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Continuing a fine tradition of large, high resolution prototype displays, Samsung Electronics picked today to show off its latest innovation, in the form of the world’s first 70-inch, “Ultra Definition” 240Hz 3DTV. That UD tag indicates a resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 pixels that puts your current HDTV and even larger projection 1080p 3D units to shame. The big deal in this version is the super high speed silicon Samsung has developed to drive all those pixels fast enough to support smooth motion and 3D viewing — glasses still required, of course.

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Hello, future! We had an inkling that glasses-free 3D was the next big thing when we had a gaze at Intel’s display back at CES earlier this year, but it seems that AUO is out to overcome the largest hurdle when dealing with lenticular lens 3D technology: viewing angles. Today, the outfit has revealed the world’s first deadzone-free naked eye 3D notebook panel at FPD International 2010, and as the lengthy title indicates, this solution will enable you to view 3D content sans glasses and without positioning yourself carefully in front of the screen. Purportedly, AUO’s tapping into SuperD’s naked eye 3D wizardry to create a 15.6-inch laptop (1080p) and 10.1-inch tablet (WXGA) panel, and there’s even an eye-tracking mechanism that’s baked in to capture viewers’ eyeball movements. Zanier still, both 2D and 3D modes can operate concurrently on the same display, and the viewer can switch back and forth between the two modes without having their brain implode. The company’s pushing a mass production date of Q3 2011, which means that the last CES this planet ever sees should be quite the interesting one.

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While we wait for manufacturers of 3D TVs to get together and agree on a standard so we don’t need different glasses for every different set, Samsung is at least making things easier for four-eyed dorks like me. You will be able to order prescription 3D specs to watch Samsung 3DTVs, without having to pile up pairs of spectacles in a nightmare of layered lenses.

The specs will be made to order, are available in different styles and, as you can see in the picture, they’re actually pretty stylish. Samsung says that the glasses will take around a week to make. Finally, a pair of 3D-spex that I can wear down to my local bar to watch Barcelona playing in 3D on the big-screen. Well, as long as my local has a Samsung screen, I guess.

I imagine the future of these glasses. They have polarized, LCD shutters in them, right? What’s to stop the electronics inside automatically adjusting the amount of light they let through when I’m not watching TV? That way, I would need just one pair, for seeing, sunbathing and 3D-movie-watching.

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See Also:

• Samsung's Impossibly Thin 3D TV Tempts Hollywood Producer
• Wired Explains: How 3-D Television Works
• 4 Things That Could Keep 3-D TV Out of Your Living Room

Is 3D gaming on the verge of completely revolutionizing your world? If you’re a hardcore PlayStation fan, you might believe the answer to that question is “yes.” However, given the recent DisplaySearch findings on 3DTV adoption, we’re thinking more of you fall in with the leanings of Microsoft’s Phil Spencer, who is making it clear that he isn’t pushing the technology at this point:

For better or for worse, people just don’t really have TVs in their house right now that are going to do 3D in a way that’s going to work… As a corporate mandate, I don’t need to sell you a new TV, that’s not part of my business model. Other companies maybe have that part of their business model. I don’t.

“Other companies,” eh? Yeah, we think you can figure out who he’s talking about there. Phil isn’t just dishing up the Haterade, though, throwing props to Nintendo: “I like the 3DS, you don’t have to wear the glasses.”

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It’s with some surprise that we pen, finger to key to screen, praise for a 3D display — particularly one that is glasses-free (the staff is still a bit divided, for example, on Nintendo’s 3DS screen). But here we go. Toshiba’s 20-inch Regza 20GL1 3D set was on hand at CEATEC, and it’s actually a set we could see ourselves comfortably watching for a given span of time. Viewing angles are none too shabby, the refresh rate doesn’t visibly distract or inherently cause headaches, and at 720p, you can actually get an enjoyable image. The 56-inch concept conjured up a worthy picture as well, but then again, it’s a prototype with no immediate purpose other than causing attendee awe at this point. If we had to fault it, we’d say that the viewing angles where you see two distinct perspectives (see the picture above for an example) are too wide, which means you’d have to be really careful about where you sit on the couch if you were to buy something like this for your den.

Also on hand was a notebook, which at this point just didn’t cut it. Perhaps it’s just too early in development, but what was saw had minimal depth and an unfortunately low resolution / perceived refresh rate; when the video loop it was playing switched to the Windows 7 UI, it looked grainy and extremely difficult to read — undoubtedly the side effect of trying to use a display designed for permanent 3D use in 2D mode.

That leaves us to talk about 12-inch 12GL1, and what can we express other than disappointment? The 466 x 350 resolution (yes, that’s less than standard definition) is just awful, you can lose the 3D effect moving marginally to the left or right, depth is not pronounced, and medium-to-fast pace footage just doesn’t work. For all the warm-yet-cautious approval we give to the 20GL1, its little brother is quite the black sheep, especially at ¥120,000 ($1,443). Not that ¥240,000 for 20 inches is a bargain, but at least you’re getting a quality screen… and for once, you don’t actually need additional eyewear to enjoy it. Decidedly two-dimensional snapshots and video taken from an almost pitch-black showroom (i.e. very not optimal) can be found below.

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