Dear all, We tested both the planar system you mentioned and the Viewsonic 120Hz TFTs and purchased the 120Hz TFT solution not only because of the price but we found the stereo quality to be equal and the usability much better for the 120Hz TFTs. With the planar system you have to move away the glass screen when switching from stereo to mono.
Best regards, Alexander -----Original Message----- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harry Powell Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 7:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] stereo (again - sigh) Hi there is at least one other option - we have a Planar Systems 3D setup (uses two flat screen monitors mounted at ~right angles with a semi-silvered screen between them) - you use polarised lens glasses to view the stereo. It works extremely well, but is pricey. If you have a good workshop they could probably knock up an ersatz copy for you at somewhat less than the retail price. http://www.planar3d.com/ Their "entry level" setup is advertised at $2395 - which is probably enough to put most people off, but the stereo is *very* good. On 5 Oct 2010, at 16:25, Ben Eisenbraun wrote: > Hello Dave, > >> I would like to replace the CRT's with some sort of LCD thing. > > You have two options for stereo on linux. The Zalman passive stereo > route, which you tried, or the active stereo route, which means an > Nvidia 3d Vision emitter/glasses combo and a 120 Hz LCD. > > The glasses/emitter kit is here: > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_GeForce_3D_VisionKit_us.html > > And you need an Nvidia Quadro FX 3700 or higher to run them on linux: > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro_pro_graphics_boards_linux.html > > There are several 120 Hz LCDs available right now. Some links to > models and additional info on set up are on our website: > > http://sbgrid.org/wiki/install/stereo > > I hope this helps. > > -ben > > -- > | Ben Eisenbraun | Software Sysadmin | > | Structural Biology Grid | http://sbgrid.org | > | Harvard Medical School | http://hms.harvard.edu | Harry -- Dr Harry Powell, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, MRC Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QH
