PS3 Processor Powers New Glasses-Free 3D Televisions

[DirtyDMan]

Toshiba's new glasses-free 3D televisions have the same electronic brain as the PlayStation 3.

Toshiba unveiled its anticipated line of glasses-free 3D televisions today, and also revealed the basic method through which they work. Using the Cell processor, the same CPU found in the PlayStation 3, the new television sets are able to get rid of the 3D revolution's glasses barrier and provide a 3D experience more similar to how the average consumer currently watches television.

The new LCD televisions are said to use a special filter sheet placed over their high-definition screens and contain an internal Cell processor that outputs information from nine images created in real time for every single frame of whatever is being displayed. The filter angles these images to ideally shoot a different signal to the right and left eyes of a viewer, similar to how the Nintendo 3DS works. This technology isn't quite perfect yet, with viewers testing the new TVs noting that the display got blurry when viewed from side angles, but Toshiba admits that it's best viewed within a 40-degree zone and from a certain distance. Toshiba's new products are still better than previous glasses-free technology that required viewers to sit in a single spot.

Toshiba president Masaaki Oosumi even says that the glasses-free TVs can convert 2D into 3D, and calls the new line "dream" TVs. The company will initially sell a 12-inch model for ¥120,000 ($1,440) and a 20-inch model for ¥240,000 ($2,880) and they're both planned for release in December. However, Toshiba will only be selling the glasses-free TVs in Japan for now, with no announced plans to bring them to Europe or North America. Oosumi did say that the technology would have to be brought to larger televisions to succeed in overseas markets, with a 56-inch prototype also on display.

Toshiba hopes to sell 1,000 units of the pricey 3DTVs per month for now. The technology sounds awesome, but priced at somewhere around 10 times the cost of a normal HDTV, I'm sure they'll face a battle making their way into people's homes until the price comes down. Not that that's anything new in the world of electronics.

Very kool b/c who want to wear glasses just to watch your regular tv... Plus PS3 internal Cell processor help make this possible is really kool...

Even so I wont be getting this anytime soon... Not for that price.....

[Popsicle Season]

Doesn't 3D on regular TV make people sick?

[Charlotte]

This really cool, when will Samsung doing the same?! :P

[Linx_is_me]

Doesn't 3D on regular TV make people sick?

I thought the same thing , I went to best buy to look for a game . I saw the 3D Tv set up and went up to it. The store guy came out and gave us the big speal on how much everything was . Then he let us test it out . Now I only used it for maybe 10 minutes so Prolonged use may be worse . But it did seem to be fine . Although I do not really want to watch all my Tv shows in 3D they were watching some Racing show in 3D . That was ok , however I do not want to watch at tv series in 3D . The Glasses will hurt your ears at least after a while .

[Jaykub]

This is going to be epic, Now I just can't wait to get my PS3 :3