Post: 3D TV 'May be bad for your health'.
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04-24-2010, 10:56 AM
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An electronics giant has warned that 3D TV may be bad for your health - days before its sets go on sale.
Samsung says drinkers, pregnant women, the elderly, children and those with medical conditions could suffer side effects.
Too much 3D TV could cause confusion, nausea, dizziness or convulsions.
The warning on the company's website follows suggestions it is trying to side-step legal claims if people feel ill and blame the TV or the 3D glasses.
Samsung says viewers should stop watching if they suffer symptoms.
A spokesman for the South Korean company said its cautious approach was because "watching 3D is an entirely new experience for people".
Samsung says drinkers, pregnant women, the elderly, children and those with medical conditions could suffer side effects.
Too much 3D TV could cause confusion, nausea, dizziness or convulsions.
The warning on the company's website follows suggestions it is trying to side-step legal claims if people feel ill and blame the TV or the 3D glasses.
Samsung says viewers should stop watching if they suffer symptoms.
A spokesman for the South Korean company said its cautious approach was because "watching 3D is an entirely new experience for people".
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So have you seen 3D? Did you feel a little dizzy?. I have used 2 sets of glasses on 3D gaming, the expensive nVidia shutter glasses (the all black ones) and the cheap Red and Blue ones. The red and blue ones did hurt my eyes a little, more with the Red colour than the blue. Even then, I only used it to view some 3D pictures which must have only been a matter of minutes, but no way could I have used them for a whole session of gaming or TV watching. Thoughts?
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