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Panasonic, one of the biggest players in 3D TV, and XpanD 3D, which makes 3D glasses, hope to get industry backing for a new standard called M-3DI to promote universal 3D glasses. The active-shutter glasses would work with various brands of TVs, front projectors, and computers and in many movie theaters.
XpanD already offers glasses that do just that, but they're after-market products. The goal of the standard is to get equipment manufacturers to offer universal glasses rather than producing models that work only with their own gear. Universal glasses would make it easier to watch 3D TV at a friend's house, among other things, as well as at movie theaters that use the XpanD standard (many theaters use the rival RealD standard).
Besides Panasonic, manufacturers that have agreed to support the M-3DI standard include Funai, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Seiko Epson, and ViewSonic. Other big names such as Samsung and Sony have not yet commented on the standard. Nor has LG, which recently said it would use passive glasses with its 3D LED TVs and active-shutter glasses with its plasma sets.
Read the Panasonic news release for full details.
For more on 3D, check out our earlier posting on what's hot in 3D this year. And for test results and recommendations on the best 3D TVs, see our 3D TV Ratings (available to subscribers).
—Eileen McCooey
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