Sony Corporation has announced its plans for a global launch of its highly anticipated 3D enabled televisions slated for the month of June this year. The worldwide sale of the 3D televisions will coincide with its launch in Japan on June 10. The recently announced firmware upgrades to the Sony PlayStation 3 gaming consoles, that would enable the device to provide 3D support is also due for release around the same time, the 3D TVs are slated for launch.
As per Sony, the first two models of the 3D television will come in 40-inch and 46-inch screens respectively, along with two pairs of 3D glasses and will cost $3,215 and $3,873 in the same order. The company has stated that, in the month of July, it will be launching six new 3D television sets with 52 inch and 60 inch screen sizes, again with 3D glasses and there will be the release of four brand new 3D Ready televisions would require the purchase of 3D glasses and an infra red transmitter separately. The most inexpensive of the entire 3D and 3D Ready television series will a 40 inch screen TV of the latter category that would carry a price tag of $2,434 and would require 3D glasses and IR transmitters.
The infra red transmitter will essentially work as an essential component that sends out a signal, thereby synchronizing the electronic shutters in the 3D glasses. The IR transmitter will be available for $55 and the 3D glasses come with a price tag of $132 per pair. Furthermore, all the TV sets in the 3D series will be featuring a 2D to 3D converter, that converts any conventional 2D picture into 3D.
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