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Passive Aggression: The Only Way 3D TV Will Succeed

I've worked with many HDTVs in the PCMag Labs. Most of them are 3D-enabled. Of those, the majority use active shutter glasses to display 3D content. Of those , all of them are generally seen as just "HDTVs" by consumers, with their 3D abilities ignored or outright dismissed. 3D as a feature in home entertainment might be getting more market share as more HDTVs get 3D support, but in terms of people actually watching 3D movies, users simply don't care.

The usual argument about why 3D is having a hard time picking up steam is the issue of wearing glasses. The logic is that no one wants to wear special glasses while they watch a movie or play a video game at home. That's certainly a factor, but it's too broad an excuse. The main problem with 3D HDTV adoption is active shutter glasses. It's not just about wearing glasses while watching movies, but about wearing bulky, expensive, powered glasses while watching movies. Based on all of this, it's clear how to make 3D finally come into its own in home theaters: passive 3D. Vizio has realized this. LG has realized this. It's only a matter of time before the other HDTV makers realize this as well.

Almost no 3D HDTV that uses active shutter glasses includes glasses with the HDTV itself. If you want 3D with your new 3D HDTV, you're going to have to pay between $50 and $200 per user to get glasses, in addition to the screen. That's a hefty investment. On average, enough active shutter glasses for a family of four will bump up the price of an HDTV between $400 and $600. That's a pretty huge chunk of change just for watching 3D content. That's in addition to the (increasingly small but still present) premium added to 3D HDTVs themselves. In contrast, the LG Infinia 47LW5600 comes with four pairs of filtered glasses, and you can snag more glasses at any movie theater with RealD 3D. Heck, for the price of one $150 pair of active shutter glasses, you can buy 56 pairs of passive 3D glasses on Amazon.com.

The price isn't the only issue. Active shutter glasses are larger, heavier, and less comfortable than passive 3D glasses. Active shutter glasses need enough bulk to hold the electronics necessary to receive synchronization data from the HDTV and activate the shutter lenses. They look more like visors than glasses, often large and clunky. Even Samsung's ultra-light glasses (sold at a premium price of $219.99) look more like a set of Buddy Holly lenses glued to a Luke Cage tiara.

Meanwhile, whether they're cheap and ugly or expensive and streamlined, passive 3D glasses look and feel like glasses. They're much more comfortable, generally sitting on the ears and bridge of the nose like regular glasses and not squeezing the head like most active shutter glasses. They're also much lighter; a pair of cheap, pack-in passive 3D glasses weighs 0.5 ounces and a pair of Gunnar's high-end, all-metal Phenom 3D glasses weighs 0.6 ounce. Samsung's ultra-light 3D glasses weigh a full ounce, and Sony's active shutter glasses weigh a whopping 2.1 ounces.

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