FYI: I just heard back from nVidia regarding the status of the Quadro drivers for the 3D Vision glasses to be used with the Samsung 2233RZ and other 120Hz full-field LCD displays (ViewSonic): Release was originally intended by April, but so far it hasn't happened. In their own words:
"I do not know the exact release date however it should be around the same time as when new QuadroFX drivers based on the Release 185 driver branch is available in the near future..." Cheers, Warren > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-chemistry+warren==delsci....@ccl.net [mailto:owner- > chemistry+warren==delsci....@ccl.net] On Behalf Of > Vincent.Leroux]|[loria.fr > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 5:02 AM > To: Warren DeLano > Subject: CCL: Monitors for molecular Modelling > > > Sent to CCL by: Vincent.Leroux:_:loria.fr > Hi Peter, > > This might interest you: > > http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=computersperiphe > rals&type=monitors&subtype=lcd&model_cd=LS22CMFKFV/ZA > > This is an LCD monitor capable of doing 120 Hz natively. Resolution is > 1680x1050, which is the most common with computer flat screens (better > forget 1280x1024)... It sells for ?300 in France right now. > > 2x60 Hz stereoscopic glasses can be bought separately from nVidia > ($200, or $600 bundled with the Samsung monitor). They are especially > interesting as the stereo support is done at the drivers level. > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/GeForce_3D_Vision_Main.html > > For the moment, unfortunately, the stereo drivers are only available > for mainstream GeForce cards under Windows Vista, but it should not > take long before nVidia provides Linux drivers. Support for the Quadro > range was announced for spring 2009, this might be done at the same > time. > > The glasses are also compatible with any CRT monitor capable of >= 100 > Hz - so the old 21" >30kg CRT monsters from Mitsubishi/Sony/Illyama, > which can be found 2nd hand for about nothing, are interesting. This > is good to know if you want to stick to 1280x1024, as LCD panels > perform very poorly when not set to the native resolution. Bear in > mind that stereo with CRTs is quite painful to the eyes, the new > Samsung LCD might be significantly more confortable to work with... > > VL > > > "Peter Bladon cbas25,,strath.ac.uk" <owner-chemistry##ccl.net> a écrit : > > > > > Sent to CCL by: "Peter Bladon" [cbas25(~)strath.ac.uk] > > With regard to the hand-held stereoviewers that were sold by VCH. > > VCH was I think the marketting arm of the German Chemical Society, > > but was aquired by Wiley some time between 1993 and 2003 (my > > vagueness here is because I am looking at the imprints of books > > published on these dates). > > Whether Wiley are still selling the viewers is another matter. There > > were two models (I got both of them when the Royal Society of > > Chemistry was selling them). > > > > With regard to monitors, Mitsubishi-Electric advertised their > > Diamond 1080p DLP HDTV as being capable of stereo viewing using > > shutter glasses. It came in three models 57, 65 and 73 inches. They > > have sockets for connection to computers, and resolutions up to > > 1280 x 1024 and 1920 x 1080. I do not know how much they cost. > > They were announced in North America, and I recollect that > > MItsubishi in the UK had no record of them > > > > I have always thought that using twin projectors was a better > > solution for viewing stereo when more than one person is involved. > > But projectors with native resolution of 1280 x 1024 (which I regard > > as a standard) are rather rare. > > > > Peter Bladon > > Interprobe Chemical Services > > Gallowhill House, Larch Avenue > > Lenzie, Kirkintilloch > > Glasgow G66 4HX > > > > > > > > -=his is automatically added to each message by the mailing script = > To recover the email address of the author of the message, please change > the strange characters on the top line to the @ sign. You can also > look up the X-Original-From: line in the mail header. > > E-mail to subscribers: chemis...@ccl.net or use: > http://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_message > > E-mail to administrators: chemistry-requ...@ccl.net or use > http://www.ccl.net/cgi-bin/ccl/send_ccl_message > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://www.ccl.net/chemistry/sub_unsub.shtml > > Before posting, check wait time at: http://www.ccl.net > > Job: http://www.ccl.net/jobs > Conferences: http://server.ccl.net/chemistry/announcements/conferences/ > > Search Messages: http://www.ccl.net/chemistry/searchccl/index.shtml > > If your mail bounces from CCL with 5.7.1 error, check: > http://www.ccl.net/spammers.txt > > RTFI: http://www.ccl.net/chemistry/aboutccl/instructions/ > > > > >
