Samsung, RealD announce RDZ tech that puts active shutter 3D into the TV instead of the glasses

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Just when we were getting used to the introduction of passive glasses
3D into the formerly active shutter-only home arena Samsung LCD
Business and RealD will show off another option at this year's CES
that is apparently based on the ZScreen technology RealD licensed last
year. According to the two, RDZ LCD HDTVs are compatible with the
cheaper RealD glasses already in use in theaters, by making the panel
itself an active switching LCD instead. Compared to the patterned
retarder passive 3D we expect to see from Vizio and LG, this has the
advantage of not cutting the resolution of whatever you're watching in
half, although they would likely still claim advantages in brightness
and lack of flicker. We'll have to let our eyes tell us which is the
best approach but the fact this is coming from Samsung's business LCD
division instead of its consumer arm suggests the price of any
displays that are eventually released will be something beyond the 3D
capable TVs we're used to so far.