At one point or another, many of us have donned those dorky glasses to watch a three dimensional movie in a theater or play a 3D game on a computer. The flat panel TV that LG Electronics is displaying at the IFA conference in Berlin lets you see 3D content without wearing glasses. The technology in model 3D MNT (M4210D) basically works ok, though though it's difficult to keep everything in focus and it's all a bit disorienting. (Four to five meters, LG says, is an optimum viewing distance.)There's a PC and 3D content player inside; LG says the 3D effect works through "parallax image " technology meaning each eye sees a different object when the other is closed.
But the company admits the TV is unlikely to be competely blurry-free. In December, LG expects to develop software to convert 2D movies to 3D. But at about 4,999 Euros or more than $7,000, the TV isn't exactly priced for consumers. Instead the company envisions commercial use in casinos, shopping malls and elsewhere.
By Ed Baig
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