Samsung 3D LED LCD TVs @ Dionwired

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Samsung's range of 3D TVs have just arrived at Dionwired:

http://www.experiencethefuture.co.z...category_id=18&Itemid=243&vmcchk=1&Itemid=135

Some interesting facts:

http://www.experiencethefuture.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=184&Itemid=184

According to #5 ESPN and Discovery will launch 3D channels in 2011 in SA.

The glasses that are included with some of these sets, or have to be bought seperately with others, are the LCD-shutter type which are MUCH better than the polarized ones they give you at the cinema.

I had the opportunity in 1999 to watch a 3D IMAX movie in London with these, and can only imagine how they must have improved since then.
 
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Will be awesome to see in action....will make a mental note next time I see a deon wired to go in:-)
 
So what's the use of this thing right now? What can you watch on it in 3D?
 
They are expensive but then so are all +40" flat panels, what sort of premium are you paying for the 3D part?
 
I saw the Dionwired print Ad.

The 40" was R22k and the 46" was R29k

now, for a 200hz LED, that is basically what you paid in late 2009. The prices are seriously not that bad for 3D 200Hz LED panels with digital tuners. Say you pay about a 30% premium over your basic 100Hz LED panels.

The LG's are a bit madly overpriced though.

The problem is, now you need a 3D (HDMI 1.4) BluRay player. And if you use a AVR/Amp, you need a HDMI 1.4 compliant one of those as well. + the glasses of course.
 
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Saw this TV at Dion Wired and watched some 3D content. It is simply amazing! I wish I had R55k to blow on a TV.
 
I think it's a bit premature to buy a 3D Tv at this stage as there's very little content, if any to watch.
 
remybfg10k said:
Can i buy the glasses and use them at a Cinema to watch 3D?
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No, the cinemas use the polarized ones and the ones that come with these TVs are the active-shutter LCD type.

In most instances you cannot even use these active-shutter glasses to view 3D on a different brand of TV than the one they came with.
 
Looked at these things today myself. The image is amazing. However you can't really watch it in artificial light because it causes flickering, so the room has to be completely dark. Also according to the salesman, if you watch a normal BlueRay or HD TV broadcast, the 3D TV device itself can convert the standard 2D image into a 3D image but it won't be as clear as native 3D disc.
 
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