Tech Blog 5 : 3D Television

3D TV: Television with a new dimension

Several days ago, the first 3-D television was sold in New York at $3100, comparably about $500 above the price of a sized standard TV and Blu-ray player.

On the heels of the blockbuster film "Avatar," there's a wave of enthusiasm for 3D.This month, many television manufacturers are unveiled 3D sets. Avatar, the biggest box office success in history, has opened the door for 3-D TV.

3D: Separate your left eye from your right eye

With the help of "active glasses", 3D help us refresh the images from the screen.Two images, one for the right eye and one for the left eye, alternate quickly on the TV. Shutters on the 3-D glasses swap the viewer's vision from right eye to left eye at the same rate: 120 hertz, or 240 hertz for the images together. The TV connects with the glasses through a sensor that's placed between the lenses on the glasses.

The effect moves so quickly that it tricks the brain into merging the images and creates the perspective needed to see images in 3-D.

Industrial Saviour? Television with a new dimension.

TV manufacturers need something new to get people buying TVs. Over the last couple of years, TV manufacturers have experienced a sales boom as consumers upgrade to digital TVs in anticipation of thegovernment's mandated switch to digital TV broadcasts in February 2009. Although the amount is up, the price is significant down. Therefore, the flat screen revenue was decreased by 6% worldwide. This figure was first happened in the past 5 years.

Industry experts said the picture looks promising with a survey showing around 3.4m 3D TV sets will be sold in the US this year.

Wiil it be a saviour for the whole TV manufactures?

Killer Application: 3D TV direct channels