LG LX9500 Available Early May

Now I am going to have to rethink my plans to get the Panasonic Plasma 3D TV.

I see the LG is the first and only 3D TV to date supporting Multi Picture format that will read MPO files in 3D directly from my Fuji Finepix W1 3D Digital Camera. (No hook up to a computer required.) [Would be great if it includes a SD card slot so I could input directly from the media card. Also would be nice to learn whether it can also play back in 3D the 3D video recorded with the Fuji Finepix W1 Digital camera.]

I'm curious, were there any prototypes at CES for the LG and for anyone who was there to compare, did it meet or exceed the Panasonic Plasma with its great 3D picture? Also curious if the LG will have the same limitations as the Samsung LED with regard to limited viewing angles (compared to the Panasonic Plasma 3D) and losing picture when tilted as demonstrated in the Consumer Reports test?

(Unclear though if the [up to 15 minutes] video captured with the Fuji Finepix W1 3D digital camera in 3D_AV1 format onto an SD card can be viewed in 3D on the LG 3D TV even with a computer.)

Apparently it has been assigned a model number (BDT350) and reportedly will become available mid-April in advance of the LG 3D TVs or more likely when the LG TVs arrive mid-May.

Just curious, for those at CES how did the LG compare to the Panasonic 3D TV?

Good catch. I'll have to go back to the source. Of course I guess it is possible that LG is not going to bother offering their own 3D BD player in the same way it looks like Vizio is letting a third party market the glasses for their 3D TVs. Of course that would contradict what is stated in the link from earlier today reporting that LG will not only be offering the players but also "the world's first Full HD 3D Projectors" and 3D TVs with polarized glasses. (I guess it is all in the timing. lol)

Still really curious though what those of you who were at CES thought of the LG 3D TV offering compared to the Panasonic Plasma 3D that won the honors.


http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/250201...l-3d-tv-market

That certainly makes a lot more sense than promoting a product that could be at least a half decade away. By the way, I did locate a model number for the LG 3D Blu-ray player from a U.K. source as linked below. It is referenced as LG's 3D BD with model number BX580.

(Assuming the 3D BD player also offers the ability to play MPO [along with HD Div X, MP3, and JPEG Play] I am curious if one could simply attach LG's 3D Blu-ray player to the Panasonic 3D TV and be able to view in 3D MPO files on the Panasonic as well without having to go through a computer? Additionally, since the MPO files are playable directly to the TV via a USB Port would a USB Port have to be on the 3D BD player and is it likely the player would have a USB Port?)

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/03...e_up_launched/

Thanks for confirming the USB connection. I guess the jury is still out on whether the U.S. model will read MPO files. Now if I could read Korean....


http://www.tinman.co.kr/bbs/board.ph...view&wr_id=352

No 2D to 3D conversion and only 55"? I want something bigger with the conversion. I'm in no rush, which is a good thing!

Are you sure? Really no 2d-3d conversion (like Samsung, Sony, Toshiba and others)??

Any news on these new Infinia LX9500's, I am intersted in the 55" series, I am so borderline on the Samsung C8000 series, but these new LG's look extremely promising and damn sexy.

B.

There is a link on the thread I posted yesterday with regard to the 47 inch model now being available to order at Best Buy. No word on the 55 inch. Apparently both have been available in Korea so it would be interesting to hear from anyone there who has compared the models.