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A recent ConsumerReport story, notes that Toshiba will only be supporting passive 3D from now on.
“It’s [Toshiba] dropping active 3D by moving all its 3D models to passive technology.”
You may be asking yourself what the actual differences are between these methods, so let me elaborate. Active stereo 3D relies on more expensive and battery-charged 3D glasses and viewers experience more flickering per each eye than with passive glasses.
However, passive 3D sometimes gets criticised for supporting a lower image quality due to resolution constraints.
The bottom line is it all comes to comfort vs image quality. Can you settle for less clarity in exchange for getting to wear a much less pricey and more comfortable pair of glasses? This is the question you may ask when choosing a passive 3D TV set over an active 3D one.
However, passive stereo 3D is advancing in image quality and catching up to active 3D. With most TV sets today though you won’t be getting HD image quality from passive glasses. …
Read the full article here: http://www.3dtv.com/news/Toshiba-is-Now-a-Supporter-of-Only-Passive-Stereo-3D