LG Set To Show LW6500 Passive 3D Television At CES 2011

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Another chunk of news slipped out of LG’s ever-loosening lips as they revealed another item they’ll be showing off out at the CES show–the LG LW6500 television.

Naturally, we don’t know a whole lot about it just yet, but what we do know so far is enough to make most any home theater buff weak in the knees: it’s a 65 inch television that will be running TruMotion operating at 200 Hz to give it a nice blur-free image, the capability to convert 2D to 3D, HDMI and USB ports, a variety of internet options like YouTube and Hulu Plus, and I’ve heard mention of a brightness booster to keep things looking nice and sharp. You can probably also figure it’ll have component and composite inputs, an Ethernet jack (or possibly outright Wi-Fi connection to have the internet options), and it’s a pretty good bet that this will be in 1080p.

But where the real surprises come on this one is from two key points: one, the LG LW6500 is using passive, as opposed to active, 3D glasses. According to reports, this says that the 3D will be flicker-free, since it’s roughly the same kind of 3D the theater uses. And two, this is set to be one of the first televisions to add on LG’s film-type patterned retarder we talked about not too long ago.

Now, we don’t specifically know prices and release dates on this just yet–these little facts will probably come out of the pipe when CES finally lands–but we can say one thing: based on a similar model of passive 3D television from Vizio, that’s even the same size, you can probably look for this one to weigh in around $3600. And based on the growing popularity of 3D televisions of late, you might well have a tough time finding one even at that price when they finally do hit store shelves.