Welcome back to LG. Let’s take a closer look at some displays…
LG has several 3D displays in their booth. According to a senior LG rep, the LG 3D TVs will have built-in conversion engines that will handle different left-eye, right-eye multiplexing formats including top-bottom, side-by-side, and checkerboard.
We saw a 55-inch LCD XPol, passive-glasses panel, 1920×1080, that accepts top/bottom, side-by-side, and frame-by-frame. Looks great. At 450 nits, actually feels brighter than other currently available displays.
We also saw a 60-inch plasma, active shutter glasses, 1920×1080, that accepts top/bottom, side-by-side, and frame-by-frame. Looks nice, but seems like it could be brighter.
The crowd seemed to favor the polarized display compared to Samsung’s private viewing we did yesterday, in which the opposite was true. All depends on the implementation!
They were also showing one autostereoscopic 42-inch (VGA resolution) – aimed at digital signage. As one viewer remarked, “It’s not bad when you’re in the sweet spot.” And a related, triple-view display with 3 lenticular views.
Finally – for 3D anyway – LG had a “3D Theater” set-up showing polarized content projected through two HD projectors (stacked vertically). 150-inch screen, 1200 lumens in 3D. Nice for sizzle at the show, but probably not a viable product.
There were lots of super small projectors, including a DLP Pico projector built into a cell phone. And an AMOLED concept under 10mm which is reminiscent of last year’s Sony OLED.
And, to conclude the LG tour… one item headed in the right direction in our quest to see content the way the filmmakers intended – auto calibrating displays (“Picture Wizard”), based on ambient conditions in the room.
Where to see it:
- Central 8214