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Xpand Universal 3D Glasses Available Now
Tue Oct 26, 2010 at 02:00 PM ETTags: XpanD, 3D Glasses, Industry Trends, High-Def Retailing (all tags)
A solution to the 3D glasses incompatibility issue is here, and it's reasonably priced to boot.
Remember back in May when we found out that the solution to getting Panasonic glasses to play nice with Samsung sets was to wear them upside down? Finally there's a better way. Now don't get crazy and assume that the companies who make said 3D glasses and sets decided to work on compatibility – this is a third party solution.
A company known as Xpand has officially launched its own universal 3D glasses that are guaranteed to work with every single active 3D television on the market. They won't do passive 3D tech, but you probably wouldn't want to shell out real money for passive tech 3D glasses anyway, would you?
You can pick up the Xpand Universal 3D Glasses now on Amazon. They've got an MSRP of $129, but are currently selling for $107.67, a 12 percent discount from the suggested price.
Source: Amazon
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XpanD is Rolling Out Universal 3D Glasses
Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 04:20 PM ETTags: XpanD, 3D, Industry Trends (all tags)
If you’re not into the idea of buying a pair of 3D glasses that will only work with one brand, XpanD’s got good news.
The biggest problem with 3D televisions isn’t even a part of the set. It’s the glasses. There’s no getting around it, 3D glasses have been implemented very poorly. The biggest problem is that there’s no standard, which means the glasses you’ve got for your Samsung set might not work with your friend’s Panasonic set, or your 3D capable computer monitor.
XpanD has solved that problem by making universal 3D glasses. They use a fast-switching liquid crystal cell and they come in twelve different colors, but the main attraction is that you can use them with virtually any television.
Ami Dror of XpanD says that it’s just consumers that want these glasses out there. “While we support TV manufacturers by manufacturing glasses for them,” he says, “we are also requested by the same manufacturers to sell universal active glasses that will work with all the modern 3D TVs.”
These universal glasses will likely cost between $100 and $150, according to Dror. That puts them right around the same price as set specific glasses sold by TV manufacturers.
Source: XpanD
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