My Cart - With the recent drive by electronics manufacturers to increase the popularity of 3D TV there has been a greater amount of media attention focused on this new technology. Like anything that happens to be in the public eye there’s obviously going to be some negativity, and in the case of 3DTV this has manifested itself in the form of speculations over the possible health risks of the new technology.
One concern that has been raised that an excessive amount of time spent watching 3DTV could potentially alter the depth perception of viewers for sometime after viewing. There’s also been concerns brought about by fact that Samsung has published warnings in the instruction manuals for some of their 3DTV models that advises pregnant woman, the elderly and the sleep deprived from watching 3D content on the off chance it could bring about seizures.
However, these fears have been allayed by experts who have explained that there is in fact nothing to be worried about. Professor Colin Clifford, an expert on visual perception has argued that watching 3D TV is no more harmful than watching regular 2D TV provided you don’t sit too close.
However, the professor did express concerns that watching an excessive amount of 3D content may not be good for young children, as it could affect their developing visual system, causing them problems with depth perception. However, with such a lack of 3D content currently available I’d say there isn’t much danger of that happening.
So, there’s no reason to stay away from 3D TV, perhaps apart from the price and the lack of content! However, that has been discussed in the past and as far as we’re concerned with such a huge range of low cost flat panel TVs on the market at the moment you’re better off sticking to the cheap LED TV until 3D becomes more affordable.
