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EventsMonday, January 10, 2011· Updated July 10, 2026· 1 min read
At CES, new 3D TV tech emerges
ETC Editorial
Entertainment Technology Center
…So why the switch? The big guys, Sony and Panasonic, aren’t changing their pitch–they’re sticking it out with active. However, LG, which still offers active-shutter 3D TVs, is a large producer of display panels for many in the TV manufacturing industry and has recently been able to produce a passive display at a more reasonable cost, noted David Wertheimer, CEO and executive director of the Entertainment Technology Center at USC. The film applied to create passive displays had previously been more cost-intensive to produce, which is one of the reasons many of the first 3D models used active-shutter technology.





