Telef�nica and Philips testing no-glasses-necessary 3D IPTV, got ?18,000 we can borrow?

São Paulo, Brazil stand up, you're first in line for auto-stereoscopic (read: no glasses) 3D IPTV broadcasts courtesy of Telefónica/TVA and, we assume, that swank WOWvx-powered 1080p 52-inch Philips 3D HDTV promised to hit shelves by year end. Fortunately it now has a price, unfortunately, that price is €18,000 and requires you live in the Jardins neighborhood, hooked up to its fiber network in order to have the capacity to suck down all that 3D. Consumer accessibility is pegged at "inside three or four years", so you start saving, the SMPTE will figure out how to make it all work, and we'll sit back and remember how awesome Captain EO was that one time at Epcot Center. Everyone has to do their part.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 6th 2008 12:24AM]

Absolute 3 Vision is already made this no glass 3D TV and installed 10 sets in a domestic airport terminal in a southern city ( Coimbatore) in India. And offered the same TVs ranging from 82 inches untill 42 inches to Global Village in Dubai at a very attractive prices....Philips pricings are exatravanganza and www.absolute3dvisions.com will conquor the market soon with there Global Marketing team www.eyetron3dtv.com

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 18th 2008 1:27PM]

I saw this demo in ABTA trade show in Sao Paulo last month, at telefonica digital booth.

It featured this phillips tv and they were showing some demo footage.

Despite some flaws and loosing it's 3d effect when you move out of a center range of view or come to close to the tv, it delivers a really good 3d effect on most images.

I asked an engineer about it, he said the technology could be applied to non 3d content, since it's based on contrast shifting on black/whites. This effect is noticeable on screen but overall it is very interesting.