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What type of 3d glasses will work with a Panasonic 3D capable tv?

Not looking to spend $150/pair on glasses. Don't suppose I can hope the "free" glasses from the 3D movies @ the theater will work?

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1. sorry but there are no free glasses which will work for the new 3D tvs out there...the glasses which work for the 3D tvs have sophisticated electronics in them which give the wearer the illusion of depth giving the 3D effect. The glasses at movie theaters just have a special Lens which makes the blurry image in focus, but they will not work with the new 3D tvs because the 150$ glasses (blink) many times a second which is controlled by a small computer chip, so there is a reason why they are so expensive...But to answer your question the 3D glasses you wear to watch (for example 'Shrek 3D') will not work for your 3D tv....You may be able to find a used pair for less on the internet...The 3D tv glasses also need either batteries or some other power source....Hope that helps! Also ALL New 3D tvs come with the special electronic glasses which just look like a little over sized tinted sunglasses... Also like with all electronics you may have to wait a couple months for the price to go down, its a pain to wait, but usually worth it...I know at some theaters they do have the electronic glasses BUT they keep very close tabs on them, preventing even me from walking out with them...the theaters sometimes let you take the cheap ones but definitley not the nice electronic ones, and if you try to jack them they will chase you (trust me) haha
2. The glasses from the theater use polarization for 3d. All left eye images have a counter clockwise circular polarized light wave and all right eye images have a clockwise circular polarized light wave. Then each lens of the glasses just block the light wave meant for the other eye. There are polarized televisions but the screen must be made to do two specific light waves. If not polarized 3d will not work on it. For the new 3d televisions almost all of them use field sequential. This is where one lens opens while the other lens closes and they do this back and forth very fast. Then when one lens is open the image for that eye flashes on screen. It is these glasses you must buy for your television.