Samsung introduces 3D-Ready DLP® HDTVs

Samsung introduces its new line of 3D-Ready DLP® HDTVs. These DLPs are equipped with technologies with inherent speed advantages over the Digital Micro-mirror Device (DMD) to generate the left and right images required for stereoscopic viewing. With the combination of this and recent technical innovations in shutter glasses, the user is able to experience a realistic high quailty, high definition 3-D image on their Samsung DLP® television set.

Now you can enjoy your movies, shows and games in 3D without the annoying drawbacks of 3D viewing in the past. Samsung's line of 3D-Ready DLP® TVs has refresh rates of 120Hz, making the transitions in displaying the left and right images much faster, smoother, and flicker-free. Best of all, this new technology now comes at a very affordable price. Support from movie and game companies expand daily as the technology is accepted more and more by everyday consumers.

DLP® 3D Technology

Technology for the first DLP® 3-D television was introduced to displays in 2007. Utilizing the inherent speed advantages of the Digital Micromirror Device (DMD), this technology displays the left and right views required for stereoscopic, or 3-D imaging. When combined with shutter glasses, users will experience high quality, high definition 3-D viewing with DLP® HDTVs.

DLP® 3D technology generates independent views for the left and right eyes. A synchronization signal is generated for each view and transmitted optically to shutter glasses that are worn by the viewer. The shutter glasses process the signal and control the shutter for each eye, insuring display of the correct view.

DLP® 3D Requirements

• A DLP® 3-D Ready TV offered by Samsung
• VESA compatible LCD shutter glasses and sync signal transmitter
• Video or graphics source which shows 3-D pictures using DLP® 3-D format

Advantages of DLP® 3-D HDTV Technology

• The DLP® 3-D technology supplies a 60Hz frame rate signal to each eye (total equivalent to 120 Hz). This high video frame rate reduces flicker which is typical of other frame sequential stereographic display systems.
• The 3-D HDTV technology has virtually zero implemenentation cost on new DLP® HDTV, benefiting consumers with a future-proof capability.
• Older 3-D technologies used anaglyphic (red/blue) glasses. A DLP® 3-D HDTV system with shutter glasses gives exceptional color fidelity and superior picture depth.

DLP® 3-D Image Format*

3-D stereoscopic video content is sent to the TV through an HDMI or DVI port using the DLP® 3-D format. In this format, the left and right images are sampled using the DLP® unique TV. The two views are then overlaid and appear as a left and right checkerboard pattern in a conventional orthogonal sampled image. This format preserves the horizontal and vertical resolution of the left and right views providing the viewer with the highest image fidelity possible with the available bandwidth.