
3D TV is set to become a volume consumer market with sales estimated to take off this year.
Samsung Electronics is the first firm in mass production of panels for 3D LED TVs and 3D LCD TVs.
According to a market research firm, DisplaySearch, the 3D TV market is expected to expand to a $17bn market, with sales increasing from 200,000 units in 2009 to 64 million units 2018.
This weekend, Sky TV will transmit the first public broadcast of a sports event in 3D.
The trial will use specially supplied 3D TVs at nine pubs across the UK.
Samsung is producing panels for 40-inch, 46-inch and 55-inch full-HD 3D TVs, along with its own design of 3D active glasses.
"Recently, 3D displays have captured the industry spotlight," said Wonkie Chang, president of the LCD business at Samsung Electronics.
“By operating at 240 frames per second, the panels deliver a more lifelike picture with alternating left and right eye images through the use of 3D Active Glasses technology,” said Samsung.
Another feature is the response time of the panels which is less than 4ms. According to Samsung this helps eliminate interference between left and right eye images.
Samsung's 3D Active Glasses technology first blocks the left and then right lens, causing a momentary lag when images are shown to each eye to achieve more lifelike 3D images.
The polarized glass method previously used in 3D glasses produced separate images for the left and right eyes, resulting in half the resolution of two-dimensional pictures as only half of the screen can be viewed through each polarized filter.
Brightness was also lowered because of the polarized filter.