Not that keen on 3D TVs? Panasonic’s hoping to tempt buyers with its first 3D Home Theatre Projector instead, the Full HD capable PT-AE7000E.
It’s not exactly a name that slips off the tongue, although the base specifications of the PT-AE7000E are relatively impressive. It’s Full HD capable, claims a 300,000:1 contrast ratio, 2,000 lumen brightness and uses transparent LCD panels running at 480Hz; Panasonic’s claim for this technology is that it should significantly cut down on crosstalk. Lamp life is stated at 5,000 hours.
The PT-AE7000E sells for an RRP of $4179 with two pairs of 3D glasses. You’d want to make sure you didn’t tread on too many pairs, as additional pairs will cost you a crunching $169 each. [Panasonic]
Ed Luck
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 1:56 PMStupid, stupid, stupid. When all commercial projection technology uses RealD passive glasses, why is Panasonic using active glasses? If LG can whack polarising filters on a 50 inch LCD TV, why can’t Panasonic drop a pair of tiny ones on their projector??
Brntl
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 2:14 PMI agree with you, Ed. I don’t understand these stupid active 3-D glasses. I mean, what’s the point of renting/buying all these 3-D movies and not being able to invite all your friends/family around to watch it! Surely passive glasses are the way to go!!
johnd
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 11:44 PMThe point of active glasses is to create a second revenue stream, nothing more. After all, you don’t think that it costs anywhere near $169 to make these. The markup on these glasses is criminal.
ausstorageguy
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 10:29 AMThe issue is, that the manufacturer would have to do 1 of 2 things in order to not sacrifice resolution when using passve glasses:
1. Double the horizontal or vertical resolution (e.g. 3840 vs 1920) in the same horizontal space and place opposing polarizing filters on each vertical segment or;
2. Place 2 LCD panels in the projector (and possibly 2 x Lenses).
Either of which is going to be difficuly and expensive, but if you’re going to stump up $4k + on a projector, $169 for a pair of glasses isn’t much for you, considering that less than 10% of the purchase will get you two more pairs.,
Whilst it seems that the resolution thing is subjective, LG passive 3d screens work by halving the horizontal resolution of 1080 to 540 lines per eye and as mentioned, this is subjective, but for me I was disatisfied with the the “crispness” of the picture, mostly regarding vertical objects.