LG Announces 1080p 3D projector

I found two references that state this projector will be shipping in May for $10,000

http://www.i4u.com/article29772.html
http://www.slashgear.com/lg-cf3d-3d-...r-10k-0768920/

lol

Shouldn't it be HDMI 1.4 or you need to feed it two signals?

So shouldn't this thread be moved to the 3K and up forum?

Ben

Ha ha. Exactly what I was thinking...


On the other hand....

"The LG CF3D is using passive glasses, which are cheaper than active shutter glasses several new 3D TVs require."

Which is definitely the way to go.

omg lol!

rofl!!!

lol.

10 Grand... I wonder who will be the first to buy that unit!

I wonder how many unrelated forums this cr@p is posted in...

Good grief what is up with the threads today??

Haha, I think you're just letting it get to you. There are always random and stupid posts in every thread. You probably just finally hit the breaking point and are noticing them much more now

Ok thanks, I was getting worried.

Guys,

relax on the price. This is the world's first single-chassis 3D front projector, and it's employing the most complicated and costly way to deliver 3D: dual light-engines for polarized light with "constant on" left and right images with no left/right flicker. Basically it's two $5K projectors in one box with a combined lens.

For a first-of-its-kind product, and given the overhead of the design complexity, $10K is actually a pretty impressively low figure.

1-2 years from now we'll see projectors using this system for much much less. Not to mention that 3D projectors that will use alternating left/right (active LCD shutter glasses) will use only a single optical engine... basically they'll be 120 Hz projectors that sync with shutter glasses, so they will be much cheaper to make than dual-engine polarized models.

Cost effective 3D projectors will get here over the next couple of years.

In the meantime, if you look in the 3K+ forum, there are plenty of peope who aren't put off by a $10K price. So they'll be the consumers that adopt sooner and help drive costs down for the rest of us.

$10K MSRP? heck... That's way cheap for such a new technology.....
I mean, could probably google that down to 5-6K on release day.

My theater and projector is in it's 5th year... I am probably going to be due for some changes and updating anyways. Pretty sure I had only planned on the projector lasting 6 years at best anyways.

That's a huge jump from a 720P PJ as low as $699 to $10k!

It's also a huge jump in quality over a $699 720p PJ.

Not to mention the cost of the dual-light-engine design for polarized light... basically it's two 1080p SXRD $5000 PJs in one housing.

Isn't that like saying in 1970 that $1000 for a 19" color was a huge jump (in price) from a $100 12" B&W? Apples and Oranges, they are both fruit but...

Also I paid over 10K for my HD11U projector about 5 or 6 years ago. So this is actually a "first out the gate" bargain.

Does anyone know if the specs are wrong stating 2 HDMI 1.3 ports since as questioned by Plee above in link #5 the Blu-Ray FHJD3D content requires HDMI 1.4 see:

http://hdguru.com/3d-hdtv-and-hdmi-explained/1336/

Yeah... pretty crazy to pay 10k for a projector, only to find out it's already obsolete!

I believe it was a prototype. When shown at CES it was "under glass" and non-functional.

Lee,

the PJ was fully functional at CES and was projecting 3D clips using circular polarized filters onto a silver screen. Everyone who saw the 3D images said that they looked great.

Everyone should keep in mind that it's possible for a manufacturer to tweak HDMI 1.3 to comply with the 3D protocols. the actual HDMI 1.4 chipset adds the physical stuff necessary for 2-way audio and ethernet, but neither of those are required for 3D. As long as the chipset is enabled for 3D transmission, it could in fact be a physical 1.3 chip (like the PS3).

I went off of this link Dave:

http://www.slashgear.com/lg-cf3d-3d-...r-10k-0768920/

Bizzare.

During CES there were lots of reports by viewers who saw the PJ in action.
Rest assured they had a working protype on display, and it apparently threw a very nice 3D picture on the silver screen.

What about the issue using a silver screen for 2D?

Hey Lee,

that's a whole topic for discussion in itself, and is clearly an issue for anyone considering front-projection using polarized light.

There's a whole thread on this forum dedicated to the topic of 3D projectors (in the digital PJ forum) and there's lots of discussion about this issue (and this projector) in that thread. BTW, one company has a screen that's supposed to both preserve polarized light and work for 2D without hot-spotting, but questions remain as to whether it will really be optimized for either task. I think that the most probably candidate for a high-end 3D FP system using polarized light would be to have a stationary silver screen for 3D in front of which drops a retractable screen optimized for 2D viewing. The problem with silver screens is that they can't be rolled up for any period of time bcs the surface will be damaged.

p.s. found the thread:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1207394

Morning Dave!

When I had my HT in Long Island (1998 to 2002) I used a silver screen. A Stewart fixed 16x9 144" micro perf Silver 400 (4.0 gain) with a Zenith Pro 900 CRT FPTV.

I was fortunate the the only hot spot was in the lower right hand corner.

So much for the uber reliability of various Internet links.

My money is on Alan, W.Mayer, or TheBland.