Are we about to get the same confusion with 3D TVs as we got with HD TVs?
Remember when HD came out, that HD Ready did not mean the TV could display full-fat 1080P HD, but only 720P. An "HD Ready 1080P" logo was added (eventually).
Now most manufacturers are producing 3D TVs with shuttered LCD (active) glasses that support full 1080P resolution. But then you've got the panels being produced for use with polarised (passive) glasses; like the ones by LG, for example, currently being used in Pubs for Sky's 3D broadcasts. These can only support [Edit] 720P resolution 3D half-frame 1080i resolution 3D (about 90% of the pixel content of 720P) [/Edit] - which is fine for broadcast television, as this is all the broadcasters can support.
Are these passive glasses-based system going to be sold to the general public, or are they going to be restricted to commercial venues for broadcast sport, etc.
If the former are we going to have to see: "3D Ready" or "3D Ready 1080P" logos appearing on TVs and the sort of confusion we saw during the early releases of HD TVs?
Remember when HD came out, that HD Ready did not mean the TV could display full-fat 1080P HD, but only 720P. An "HD Ready 1080P" logo was added (eventually).
Now most manufacturers are producing 3D TVs with shuttered LCD (active) glasses that support full 1080P resolution. But then you've got the panels being produced for use with polarised (passive) glasses; like the ones by LG, for example, currently being used in Pubs for Sky's 3D broadcasts. These can only support [Edit] 720P resolution 3D half-frame 1080i resolution 3D (about 90% of the pixel content of 720P) [/Edit] - which is fine for broadcast television, as this is all the broadcasters can support.
Are these passive glasses-based system going to be sold to the general public, or are they going to be restricted to commercial venues for broadcast sport, etc.
If the former are we going to have to see: "3D Ready" or "3D Ready 1080P" logos appearing on TVs and the sort of confusion we saw during the early releases of HD TVs?