3D TV's
Manufacturers of 3D TVs that are currently available are:
Sony, with the Bravia range
Panasonic, with the Viera range
Samsung, with the LED and Plasma range
LG, with their 3D range!
You can buy most of these now from John Lewis, currently offering free extended warranties.
The Samsung LED 7000 series is on sale now for £1800. Buy Now
The beautiful Samsung 7000 is an amazing tv with built in 3D TV. It's LED of course and 1080p. You need glasses to watch 3D and a 3D blu ray player and these can be purchased now too. It's really thin at 3cm and has freeview built in, it's 200hz and has SRS sound. You can also connect it to your computer to play 3D games or watch videos from the internet. Buy it now
The UE55C8000 55in 3DTV review.
It's thin, very very thin. It's only 26mm wide at the back. Apart from how great it looks, the picture quality is stunning. With it's LED technology being a standard in amazing pictures there isnt much left to say. At 2500 GBP it is expensive but it's 55 inches, and there arent many tvs that are this good and that large for that price.
T3 sums it up nicely "we were immediately impressed by the results: yep, this active shutter tech manages to deliver full 1080p resolution AND a convincing, clear 3D effect. There is the odd instance of “crossover” where you can see a slight ghostly outline of the second image, but overall the 3D works as well as we’ve seen on a flat panel TV." Buy it now
The UE40C7000 40" 3D LED TV
There isnt a lot more to say if you've already read the review above (if not, read the review above!). This is a smaller TV at 40 inches but that makes it more affordable, at around 1500 GBP.Buy it now
Panasonic 3D TVs on sale now
Panasonic's first 3D HD TV is on sale in the USA. It's a 50 Inch Viera VT20 HDTV with built in blu ray player and it comes with the active shutter 3D Glasses. The TV is around 3000 USD and extra glasses are 150 USD. The TV is this one here http://panasonic.net/avc/viera/3d/ and we'll review it shortly.
LG 3D TVs
The LD950 3D LCD TV from LG. Competition is getting tight. There are now several large 3D TVs available to buy. The LG set is great, it has incredibly vibrant colours and looks great too. What LG have done is developed TruMotion 200 hertz, this uses a unique scanning backlight technology to achieve a more natural picture and it works great.
The LG 47LD950 is out now. It's pretty good but expensive at 2500 GBP for a 47 inch. Why is it expensive, well because it doesnt require active glasses. This is great news as glasses are 100 GBP each, but the quality isnt as good. Here at 3DTV reviews we dont think the technology is good enough yet to move to passive glasses for home 3D use. It's expensive and not as good. You can probably get a 47 inch Samsung or similiar including a couple of pairs of glasses and some spares for 2500.
Acer 3D Laptop Review
Ok, well it's not a 3DTV but you can watch 3D DVDs on it and play games through it and it will make them look 3D. The Acer 5738DZG, the first laptop with a 3D display, is amazing. It has 15.6 inch screen with a 3D display and its even in widescreen. It's screen works by using a transparent filter that sits on the screen splitting the images into seperate pictures for each eye. You have to wear glasses (included) and it works with games and DVDs.
Overall its about £100 more than the standard laptop which here at 3D TV reviews believe makes it a bargain to be the first person to have read 3D in their home. It may not be a 3DTV but it's as close as you can get.
The best bit is that you can buy it now from Amazon. Click here to buy
What's the difference between old and new 3D TVs.
Old 3D
Old 3D films were filmed with 2 cameras shooting the action from different angles. Both films were then projected in different colours at the same time. You need the two colour glasses to watch these films
New 3D
Filmed using one camera with 2 lenses positioned precisely to reproduce what each eye would see.
In the cinema a digitial projector shows two sets of images alternating at a very very high speed. Using special polarising glasses with lenses that only allow the image to be seen by the correct eye (left image can only be seen by the left eye and so on) this creates the 3D appearance. This is fully digital so the images are very clear and stable.
Philips TVs
Philips' WOWvx technology works by placing tiny lenses over each of the millions of pixels that make up an LCD or plasma screen. The lenses cause each sub pixel to project light at one of nine angles which in turn brings the display to life. You don’t need glasses for this.
Philips has decided to shut down it business unit creating these 3D TVs because of the recession but it will re-open it in the future for consumers rather than targeting the business market.
LG TVs
You need glasses for these but they will only cost £250 more than normal TVs rather than the 10k that Philips wanted!!
At CES 2009 LG showed off it’s 55 and 60-inch models. Each had HDMI and LG’s top image processing technology. There wasn’t any further info on when these will be released but LG are taking it very seriously.
On Sale soon though is the 47-inch 47LH50 LCD, on sale in South Korea in August 2009. LG plan to ship as may as 30million by 2012.
As soon as new models come out we will have full reviews, right here, at 3D TV reviews.
Make your own 3D with the Minoru 3D webcam
The world's first 3D webcam is here. It works with Skype, MSN and filming of short clips. You can use it to create still and moving 3D images as well as normal 2D imaging. So you can do simple stuff like create a 3D photo or run a video sales call showing off your product in 3D! The package includes glasses.
