There’s a raft of new 3D TVs out from LG, and they’ve all got one thing in common: the acknowledgement that the third dimension has been pretty lame so far. Not lame? Depth control, passive glasses and dual-view multiplayer gaming potential.
The LED-lit line LM line runs quite a range: 72 to 22 inches, 60Hz to 480Hz, dynamic backlighting at the higher end, and all controlled by a motion-sensitive gesture remote or voice recognition (!). All of this sits within an astoundingly small 1mm bezel. That’s practically invisible.
The 3D models also boast some nifty boosts to the standard 3D set. You’ll be able to adjust the extent of the 3D effect, a la Nintendo 3DS, to tune the depth level to your eyeballs’ comfort level. LG’s also pushing passive 3D glasses this year, which, although not as appealing as a glasses-free moviethon, does cut down on the bulk and dorkiness factor.
Maybe coolest of all? LG’s taking a page from Sony’s neat-ish PlayStation 3 display with a dual-view multiplayer mode. That means you and a pal can take a splitscreen game and have each side blown up to take advantage of the entire display using 3D glasses a splitter. We’ll go eyes-on to make sure it works well (if at all).
Eyes On: These 3D panels sing. Viewing angle is absolutely stunning, and the passive glasses are expectedly comfortable, without any eye strain at all. Whether you enjoy 3D or not, the panel is bright and extremely sharp. These screens are powered by an “L9″ processor of LG’s own design — a dual-core CPU combined with a quad-core GPU. It looks like it paid off.
Noddy
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 9:04 AMGlasses free 3D is coming in to newer TV’s now, Toshiba just released a big one with glasses free 3D, although I think it’s only LCD not OLED. I will wait until they release a 55″ OLED Glasses free and even then I’ll wait till the price becomes more manageable!
Ash
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 10:22 AMNoice. Giz, are you planning on having one of these as the prize for a competition in 2012? It would be great if you did :)
Stew
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 12:37 PM1mm bezel? Looks like ~1cm in the pic :)
chrissomerry
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 9:56 PMHoho, this looks nice. I like the idea of passive glasses even if it’s not glasses free, and what you’ve said about no eye strain makes it look like this could work quite well towards pushing 3D TVs into the living room of more and more people, rather than people going “it sucks” by default.