began 3D broadcasts in the UK on 3 April 2010. DirecTV broadcasts began with the 2010 FIFA World Cup in June 2010.[9] Samsung began selling the UN55C7000, its first 3D ready TV, late in February 2010.[10]

Philips was developing 3D television sets that would be available for the consumer market by about 2011 without the need for special glasses (autostereoscopy).[11] However it was canceled due to the slow adoption of customers going from 2D to 3D.

In August 2010, Toshiba announced plans to bring a range of autosteroscopic TVs to market by the end of the year.[12]

The Chinese manufacturer TCL Corporation has developed a 42-inch (110 cm) LCD 3D TV called the TD-42F, which is currently available in China. This model uses a lenticular system and does not require any special glasses (autostereoscopy). It currently sells for approximately $20,000.[13][14]

LG, Samsung, Sony, and Philips intend to increase their 3D TV offering with plans to make 3D TV sales account for over 50% of their respective TV distribution offering by 2012. It is expected that the screens will use a mixture of technologies until there is standardisation across the industry.[15] Samsung offers the LED 7000, LCD 750, PDP 7000 TV sets and the Blu-ray 6900.[16]

On June 9, 2010, Panasonic unveiled a 152 inches (390 cm) 3D-capable TV (the largest so far) that will go on sale within 2010. The TV, which is the size of about nine 50-inch TVs, will cost more than 50 million yen (US$576,000).[17]

History of 3d

In the late-1890's, a British film pioneer named William Friese-Greene filed a patent for a 3-D movie process. When viewed stereoscopically, it showed that the two images are combined by the brain to produce 3-D depth perception. On June 10, 1915, Edwin S. Porter and William E. Waddell presented tests to an audience at the Astor Theater in New York City. In red-green anaglyph, the audience was presented three reels of tests, which included rural scenes, test shots of Marie Doro, a segment of John Mason playing a number of passages from Jim the Penman (a film released by Famous Players-Lasky that year, but not in 3-D), Oriental dancers, and a reel of footage of Niagara Falls.[19] However, according to Adolph Zukor in his 1953 autobiography The Public Is Never Wrong: My 50 Years in the Motion Picture Industry, nothing was produced in this process after these tests.

The stereoscope was improved by Louis Jules Duboscq, and a famous picture of Queen Victoria was displayed at The Great Exhibition in 1851. In 1855 the Kinematoscope was invented, i.e., the stereo animation camera. The first anaglyph (use of red-and-blue glasses,invented by L.D. DuHaron) movie was produced in 1915 and in 1922 the first public 3D movie was displayed. Stereoscopic 3D television was demonstrated for the first time on August 10, 1928, by John Logie Baird in his company's premises at 133 Long Acre, London.[1] Baird pioneered a variety of 3D television systems using electro-mechanical and cathode-ray tube techniques. In 1935 the first 3D color movie was produced. By the Second World War, stereoscopic 3D still cameras for personal use were already fairly common.

In the 1950s, when TV became popular in the United States, many 3D movies were produced. The first such movie was Bwana Devil from United Artists that could be seen all across the US in 1952. One year later, in 1953, came the 3D movie House of Wax which also featured stereophonic sound. Alfred Hitchcock produced his film Dial M for Murder in 3D, but for the purpose of maximizing profits the movie was released in 2D because not all cinemas were able to display 3D films. The Soviet Union also developed 3D films, with Robinzon Kruzo being its first full-length 3D movie, in 1946.[2]

Subsequently, television stations started airing 3D serials in 2009 based on the same technology as 3D movies

About 3d

It appears that 2011 will be the year of 3D again for the consumer electronics industry. While 2010 CES "was certainly defined by 3D" (included 3D content, hardware and services), 2011 CES will again play home to the entire 3D ecosystem, according to Shawn Dubravac, CFA, chief economist and director of research, Consumer Electronics Association.
Consider these launches.
Much of Panasonic's attention at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was devoted to 3D, which it predicted will capture almost a third of the worldwide TV market in 2014.
The company announced more 3D sets, Blu-ray players and five new consumer-grade 3D camcorders, with prices for the latter starting below $1,000.
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