World's first 46-inch stereoscopic 3D TV from Hyundai on sale in Japan

3D baby, that's what we've wanted from home television for 50 years. Now it's yours... if you live in Japan anyway. Introducing the world's first 46-inch 3D stereoscopic television. Built by Hyundai, the 1,920 x 1,080 set is capable of grabbing BS11 3D broadcasts pumped by Nippon BS in Japan for the last few months. The ¥498,000 (about $4,857) LCD brings 2x HDMI and 3x composite inputs (to name a few) and apparently works fine for traditional 2D broadcasts. Unfortunately, you'll have to wear what appear to be 3-foot wide, 3D glasses judging by the image provided above. Perhaps they're meant as a radiation shield since the set is also the world's first TV with built-in "nuclear reactor" according to the machine translated text. Be careful out there kids, it's just television.

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[Kurian @ Apr 10th 2008 7:15AM]

Oh the vagary is killing me!

[Tinu @ Apr 10th 2008 9:25AM]

Why no Hyundai car displayed in the TV?

[NTouch @ Apr 10th 2008 7:15AM]

such and unfortunately named standard and broadcasting company.

[Tony Rayo @ Apr 10th 2008 10:02AM]

Lots of Japanese words would make English-only speaking people giggle (btw, Nippon = Japan and BS normally stands for broadcast satellite, not sure in this case).

[NoAndThen @ Apr 10th 2008 7:17AM]

SEXY. Oh, and the TV is sweet too. Nice remodel, Engadget!

[Amadeus @ Apr 10th 2008 7:19AM]

Am I the only person that really doesn't want a 3D TV? If its just the image popping out at me fine but if it involves viewing a different image from different angles I want no part in it. I wouldn't want to watch a movie or anything for the matter while wondering if I am missing something from a different viewing angle.

Am I just totally mistaken as to how these 3D display technologies work?

[pete @ Apr 10th 2008 7:27AM]

The TV would only show a single point of view. Closer objects to the viewer would appear to stretch out of the screen, you wouldn't be able to move your head to see whats behind them.

[roflercopterer @ Apr 10th 2008 7:33AM]

You've never seen a 3D movie have you...

[Ebzy @ Apr 10th 2008 8:28AM]

Oh Dear

Amadeus please say you were joking. Admitting to a bad joke isn't as bad as such ignorance

[m4dm4n @ Apr 10th 2008 8:39AM]

Don't be silly. But remember: if you die in the movie, you die in real life.

[Amadeus @ Apr 11th 2008 2:40PM]

So obviously I was just mistaken. Thanks pete. I was just taking 3D for...well 3D. like hologram style.

[roflercopterer @ Apr 10th 2008 7:33AM]

Nippon BS

Japan Bullshitake

[Ebzy @ Apr 10th 2008 8:29AM]

If only there were more channels supporting it in the rest of the world.

[Tony Rayo @ Apr 10th 2008 10:07AM]

Honestly so far I haven't experience any 3D experience that I have been able to comfortably watch for long. Also the need to wear glasses makes it a no deal for me (I remember years ago the technology to display 3D video without any glasses, aka pretty much a hologram, seemed to be coming along... must be far away from working and/or being affordable).

[kev @ Apr 10th 2008 8:40AM]

This is old news.

[Drew @ Apr 10th 2008 8:46AM]

So if there is a hot woman in a bikini with a huge rack on the display, the Rack becomes 3d and pops out of the screen but the rest of her stays flat? Sweet!

[ehisforadam @ Apr 10th 2008 9:19AM]

3D TV and a pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers? How can you go wrong?

[Munkcy @ Apr 10th 2008 9:39AM]

Japan always gets the good stuff first. Robots. 3D TVs. Godzilla. All the good stuff.

[Tony Rayo @ Apr 10th 2008 10:09AM]

Heh, they don't "get" the good stuff first, they make it first. Also South Korea gets a lot of new technologies out very quickly as well (partly thanks to it's relative small size).

[teej @ Apr 10th 2008 1:56PM]

not always true. they got the PS3...that thing sucks.

[Jason @ Apr 10th 2008 11:01AM]

No no no, this sucker's electrical...but I needed the nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 jigawatts of power that I needed..

[Jeremy @ Apr 10th 2008 11:17AM]

I saw one of these in an electronics store here in Seoul Korea last week. They had some 3D version of the Sims playing. Let me tell you the Sims are even more boring in 3D.

[markus @ Apr 10th 2008 12:47PM]

Wow. What stylish 3D glasses. I'll have to draw the blinds when watching TV to make sure no one sees me wearing some dorky Buddy Holly 1950's sunglasses.

And oh-how-lovely: now when I want to watch TV, instead of saying "where's the damn remote?", I also get to say "where's the damn 3D glasses".
;-)

[Dmitri @ Apr 10th 2008 12:58PM]

Tried it out in Japan last week when I was there at Yodobashi Camera. Its definately not something I would want to watch for a long time. The 3d aspect is kinda cool, but its not all that clear. I much rather prefer to watch good old HD. I don't recall if the feed for the tv was HD or not, but it did not look sharp at all.

[Jake Maheu @ Apr 10th 2008 1:11PM]

TV dawn of a new era and can be called "the corresponding 3-D TV broadcast"

The first nuclear reactor!

[spacegravity4me @ Apr 10th 2008 3:07PM]

ok... but aren't there tvs' and monitors that have 3d without glasses?

[spacegravity4me @ Apr 10th 2008 3:09PM]

and why won't my frigging avatar update?

[Alex @ Apr 13th 2008 4:27PM]

Same here.
It says 5 mins but mine hasn't updated after about 3 weeks. I'm sick of the POTF album cover.

[Michiel Trimpe @ Apr 10th 2008 3:52PM]

Philips has had a 42" version for ages now! And I hear it's only $15K!

http://www.business-sites.philips.com/3dsolutions/Products/3DScreens/Index.html

[mer2 @ Apr 10th 2008 5:38PM]

"first nuclear reactor" is a mistranslation of the part of "first machine".
http://www.excite.co.jp/world/english/web/?wb_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biccamera.com%2Fbicbic%2Fjsp%2Fw%2Fcatalog%2Fdetail.jsp%3FJAN%5FCODE%3D0824314003331&wb_lp=JAEN&wb_dis=2

[Obvious @ Apr 10th 2008 6:38PM]

The first thing I thought when seeing those glasses was:

OBEY
MARRY AND REPRODUCE
STAY ASLEEP

/Obscure?
//"Kick ass and chew bubblegum"

[lol @ May 12th 2008 1:21AM]

Hyundai is all out of bubblegum.

Hey, watch They Live in 3D with me! Put on these glasses!

Look, you crazy mother-

[大头仔 @ Apr 11th 2008 12:15AM]

这么神奇

[Nelson @ Apr 14th 2008 10:59PM]

3D porno, wait, am I the only one thinking this, yea, I knew it, I am

[physicsgee @ May 20th 2008 11:52PM]

How does it work? LCD glasses could block out left and right vision while synchronized left and right images are flashed on the screen. 3D movies like I-MAX use simultaneous l & R images projected in a metalic screen polarized 90 degrees to each other and then watched with polarized lenses delivering the appropriate image to the correct eye. It seems difficult how this system could be used by a single LCD or plasma screen.