Samsung Electronics launched the world’s first 3D TV. This technology is believed to change the viewer’s experience. Also present at the launch ceremony, which took place at New York’s Time Warner Centre, were hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas and “Avatar” director James Cameron.
Samsung has lined up sets beginning with 46-inch and 55-inch C7000 models and displayed the LED-lit TVs’ 3D picture quality with unbelievable intensity and wonderful clarity.
Viewers are required to wear electronic glasses to watch the 3D TV. These glasses create the 3D effect by opening and closinge rapidly in time, with images designed for the right and left eye.
Samsung also plans to bring 3D movies to its customers in collaboration with also DreamWorks Animation, the maker of “Shrek,” “Kung Fu Panda” etc. This will include a first-time feature-length, 3D Blu-ray version of DreamWorks Animation’s 2009 release, Monsters vs. Aliens.
3D TVs have registered a slow response because programming problem, required special glasses and the higher prices. With the release of science fiction popular movies like “Avatar,” the demand for 3D TVs is likely to grow.
