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3D Video, Flat Screens Wave of the FutureAn increasing number of TV consumers are buying high-end, high-definition plasma screens and thin panel LCD displays, ABC News reported Wednesday.
The network said scientists at Royal Philips Electronics in the Netherlands have spent years studying how to produce 3D video images from two-dimensional display technologies.
The company showed its latest effort, a mixture of both old and new 3-D techniques, at a recent trade conference.
Philips' 3-D display consists of an LCD panel similar in appearance to the flat screens used in portable and desktop computers, ABC noted. But on the surface of the screen is a thin layer of half-cylindrical tubes called "lenticular lenses" that are placed at a slight slant from vertical.
Wilbert Ijzerman, senior scientist with the Philips 3-D research, said the result is viewers don't have to sit directly in front of the screen to see the 3-D effects.
"In the past, attempts to make 3D TV have always been based on (using) goggles," says Ijzerman. "Our technology allows you to sit virtually anywhere. There are no 'hot spots.'"
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