As we were reading CES headlines from a variety of news sources this morning, some of the products that really caught our attention were Samsung’s new 3D LED LCD HDTV that doesn’t require any 3D glasses as well as its new ultra-thin bezel EyeFinity displays.

In the world of CES 2010, it almost seems impossible to walk by someone without bumping off their 3D glasses. The technology is undoubtedly the largest theme in the entertainment and information technology industries this year, right next to multi-touch slate/tablet computing. However intuitive it may be, everyone knows how cumbersome it can be to wear a set of specially optimized glasses to view 3D content. Thankfully, Samsung had unveiled a prototype 3D display for commercial use that does not require any glasses for 3D viewing. We decided to head over to Samsung’s booth for a closer look at the new technology behind the glass displays.



Upon entry, the Samsung floor exhibition space was incredibly large as expected. Every square foot seemed occupied by some new ultra-thin display and plenty of flash photography to brighten up the atmosphere.



Samsung’s glasses-ridden, 50-inch 3D LED LCD HDTV display did not impress us to the least bit. If you can imagine wavy and blurry vertical 3D lines popping at you and inflicting instant nausea and headaches, then you will understand the effect of the display. It was simply too harsh on the eyes and the image changed 3D perspective as the viewer walked left and right. Overall, the image was not natural but was rather cartoonish and definitely not ready for commercial use. We applaud Samsung for the effort, but we will remain patient for second generation 3D displays to emerge in a year from now.





The company also demonstrated AMD’s EyeFinity6 multi-display technology running on six new SyncMaster MD230 22-inch ultra-thin bezel monitors. As our friend Theo Valich wrote in September, this is Samsung’s answer to Dell’s somewhat thick-bordered gaming displays and is intended to be "a special product for a special technology." The displays will be available with six-screen or three-screen configurations retailing for $3,099 and $1,899 respectively.



Below are some additional pictures of the Samsung CES 2010 floor space in all of its massive size.