3D TV pricing revealed
3D TV prices look reasonable, but it’s the glasses that get you
The largest TV makers are finally beginning to give us the prices of its new 3D TV sets, and believe it or not, taste some of the new series actually has the same or even slightly less than last year’s comparable 2D models. That is, there is a catch: The active LCD shutter glasses, which you need to look 3-D video cost a pretty penny.
Samsung was the first of the four major TV manufacturers prices Flip 3D map more in this week is tomorrow, Panasonic, LG and Sony during follow in the coming weeks and months.
Samsung’s new LED-backlit LCD 3-D kits (which start shipping this month) runs the gamut from 40 to 55 inches, and are set in three different lines: the “affordable” (well, relatively) LED C7000-coming series (240Hz refresh rate, web widgets, and Ethernet), the Mid-Range C8000 series (insert the LED local dimming), and the top-of-the-line C9000 line (which comes with its own trendy touch screen remote control).
So, what have we here? Now expect up to $ 6999 for the largest 55-inch LED-C9000, all the way up to $ 1999 for the smallest “bargain” set, the 40-inch C7000. (You can complete 3D TV from Samsung quantities sheet here.)
Well, as David Katzmaier CNET points out that the prices (in general) are a couple of hundred dollars more than the current prices for similar models in recent years. For example, in 2009 Samsung 46-inch LCD HDTV B7000 sales at Amazon for around $ 2350, or about $ 250 more than the new, $ 2,599 46-inch 3D-C7000, after Katzmaier.
In other words, remember that the original list price was for the 2009 46-inch B7000 actually $ 2999, $ 400 or more than the new 3D-enabled version of this year. In fact, Amazon has already integrated the new 46-inch C7000 only $ 2339, a little cheaper than comparable models from last year.
Of course we have to wait to decide how the other major TV manufacturers in their 3D TVs price, but if they follow the trend, also can prove that you do not pay much of a premium, as everyone at this year’s harvest 3D HDTV, in particularly when trading began lowering prices.
BUT … Sure, it’s a “but” here … You pay a premium for the battery-powered, active-set shutter 3D glasses for 3D video about the new look of the Samsung asked.
Unlike the available 3D glasses you get at most movie theaters, the active-shutter glasses for most of the 3D TV work quickly open and close the LCD “shutters” in the left and right lenses, so sure that your links and the right eye of the correct left or right screen at precisely the right time. The glass itself must also synchronize with your TV using an infrared sensor.
As I warned months ago, now they are not active 3D shutter glasses cheap, and although … such as CNET reports, Samsung charging $ 150 per couple for her. In other words, if you are a family of four, the clouds will look “with a Chance of Meatballs” on the new Samsung 3D TV, well … is that $ 600, please. (And I would not be on the competitors from Samsung lot less stress count.)
Samsung says, is offering a free “3D Starter Kit” with two pairs of 3D glasses and 3D Blu-ray disc of the ‘full Monsters vs. Aliens “with the purchase of a new 3D television and the new BD – Blu C6900 3D -ray player or HT-C6930W 3D home theater set, but still … ouch. (On its own, the Samsung 3-D Starter Kit for $ 350 at retail.)
Finally, we should not forget that you actually need a new 3D Blu-ray player (or a PlayStation 3 when the promised software update from Sony comes) to see upcoming 3D Blu-ray discs … be later this year.
How about: Any interest in the purchase of a 3D TV? Concerned about the expensive 3D glasses? Skipping the whole 3D thing? Please let us know.
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