Toshiba's 55-inch 4K glasses-free 3DTV ships in the US early this year, can we borrow

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Toshiba's 55-inch 4K glasses-free 3DTV ships in the US early this year, can we borrow $10k?
By Richard Lawler posted Jan 6th 2012 3:33PM
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It's not a big surprise after launching in Germany and Japan, but Toshiba PR has confirmed to us and CNET that the company's 3,840x2,160 resolution autostereoscopic 3DTV will make its US debut in the first quarter of 2012, matching the "end of fiscal year" prediction we'd heard previously. There's no details on pricetag or model #, but given its $10,000~ sticker price overseas, we'd start shaking out those couch cushions now. The LCD maintains its QuadHD resolution when displaying 2D content, however switching into 3D mode drops the resolution to 720p. Other than removing the need for viewers to wear glasses to see the effect, it also uses face tracking to fine tune the experience for up to nine people. We'll have more info once it's officially unveiled in a few days, until then feel free to drool over the prototype it showed off last year.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/06/toshibas-55-inch-4k-glasses-free-3dtv-ships-in-the-us-early-nex/

 

[Carelton Holt]

I want one :drool:

 

[TonySegreto]

Whaaaat that seems ridiculous! *DROOL*

 

[David W. Jones]

Have had the worst luck with Toshiba LCDs suffering from burn-in.

 

[Robert L. Mickles]

Unless I read it wrong its Quad HD for 2D, but can only do 720P for 3D? Whats up with that?

 

[Petri Teittinen]

This is still the same model I saw at IFA last year. It was absolute rubbish, a total POS as far as autostereoscopic 3D is concerned. I'm guessing you can't use it as a 4K 2D display either because Toshiba fed it 4K live content from a JVC 4K camcorder prototype via 4 HDMI cables.

 

[Petri Teittinen]

Unless I read it wrong its Quad HD for 2D, but can only do 720P for 3D? Whats up with that?

Because the panel resolution is divided by the number of 3D viewpoints. 4K panel, 4 viewpoints (i.e. 4 simultaneous viewers) = 1K per viewpoint.