Here are a couple of different Samsung Full HD 3D glasses available on Amazon at affordable prices (as of publication of this article). Samsung, in particular, makes some very affordable active 3D glasses (under $30/pair, as you mentioned), while some other manufacturers charge $50 or even $100 for a pair. Also, by making the communication adhere to a standard, it is possible to use one brand's 3D glasses with another brand's 3D TV. RF is inherently a better way to synchronize the signal because it doesn't lose synch if you turn your head, leave the room for a moment or move a little further away from the TV.
With this standard, glasses are synchronized with the 3D TV using Bluetooth which is a form of RF (Radio Frequency) instead of the old method of IR (Infrared) synchronization. In 2012, things got better with the adoption of the Full HD 3D RF standard. But even if you wore the glasses upside down, a Panasonic 3D TV from 2010 or 2011 could not activate a pair of Samsung 3D glasses, nor could a Samsung TV from 2010 or 2011 turn on a pair of Panasonic 3D glasses. The real issue there was that the glasses were synchronized to the wrong TV which led to them be one frame off: the left eye was getting the right eye signal, and vice versa. This lack of a universal standard led to some confusion, including a ridiculous article that stated that you could use Samsung 3D glasses with Panasonic TVs i f you wore them upside down. Synchronization is critical because it assures that the left eye sees the left eye image and the right eye sees the right eye image, and this gives you the illusion of stereoscopic 3D. When 3D TVs were new, every manufacturer had their own way of synchronizing their TVs with the 3D glasses in order to create a 3D image. The answer to that question is, "it depends." It depends on the specific glasses and the model and brand of TV you are using. But Samsung makes some cheaper ones (under $30/pair) that look pretty good.Ĭan I use the Samsung 3D glasses with my Panasonic 3D TV? Will there be any drawbacks in doing so? Looking around online, the original Panasonic glasses are hard to find, and are pretty expensive (over $100/pair). I'm interested in picking up a few more pairs of glasses so we could all watch 3D together. One reason is that the TV only came with two pairs of 3D glasses and there are 4 people in the family. I've had a 3D TV (Panasonic TC-P65VT60) for a couple of years, but don't use the 3D feature that much.