LG 3D TVs will be here in 2009

Posted by Joe Svetlik on Wed 26 Nov 2008

News from the Far East

LG will launch 3D TVs next year, we were told at their Digital TV Technology centre in Seoul today.

“3D TVs are the next big step for us,” said Choon Lee, Vice President Director at the Digital TV Research Lab. “We will try with one or two markets in 2009,” he said. Although he wouldn’t specify which markets.

“The start may come from home shopping channels. It’s easier to introduce and show off the products in 3D.” 3D QVC, here we come. “It’s relatively easy to make content for animation. So comics and shopping will be first. Then it will migrate into soaps and other areas.”

Although he said it wouldn’t involve replacing your whole home cinema set-up. “It will involve a slight change to Blu-ray, not replacing the discs.”

Japan already has two hours of 3D a day courtesy of a satellite broadcast, and in the US 3D cinemas are pretty commonplace.

We also got a peek at LG’s 3Dmonitor, although this will be for advertising, and not for our homes.

The monitor relies on a PC to run the software, so will run on completely different technology to the 3D TVs.

“Over the next few years we will see lots more 3D,” he added.

Link: LG

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