Toshiba supersized, glasses-free, 3-D TV steals IFA show

Just 11500 dollars not bad, I'll just refinance my house then I'll have the money to get one.

I imagine they will stay expensive for some time to come until some competitor steps up with something better. I am sure they will license this technology to some companies. Looks cool though, I would like to see it. Next up the holo-deck- like on Star Trek.Too bad the article speaks nothing of the actual viewing experience. I already wear glasses so putting 3D glasses on over them has not been optimal for me at the theater.

"The user pushes a button on the remote control, which"

...befuddles 98% of America.

98% ?? Given that most controls seem to have as many obscure menus and functions as a Japanese digital 'sports' watch, a gray-on-gray manual fit only for recycling plus networked upgrades that never appear, perhaps the 'Human Interface' crew could take note and include a BIG button marked 'SCAN ROOM'...

if the experience of the DS is anything to go by, i would defiantly suggest everyone tries before you buy.. for a good couple hours..
personally i think i will wait to see what the public say about this before taking the plunge.

"Glasses-free viewing may change the tide of disappointing sales figures."

If they're measuring against past performance when people would buy a television to watch cable, they're going to be disappointed.

When 3Dtvs started coming out, they were lauding how there'd be dedicated 3D channels. Fast forward to today, and cable television is about as important to me as landline telephone - meaning neither are in my home.

I want 3D content, it's just not practical yet.

If netflix, hulu, and youtube can show 3D content on this, excellent. But then again, I won't be buying an $11,000 computer monitor.

There is a variety of display methods for simulating three-dimensional views that use only the stereo views, where different images are delivered to the left and right eyes. One problem with these stereo viewing technologies is that the perception of depth does not depend only on the disparity between the images in the left and right eyes. Rather, the perception of depth is also influenced by the ability of the eyes to focus at different distances and by the changes in parallax that occur with small head movements. Consequently, the three-dimensional perceptions produced by stereo display may be preceived to be fake 3-D. Furthermore, the stereo displays may cause unwanted stress on the eye muscles as the eyes constantly change focus trying to accommodate conflicting depth clues.

Yeah, great but the sound that comes out of Toshiba TVs is horrible.

Great. Another smoke-screen to veil horrible tv programing. Yeah! (waves small pennant)

@crucialitis The article mentioned that this Toshiba TV can "upscale 2d content to 3d content". So perhaps it would enhance Youtube, Hulu and Netflix. My conjecture is, though, it will have the paper overlay effect that the DS suggests. Hopefully the software can detect parallax cues and add that into the upgrade algorithm to enhance the realism, but I don't think it will.

All in all this is a really exciting harbinger of things to come especially if bigger and better upscaling algorithms can deliver enhanced content "on the fly".

I imagine they will stay expensive for some time to come until some competitor steps up with something better. I am sure they will license this technology to some companies. Looks cool though, I would like to see it. Next up the holo-deck- like on Star Trek.Too bad the article speaks nothing of the actual viewing experience. I already wear glasses so putting 3D glasses on over them has not been optimal for me at the theater.

Try wearing contact lens so that you don't have the limitation of glasses. Why would someone wear glasses when contact lens is available is beyond me.

Try wearing contact lens so that you don't have the limitation of glasses. Why would someone wear glasses when contact lens is available is beyond me.

Fortunately for me I don't need any glasses myself, but I think that contact lenses still have the potential to harm one's eyes, by abrading them and preventing oxygen transfer. Normal glasses don't. Oh, and the infection risk is there also.

I imagine they will stay expensive for some time to come until some competitor steps up with something better. I am sure they will license this technology to some companies. Looks cool though, I would like to see it. Next up the holo-deck- like on Star Trek.Too bad the article speaks nothing of the actual viewing experience. I already wear glasses so putting 3D glasses on over them has not been optimal for me at the theater.

Try wearing contact lens so that you don't have the limitation of glasses. Why would someone wear glasses when contact lens is available is beyond me.

Not all of us can touch our eyes to put the contacts in or remove them. It's a strange and squeamish thing but that's just the way it is so I'll stay with the glasses.
Interestingly, our local cinema provides 3d glasses designed for glasses wearers. They are actually a very modern design and don't look too ridiculous.

Try wearing contact lens so that you don't have the limitation of glasses. Why would someone wear glasses when contact lens is available is beyond me.

Because contact lenses are a pain in the butt.

First thing is putting them on and off, which is uncomfortable and requires careful hygiene. Second thing is the dryness and the bloodshot eyes that results from prolonged wear, third thing is that they move around constantly and you have to blink to get it to settle back right again so you can see straight.

Try taking a nap with contacts on, and then blink like an idiot to get it unstuck from underneath your eyelid.

I imagine they will stay expensive for some time to come until some competitor steps up with something better. I am sure they will license this technology to some companies. Looks cool though, I would like to see it. Next up the holo-deck- like on Star Trek.Too bad the article speaks nothing of the actual viewing experience. I already wear glasses so putting 3D glasses on over them has not been optimal for me at the theater.

Try wearing contact lens so that you don't have the limitation of glasses. Why would someone wear glasses when contact lens is available is beyond me.

Oh, and I'm short sighted in one eye and long sighted in the other....there's bound to be days when I'd get the lenses in the wrong eye.

Or supersensitive eyes like mine, that if I don't get it in by the 2nd try I might as well forget it because my eyes have gone instantly to looking like I'm stoned, drunk, been up for a week, and still can't get enough caffeine... Add to that the fact that I have astigatism so have to have the Toric lenses, which are noticably larger than regular contacts, and even more annoying to my eyes.

As for the 2d-3d conversion, I wonder if they're using a system similar to http://make3d.cs.cornell.edu/
I don't know how long it takes the algorithm to render a picture, but if it's fast enough it could just do the trick.