Home audio & video forum: Is Samsung 3D TV bad for your health??

Well, epileptic seizures can occur but as you said yourself, that's in an extreme case.
I haven't really heard of anyone having seizures from watching 3D TV.
But it is true that your eyes can get very tired with shutter 3d glasses and your eyesight may drop after a while.
Some people get a headache or nausea when they watch 3D images on an active TV because of the shutter technology.
LG came up with a new technology to make a passive 3D tv.
Passive 3d TVs don't use shutter technology.
Instead, your eyes see the images as you would normally do in everyday life.
You don't get tired eyes, nausea or headache with this.
Basically, passive TV has more frames and the frames move faster, creating clear, flicker free and crosstalk free images.
But with shutter technology, not only are there fewer image frames that move slowly, but also they insert black screen after each image frame.
Each of your eyes take turn to see the image frame i.e when your right eye sees an image, your left eye sees the black screen and vice versa.
This is the reason behind the flicker and crosstalk problems people are complaining about with Samsung, or actually any active 3D tv.

Anyone that is telling you LG or other brand is better is usually just a fan of that brand!

Wow, I've never heard of anyone have an epileptic seizure just because they watch active 3D!!! That is wild..
I myself have LG Cinema 3D and so far, my eyes haven't hurt at all..

In response to your question, I found these articles online and hope they help you:
http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2011/may/20/tv-company-issues-3d-tv-warning-ar-1051990/
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/04/14/d-tv-hazardous-health/

Reading them, they make me relieved that I have a passive tech 3D TV. I have a child too and he really enjoys watching passive 3D TV. Much safer, I think... and not because I'm a fan as R Proffitt says (he doesn't even address your worries)... but because I find it more comfortable and satisfying...

Good luck!

Samsung 3D TVs aren't exactly bad for you but they do have the drawbacks of active 3D tvs. Active 3d tvs (Samsung, Panasonic) use shutter glass technology. The tv sends imgs to each lens of your 3d glasses one at a time. So your right lens gets an image when your left lens doesn't . this happens through a rapid flickering of the lens, causing tired eyes and headaches for some people. This doesn't happen with passive 3d tvs (LG and I think also Vizio). Passive 3D Tvs, like LG Cinema 3D, for example, use a different technology (polarized glasses) that doesn't have flickering of the lens.

Oh wow, I'd never really considered all of this... shutter glass technology is bad for your health? I just thought it was a minus because of the headaches and dizziness but to actually have an impact on your well-being :S
What I don't understand is this: clearly flickering is not working for us. It may have higher quality but is it worth the dizziness and eventual strain on the eyes? Why make things so complicated? Passive cinema 3D has just as good quality without the flickering. I think it's pretty clearly for me which one has more advantages..