3'D tv's?

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Bundy said:
From what I understand there isn't that many 3D stuff to watch yet. Only like 3 or 4 movies on Blu Ray and maybe some sports telecasts which we can't get here anyway. Remember to get the proper HDMI cables or the 3D wont work at all.
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it comes with a 3d bluray player so should come with the hdmi cable hopfully! haha would laugh if it doesnt though!
 

Bundy said:
From what I understand there isn't that many 3D stuff to watch yet. Only like 3 or 4 movies.
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That's the thing, I like 3-d when I'm in the cinemas or watching a movie, but I don't think I'd bother buying a t.v like that just for that. Imagine sitting there in your living room, googles on like a div, watching eastenders in 3-d just you could see Phil's bald head in better quality..
 
jamesc said:
That's the thing, I like 3-d when I'm in the cinemas or watching a movie, but I don't think I'd bother buying a t.v like that just for that. Imagine sitting there in your living room, googles on like a div, watching eastenders in 3-d just you could see Phil's bald head in better quality..
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didnt everyone think like that about hd? (ok not the glasses part but the see phils head bit)
 
Iv just been in Currys and was given a Demo on 3D TV.

Was watching Samsung LCD 3D 52". It was unbelievable, There was a few different versions of 3D you could watch. But It looked fantastic. Was watching a Animal discovery Channel.

Well worth it...
 
fozzy said:
didnt everyone think like that about hd? (ok not the glasses part but the see phils head bit)
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2bh think most people got HD because they have to.. I had to buy a plasma as my other one wouldn't work in my area any more..

But can see you point
 

jamesc said:
2bh think most people got HD because they have to.. I had to buy a plasma as my other one wouldn't work in my area any more..

But can see you point
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yes you can only buy hd tv's now good point! but how many hd subscribers are there out there? and if you have hd freeview are you realy going to watch the sd channel?

you never know in 7 or 8 years time you might only be able to buy 3d capable tv's!
 
fozzy said:
yes you can only buy hd tv's now good point! but how many hd subscribers are there out there? and if you have hd freeview are you realy going to watch the sd channel?

you never know in 7 or 8 years time you might only be able to buy 3d capable tv's!
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Oh yeah it's bound to happen.. Doubt It'll even take 7-8 years till they release something even more advanced..
I know it's a lot of buzz atm cos they're new out like, but look at things like the wii etc everyone loved that for a while, now it's dying down a bit so they're releasing something better.. it goes on and on like.. My point being that give it a few months maybe years and I bet people will be tired and used to seeing logo's etc flying at them everytime they watch the adverts...





if I had the money I'd still get one though
 
just got back and all i can say is WOW!

the upscaler from 2d to 3d is friggin ace! call off duty looked friggin ace though needed to get used to the 3d bit!(could even run up some stairs to start with)

and the real 3d stuff is just breath taking!

i want one!
 
3D TV's are a gimmick!!!

It is just another way of charging you more money for the same thing. Many TV's sold today that aren't marketed as 3D are actually capable of it. Here is an excerpt from an article about building a wicked Home Theater PC that has Blu-Ray 3D capability. This concerns the display selection....

OK, let’s talk products. We initially set out with the assumption that any display with a 120Hz refresh rate would work with Nvidia’s GeForce 3D Vision system, as delivered by our GeForce GT 240. Wrong. As it turns out, most HDTVs marketed as “120Hz” won’t accept a 120Hz input signal; instead, they take a 60Hz signal and perform an inverse telecine operation to extract the original 24 frames-per-second movie signal from the video signal. The TV then creates new intermediate frames and displays the movie at five times the original frame rate (5x24=120). This eliminates the uneven motion that results from displaying a movie shot at 24fps on a display with a 60Hz refresh rate.
Unfortunately, despite the fact that this class of TV was introduced over the last few years, they are already considered “legacy” 120Hz displays because they can’t support the active shutter glasses required for Blu-ray 3D and 3D games. Ironically, just about any CRT television—remember those behemoths?—that supports a refresh rate of at least 100Hz is compatible with 3D Vision.
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And to add to that, many new plasma displays have more than enough in the refresh rate and can actually accept the 120Hz input.

More ways to squeeze the $$$ out of you.

And the explanation of how this current generation of 3D works

The 3D “feel” is created by feeding each of your eyes a different version of the same image, each from a slightly different perspective. Your brain assembles these two images and perceives depth.
The most widely known 3D technology is the old-school anaglyph variety, which uses those familiar red and cyan glasses. Each colored lens filters out one set of images, allowing each eyeball to see a slightly different perspective. The main drawback here has always been significant color shifting. In cinema, anaglyph imagery has been around since the 1920s; the first big 3D movie boom took place in the 1950s.
Most theaters today use various polarized systems. Here, two projectors are used to simultaneously spit out two versions of the same movie onto the screen. The movies are polarized differently and the glasses allow each eye to see separate images to create the sense of depth. While far superior to anaglyph, the 3D effect with this type of passive polarized system can suffer if you tilt your head during playback.

Perhaps the highest-quality 3D experience today—and the one that’s being adopted by most new 3D HDTVs—uses active shutter glasses. These glasses are synced to your TV and literally blank out in an alternating pattern in time with images that are displayed in an alternating pattern for each eye. Although this can sometimes produce a slight ghosting effect, this system doesn’t put two images on the screen at the same time and can deliver far more accurate color than other systems. To make the images appear smooth, a very high frame rate must be used. Thus the requirement for a true 120Hz television.
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More....

We performed most of our testing using an Acer H5360 DLP 3D video projector paired with Epson’s Accolade Duet screen. The Acer is limited to a native resolution of 1280x720p, but it’s very reasonably priced at $700. Even when you tack on $120 for the screen, the total price is still incredibly affordable.
Watching a Blu-ray 3D movie with a video projector is a visceral experience that is the closest you’ll get to a movie theater. A television—even a 50-inch plasma—just doesn’t compare. On the other hand, Panasonic’s Viera is capable of delivering 1080p resolution; we couldn’t find any consumer-oriented 3D Vision–compatible video projectors capable of that at press time. That said, a TV delivers higher-quality visuals during daylight hours without forcing you to invest in room-darkening shades or heavy curtains. In our opinion, the ideal home theater will be equipped with both display devices.

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So, which TV do we recommend? While there are certainly more 3D Vision–compatible TVs than there are video projectors on the market, we recommend one of Panasonic’s Viera plasma models. At press time, there’s only one model in the Viera VT20 line: the 50-inch TC-P50TV20. The higher-end Viera VT25 series includes 50-, 54-, 58-, and 60-inch models ranging in price from $2,600 to $4,300. In addition to larger screens, the VT25 series also includes custom-installer-favored features such as pro-level calibration and RS-232 serial ports (to support advanced remote control, among other things). Unfortunately, these TVs are in such high demand that they’re sold out everywhere.
Using a preview release of Nvidia’s 3DTV Play, we tested our 3D HTPC on the 54-inch Viera and were wowed. Unlike the 720p Acer projector, the Viera gave us a beautiful full resolution 1080p 3D image. There was some occasional ghosting—this happens when one eye catches a glimpse of both images at the same time—but the higher resolution will definitely elicit ooohs and aaahs from your family and friends.
Key Tips:

  • Make sure your display accepts a 120Hz signal
  • Projectors deliver more impact than TVs
  • Portable projector screens are much cheaper than ceiling-mounted models
  • Use High-Speed HDMI cables
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The only point I am making is you can do it a heck of a lot cheaper than the advertised method of just going out grabbing a marked up TV that is the same as the one right next to it.
 

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