Toshiba unveils Qosmio F750 3D, first glasses-free 3D laptop

Are you interested in a laptop that will allow you to watch movies or play 3D games without the need for 3D glasses? If you are, Toshiba has recently unveiled the first 3D laptop that they claims does not require the need for special 3D glasses for watching movies or for playing 3D games. The laptop in question is the Qosmio F750, and it is said to go on sale next month.

It will feature a 120Hz, 15.6-inch screen that uses “a lenticular lens sheet to send different images to the left and right eyes.” The effect is said to vary, depending on how close you are to the screen, but is said to have a more pronounced effect than the Nintendo 3DS for example. If you're wondering why that sounds familiar, it's because Toshiba has already used that very same technology in their glasses-free 3D TV – the Regza GL1.

The laptop will be running on an Intel Core i7 processor with NVIDIA GeForce 540M graphics, a 640GB hard drive, Blu-ray XL drive, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0 + HS.

It also packs 6GB DDR3 worth of RAM, three USB 2.0 ports, one USB 3.0 port along with Harman Kardon stereo speakers and Dolby Advance Audio HDMI-CEC.

It also features a HD webcam, which it uses for eye-tracking, to better optimize the 3D display, which means that you won't be gathering your friends or family around your laptop to watch 3D movies together.

Weighing in at 2.8kg and with dimensions at 37.6mm thick, 380.55mm wide and 254mm deep, we can hardly call it portable or light, but if 3D movies and gaming is what you're going for, this laptop should do the trick.

Sites who have managed to get their hands on the laptop have claimed that the 3D is not very impressive, as slight change in head movement will cause the image to become distorted, although they have noted that this could be due to the fact that the models they receive may not be the final or polished product that Toshiba intends to put out into the market. Price wise we are looking at about 1,300 Euros and should be going on sale next month.
source: Ubergizmo

Toshiba Qosmio F750 Glasses-free 3D Laptop

Toshiba has recently unveiled the first glasses-free 3D laptop, the Qosmio F750. This laptop can display a combination of 2D and 3D images on screen at the same time. Powered by the 2nd generation Intel Core i7 processor (2.0GHz), the Toshiba Qosmio F750 features a 15.6-inch full HD display with a 120Hz refresh rate, an nVidia GeForce GT 540M graphics (up to 2GB), a 6GB DDR3 (1333MHz) RAM, a 640GB hard disk drive, a Blu-ray XL re-recordable drive and Harman Kardon stereo speakers with Dolby Advanced Audio HDMI-CEC. Other specs include a multi-card reader, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 + HS, 3x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0 with USB Sleep-and-Charge, an HD webcam with eye tracking technology and the Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OS. The Toshiba Qosmio F750 will be launched in August 2011. [The Inquirer]

Nissho intros 52-inch, glasses-free 3D TV in Japan

A relatively unknown company, Japan's Nissho Electronics, has just announced it will soon launch a 52-inch HDTV with a Dimenco Display glasses-free 3D screen. That screen also has the ability to convert 2D content to 3D in real time. The stereoscopic video coding 3D format used is called 2D-plus-Depth, or 2D+Z.

The BDL5231-3D2R's specs are modest compared to modern 2D sets and include a 2,000:1 contrast ratio, an 8ms pixel response time, a 60Hz refresh, and 700 nits of brightness. The set will not be coming to consumers, however, as it will be only sold to businesses. It's priced at the equivalent of $20,800 (1.7 million yen). US availability hasn't been confirmed.

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