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NVIDIA launching 3D glasses this year, but where are the monitors?

Post by Jenny , 2008-11-07 00:57:30 Source: FiringSquad Editor:Jenny

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DigiTimes reports that NVIDIA plans to launch their stereoscopic 3D glasses before the end of this year.

 

DigiTimes reports that NVIDIA plans to launch their stereoscopic 3D glasses before the end of this year, but apparently there's only one device on the market today that supports the tech: a 73" Mitsubishi 1080p DLP TV: 

 

Based on information from Nvidia's website and sources familiar with the product's development, the GeForce Stereoscopic 3D glasses can only be supported by LCD monitors that feature "true" 120Hz monitor panels. The sources explained that some LCD monitor vendors are marketing 120Hz monitors that actually only overdrive 60Hz monitor panels, meaning that while the display is refreshed at a double rate, the image remains the same. Nvidia requires true 120Hz panels to support its 3D stereo glasses, as a different image (one for each eye) is used for each refresh, and displays that support the technology will bear a 3D Ready logo so that consumers know which models can be used.

 

The catch is that currently there is only one 3D Ready device on the market, a Mitsubishi 73-inch 3D Ready 1080p DLP TV. While ViewSonic and Samsung Electronics have demonstrated LCD monitors that bear the 3D Ready logo, neither of those vendors are shipping the products in the market. According to the sources in the graphics card industry, ViewSonic will not begin mass production of its monitors until January 2009.

 

The article goes on to state that NVIDIA will be limiting the number of partners for this launch to prevent price erosion.

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