“Panasonic, the industry and technology leader in high definition televisions, is targeting a market share of 50 percent for large screen 3D TV by 2012, and 25 percent market share for over 37-inch televisions in the Middle East region” said senior product manager of Panasonic Marketing Middle East, Abby Thomas.

This series of TV set have come about as a progression from models of last year which were the V/U/A/X Plasma TV series and U and D 25 LCD TV series. The sets incorporate 600 Hz sub field drive and this gives a clear and crisp picture output.

The original 3D experience of movies depended on the viewer wearing stereoscopic green and red glasses. Problem is, it strains the eyes. Another process for 3D uses a special screen and polarized glasses. In this system images for the left and right eye are rapidly alternated, and the glasses pick up the appropriate image for each eye.

Now Sony and Panasonic have introduced an “active shutter” technique for high definition plasma and LCD TVs. The viewer still has to wear polarized glasses, but in this system the glasses have LCD active shutters that are synchronized with signals from the TV. The shutters rapidly block the right and left eye views alternately so each eye receives the correct image.