AUO's 65-inch 3D HDTV panel headed for the conveyer belt in 2H 2010, boasts polarized specs

While it might have been a pipe dream back in '09, Taiwanese display manufacturer AU Optronics is firmly committed to blasting our eyeballs in 2010, with a monstrous 65-inch HD LCD panel ready for all the 3D and pseudo-3D content (we're looking at you, G-Force) you have on offer. AUO isn't hedging its bets on this one, either; at FPD China 2010, the company announced that they're using a polarized solution with cheap, $2 to 3 glasses to generate the 3D effect. Sure, polarized is the preferred method for most theatres, but it's often more expensive than active shutter tech for an in-home user -- and can come with some serious visual tradeoffs like permanent ghosting or halved vertical resolution. We won't know for sure until we get hands-on, but either way, expect to see AUO's panels in a branded 3D HDTV near you early next year, or just a few months before HDI drops a 103-inch monster of its own.

[abedinthehouse Posted Mar 16th 2010 5:40AM]

Hopefully by next year they will have glass-less 3D ready to ship....and people will then start nagging on their polarized glasses for being so behind on tech.

[viper24 Posted Mar 16th 2010 5:45AM]

@abedinthehouse freeking better do away with glasses next year.

[emopoops Posted Mar 16th 2010 9:06AM]

@abedinthehouse they should have rounded out the corners of thos muncherrs. someones baby probably walked up to it and smacked there head. ten times worse on a corner thats sharp rather than rounded.

[erh Posted Mar 16th 2010 10:54AM]

@abedinthehouse
Don't bet on glass-less 3D televisions.

Some autostereoscopic displays require that ever viewer hold their head in a precise position. If you move your head 3 inches left or right, the 3D becomes inverted! Other autostereoscopic displays track your eye position using cameras, but they only work for one viewer! Forget it, consumers will not accept these kind of limitations!

[boredtoday Posted Mar 16th 2010 9:02AM]

conveyOr

[LarryL Posted Mar 16th 2010 9:50AM]

Hmmm....
So now we're looking at different implementations of 3D with varying quality. Now consumers, depending on which 3D TV they get to test out will have a really wide range of opinions on 3D and make the already difficult sell even harder.
Well at least we'll have a variety of choices.

[Brokinarrow Posted Mar 16th 2010 1:32PM]

WIN! Will definitely buy this over those stupid sets that take the $150 shutter glasses.

[D1Only1 Posted Mar 16th 2010 3:35PM]

I am surprised you make a difference between the 3D and the pseudo-3D in there.

none are 3D.
3D stands for 3 dimension, in which case all 3 axes, x, y, and z are VALID.
so you can really see new details in the depth.

in the current trend of so-called 3D, it is in fact, 2 2-dimensional planes, nothing more.

so when moving your head a bit, you cannot seen anything additionnal.

true TD will only be there when holographic TD will come. Until then, calling this 3D is wrong.
the correct name is Stereoscopy.