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Toshiba glasses-free 3D TV demo: It works, just not very well

First Look: Watch 3D without the glasses Although Toshiba's glasses-free  3D TV  is coming to the U.S. in the next couple of months, and at a price we expect to be north of $10,000, it still has some issues. Fellow CNET TV reviewer Ty Pendlebury and I both got the chance to check out the set here at  CES  2012, and while the head-tracking technology is impressive, and the fact that you can actually see 3D effects without glasses is kind of mind-blowing, the TV we saw definitely felt more like a prototype than a product ready for prime time--especially for that price. Despite my somewhat positive tone in the video above (blame the excellent appetizers Toshiba was serving), the 3D was definitely inferior to what I've seen on glasses-equipped 3D TVs. I was told to stand in one of three sweet spots, after which the head-tracking technology locked onto my face and the 3D image fused and locked in. At that point I definitely saw 3D, but the effect was shallower and s...

Sony unveils 'crystal LED display' at CES

                    Sony has its eye on cranking up TV screen resolution. The electronics and entertainment giant kicked off its  CES  press conference this evening by unveiling a prototype "Crystal LED display" that uses miniature light-emitting diodes in place of pixels. The technology, which uses 6 million LEDs mounted on the front of the display, is superior to LCD and plasma and promises "super contrast and superwide color gamut," Sony CEO Howard Stringer told those assembled. While Sony has this 55-inch prototype on display at the conference, it is nowhere near production or consumers' hands. (CNET staffers at the show are going to give it a look and report back on what they think of it.) Continuing on the theme of "cutting-edge" resolution, Stringer unveiled a collection of 4K upscaling Blu-ray player featuring the emerging digital film standard produces a resolution four times that of HD for sharper contrast and ...