LG Display thinks it can fix 3DTV with passive glasses & FPR

So far 3DTV hasn’t increased sales by as much as predicted, but LG Display thinks it can turn that around with three simple letters: FPR (branded Cinema 3D by its consumer arm earlier today .) Standing for Film Pattern Retarder, it places a thin film over the LCD (there’s no plans for plasma products) that allows 3D viewing with cheap, passive polarized 3D glasses instead of expensive and heavier active shutter glasses. LG plans to stop manufacturing active shutter 3D displays soon. That will further open the door for FPR, due in April in the USA, to take over with a 4K2K display to arrive this year and plans for a OLED model in 2012. We took a tour through LG Display’s house of active shutter horrors (as seen above, grammar aside) and sat in for the press conference, check the gallery for a few pictures plus more on what this means for 3D and a quick promotional video. Continue reading LG Display thinks it can fix 3DTV with passive glasses & FPR LG Display thinks it can fix 3DTV with passive glasses & FPR originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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