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Gear yourself with 3D glasses coz 3D screens are coming in the comforts of your home.

By 2010, Sony and Panasonic will be releasing 3D television sets to give that 3D experience to every household, while Mitsubishi and JVC are reportedly working on the same product for their respective brands. The cost of the new 3D TV, although not yet revealed, are said to be just a bit higher than the available televisions that are available now.

The 3D TV requires the new television (3D ready), broadcasting content, and, of course, 3D glasses. 3D television works this way(quoting John Sutter): “there are two images, one for the right eye and one for the left, alternate quickly on the TV. Sutters on the 3D glasses swap the viewer’s vision from right eye to the left at the same rate: 120 hertz, or 240 hertz for the images together. The TV connects with the glasses through a sensor that’s placed between the lenses on the glasses. The effect moves quickly that it tricks the brain into merging the images and creates the perspective needed to see images in 3D.”

Although the development of this 3D television sounds good and all, but there are still some problems seen in this invention. One would be the 3D glasses which, if you won’t watch in a specific distance, would make the opening and closing of the glasses “blinds” and would give the viewer a headache. Another thing would be that 3D broadcasts would require twice the date and would give an unworkable amount of bandwidth. And lastly, not all shows are really enticing to watch on 3D.

3D would only be good for animated or fictional shows or sports matches. But news programs, talk shows, and some TV series would not be that good to watch in 3D. Although this new invention is exciting but it could be awkward and weird.

Sutter, John D. (2009, September 18). CNN.com. 3-D television expected to come to homes in 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2009, from http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/18/3D.home.television/index.html.