3D TV cargo are on the rise with the handiness of more TV models and increase movie and mutation depicted object in 3D , enquiry business firm DisplaySearch said on Wednesday .
3D goggle box freight could get hold of 3.4 million this twelvemonth , a shrill increase from the 214,000 units that ship last year , said Paul Gray , theater director of European TV research at DisplaySearch .
Hollywood is yield more 3D movies , which are being released on Blu - ray 3-D discs , Gray said . That has contribute to increase pastime in 3D idiot box , Gray tell .
“ The organization of a 3D Blu - ray specification at the end of 2009 gave confidence that 3D was a consumer formatting and not just for picture theaters , ” Gray said . Consumer electronics troupe such as Samsung and Sony have let go Blu - ray 3D flick players .
The broadcast of sports events such as the FIFA World Cup in 3D is also make sake in 3D TVs , Gray said .
And 3D gaming is also uncommitted now . Microsoft in June insert the Kinect gaming outfit , which allow users to toy 3D game using the Xbox 360 .
But only a few company such as Panasonic and Samsung have roll out 3D monotonic - panel TVs . More models will be found afterward this twelvemonth , which should also drive adoption , Gray say . raw models are expected to set in motion at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin , Sept. 3 - 8 .
The prices of 3D TVs have also been falling . Samsungannounceda fresh lineup of 3D TVs in March , with a canonical 40 - inch LCD UN40C7000 model priced at $ 1,999 . The same television set is now available onAmazon.comfor $ 1,499.98 ( the monetary value is listed only during checkout time ) and on B&H Photo and Video’sWebsitefor $ 1,699 .
Looking into the future , DisplaySearch call that 3D TV shipments will reach around 42.9 million unit in 2014 . For now , consumer have to bust a freestanding twain of glasses to look on 3D TVs , but companies such as Samsung are researching 3D TVs that do not ask glass .
