Amazing, didn't know they were that close to releasing sets you don't
need glasses for. Now that's what I call 3D. Still, the point made
earlier about the lack of content is a good one. There will have to be a
signifigant percentage of households that have 3D sets for that to
change. Probably a lot more expensive to film too.
On 1/15/2010 10:32 AM, Robert Martin Jr. wrote:
The last E3 some of us went to had 3D TV that looked good without glasses and
from angles up to about 40-45 degrees. It looked like the images were sticking
out from the screen about 4-6 feet when viewed from about 15 feet away. I
thought it was really cool and am not sure how they did that one.
lopaka
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Subject: Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?
I think we're a long way from that. I think the only time would be with
specific bluerays as nothing is being put out over the air in true 1080p, let
alone the enhanced bandwidth you'd need.
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From: "Anthony Q. Martin"<[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:38:55
To:<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?
I saw avatar...with the glasses. Great movie. However, I would not
want to have to wear glasses all the time to watch TV...if you can get
the 3D effect without glasses, then I'm all for 3D TV. But I ain't, as a
general rule, going to wear those stoopid glasses to stare at the idiot
box....hmmm...well, now that i put it that way... :)
On 1/15/2010 10:24 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Have you seen avatar yet, you know, with the glasses? :)
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From: Stan Zaske<[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:19:32
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Subject: Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?
In other words, it's still not ready for prime time. If you have to have
glasses for the 3D effect then the tech is still too immature IMHO.
On 1/15/2010 4:31 AM, Alex wrote:
yea, 3D was the big thing at CES this year, couldn't get away from it.
I took the time to check out all the offerings from the major players.
Besides the quirky pop-up effect, what struck me was how limited it was to
the exact screen size, no more. So it's not exactly like the IMAX 3D
Avatar experience you had in the cinema. You get the 3D-ness only if you
watch the screen head on.
Another thing is your eyes will adjust to the 3D after a couple hours.
What's the point of wearing the dorky glasses after that? Most glasses
were battery powered with an on/off switch.
In any case, they appear to be pushing it hard but my opinion is that its
gimmicky. better to invest in a better TV screen than to pick one for its
3D qualities. Those glasses arent cheap and most units only ship with one.
On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:16:47 -0800, maccrawj<[email protected]> wrote:
Years back I had my store order one of the "gamer" HMD's from a now dead
company for
>$300. Visually it was very "3d" but hideous resolution and really
>uncomfortable to
wear. The head tracking feature worked real well for flight sims and
such
where
glancing was needed. Never liked the result with Quake at all. Funny
trivia, you tend
to see this defunct co's liquidated hardware used in low-budget scifi
movies as props. ;)
Of the current tech the only experience I've had was with IMAX 3D's
polarized glass
which was very good IMHO. Bring that home as 1080P/120Hz per eye and I'd
be a happy
camper! Personally I don't think 60Hz/eye is enough for same reasons
that
it sucks
for mono-vision and really would "see" 240Hz or better as the target. Of
course I
refer mostly to gaming but real 3D movies have appeal to me also!
On 1/14/2010 5:36 PM, Bino Gopal wrote:
This being the HWG I can't believe no one here has gone there, so
what're
your thoughts/experiences with 3D TV and/or gaming? The gaming has
been
around longer, b/c I assume it was easier to get computer games to do
3d;
see this thread (someone references playing the FIRST Descent in 3D;
something I think I remember hearing about) :
http://www.mtbs3d.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=3
<http://www.mtbs3d.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5274> &t=5274
Turns out that Samsung DLP I got last year supports 3D (and DLPs are
one
of
the few tvs out there that will, having a true 120Hz refresh rate) with
the
addition of an extra kit for $150 ($200 for 2 glasses from DDD aka
TriDef at
http://www.ddd.com/cart/product.php?productid=2
<http://www.ddd.com/cart/product.php?productid=2&cat=1&page=1>
&cat=1&page=1
). Considering it since the tech isn't going to settle for a while,
and
having it now would be cool (people have been doing it for the last
couple
years apparently with earlier Samsung/Mitsu DLPs).
And it doesn't sound like getting a gaming rig setup with 3D is that
hard; I
played Left4Dead in 3D at a tech event last year with the glasses and
headphone/mic and it was pretty cool; forgot about it until the whole
Avatar/3D thing at CES this year and now I'm looking into getting it.
Anyway, thoughts?
BINO
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