Toshiba 55ZL2 55-inch Glasses-Free 3D TV unveiled at IFA 2011
The Toshiba 55ZL2 is possibly the biggest highlight of the IFA 2011. It is the world's first glasses free 3D TV and its with 55-inch pretty big. On top of that its Quad Full HD!
Toshiba announced the launch of the worlds first large-screen glasses-free 3D TV at the IFA 2011. The Toshiba 55ZL2 has a screen of 139cm (55) in diagonal and does not require glasses to experience 3D. Plus, the 55ZL2 is the worlds first TV targeted at consumers that comes with a Quad Full HD screen. This enables the 55ZL2 to offer a 3D TV experience that can be enjoyed by a large group of viewers and displays 2D contents in four times (Quad) Full HD resolution
The Toshiba 55ZL2s glasses-free 3D application is powered by Toshibas high-performance multi-processor platform CEVO-ENGINE which also allows for many more innovative applications including PERSONAL-TV, enabling the consumer to personalize TV settings, and SMART-TV applications such as USB recording and access to Toshiba Places. It also comes with an Auto Calibration feature to achieve studio level picture quality.
The 55ZL2 will be available from December 2011 in Germany with release dates to be confirmed in other European countries. The price will be pretty high that is for sure. Toshiba shows with the 55ZL2 the future of TVs.
How the Glasses-Free 3D works:
The glasses-free 3D technology is based on the stereoscopic principle of simultaneously delivering a picture for the left eye and another one with a small offset (parallax) for the right eye these are then superposed in the viewers brain to get the 3D effect. To achieve 3D without glasses, it is essential that the lenses guide the dedicated images to the viewers eyes. The Integral Imaging technology, powered by the CEVO-ENGINE, applied to the 55ZL2 delivers nine views which create multiple wide-angle viewing zones in front of the glasses-free 3D TV. This allows several viewers to enjoy the 3D experience at the same time without wearing glasses.
To optimize the viewing zones in respect to the viewers actual positions in front of the TV, the 55ZL2 features a face tracking application. At the push of the remote, it detects the viewers position and sets up the total viewing experience.
The Toshiba 55ZL2 is possibly the biggest highlight of the IFA 2011. It is the world's first glasses free 3D TV and its with 55-inch pretty big. On top of that its Quad Full HD!
Toshiba announced the launch of the worlds first large-screen glasses-free 3D TV at the IFA 2011. The Toshiba 55ZL2 has a screen of 139cm (55) in diagonal and does not require glasses to experience 3D. Plus, the 55ZL2 is the worlds first TV targeted at consumers that comes with a Quad Full HD screen. This enables the 55ZL2 to offer a 3D TV experience that can be enjoyed by a large group of viewers and displays 2D contents in four times (Quad) Full HD resolution
The Toshiba 55ZL2s glasses-free 3D application is powered by Toshibas high-performance multi-processor platform CEVO-ENGINE which also allows for many more innovative applications including PERSONAL-TV, enabling the consumer to personalize TV settings, and SMART-TV applications such as USB recording and access to Toshiba Places. It also comes with an Auto Calibration feature to achieve studio level picture quality.
The 55ZL2 will be available from December 2011 in Germany with release dates to be confirmed in other European countries. The price will be pretty high that is for sure. Toshiba shows with the 55ZL2 the future of TVs.
How the Glasses-Free 3D works:
The glasses-free 3D technology is based on the stereoscopic principle of simultaneously delivering a picture for the left eye and another one with a small offset (parallax) for the right eye these are then superposed in the viewers brain to get the 3D effect. To achieve 3D without glasses, it is essential that the lenses guide the dedicated images to the viewers eyes. The Integral Imaging technology, powered by the CEVO-ENGINE, applied to the 55ZL2 delivers nine views which create multiple wide-angle viewing zones in front of the glasses-free 3D TV. This allows several viewers to enjoy the 3D experience at the same time without wearing glasses.
To optimize the viewing zones in respect to the viewers actual positions in front of the TV, the 55ZL2 features a face tracking application. At the push of the remote, it detects the viewers position and sets up the total viewing experience.
