diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/PCDLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/PCDLoader.js
index 2c0c775cfbc083f8fc169ae747ae351d40f4265d..53b4d5a23fbbef4050cf881773631f5893fa901a 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/PCDLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/PCDLoader.js
@@ -35,9 +35,16 @@ THREE.PCDLoader.prototype = {
 
 	binarryToStr: function ( data ) {
 
-		var text = "";
 		var charArray = new Uint8Array( data );
-		for ( var i = 0; i < data.byteLength; i ++ ) {
+
+		if ( window.TextDecoder !== undefined ) {
+
+			return new TextDecoder().decode( charArray );
+
+		}
+
+		var text = "";
+		for ( var i = 0, il = data.byteLength; i < il; i ++ ) {
 
 			text += String.fromCharCode( charArray[ i ] );