LG starts shipping new ‘flicker free’ 3D TVs with passive glasses

LG announced at CES that it was breaking from other TV manufacturers to push its own FPR technology for 3DTVs and now they’ve started shipping in Korea including the LW5700 pictured above. LG’s new approach means placing a special film over the LCD screen (no plasmas, although OLED versions are planned in the future) letting users use cheap “flicker free” passive 3D glasses instead of keeping a conventional display and using more expensive active shutter 3D glasses. LG’s new TVs with the screens should start arriving in the US in March, although Vizio is already selling one Cinema 3D TV over here with the technology and plans to deliver a slew of new models soon. Of course, the main downside to this approach is that it halves the resolution delivered to each eye when wearing the glasses, but — if you hadn’t already guessed from its tablets and phones — LG is betting big on 3D this year, we’ll see if it pays off. Continue reading LG starts shipping new ‘flicker free’ 3D TVs with passive glasses LG starts shipping new ‘flicker free’ 3D TVs with passive glasses originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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