Toshiba's 55-inch 4K glasses-free 3DTV ships in the US early this year

[BrayWyatt]

www.engadget.com

can we borrow $10k?



It's not a big surprise after launching in Germany and Japan, but Toshiba PR has confirmed to us and CNET that the company's 3,840x2,160 resolution autostereoscopic 3DTV will make its US debut in the first quarter of 2012, matching the "end of fiscal year" prediction we'd heard previously. There's no details on pricetag or model #, but given its $10,000~ sticker price overseas, we'd start shaking out those couch cushions now. The LCD maintains its QuadHD resolution when displaying 2D content, however switching into 3D mode drops the resolution to 720p. Other than removing the need for viewers to wear glasses to see the effect, it also uses face tracking to fine tune the experience for up to nine people. We'll have more info once it's officially unveiled in a few days, until then feel free to drool over the prototype it showed off last year.

[CloudStrife7x]

that is awesome too bad i still dont have the money for it lol

[BrayWyatt]

i wouldnt want it. since the tv drops to 720p for 3d. shit, i can goto sears and by an lg led-lcd 3dtv for $1000. you also get a 3d blu-ray player & 4 3d glasses.

[Paprika]

10k fuck me... I was expecting the LG 84" to go for about 6k but after seeing this, I would be scared to see the price tag on it.

But I'm with Sterling, if you 3d that badly, you can get a decent setup for a fraction of what you pay for this.

Also as much as i'm eager to see companies finally decide to make higher resloutions, its not going to be worth it until, movies and games make their way to untilizing it, which by that time, 10k becomes 6k, 6k becomes 3k and so on