Putney Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 I have been to see a couple of 3D movies at the cinema, Avatar and Alice in Wonderland... I enjoyed them and really liked the 3D.. Well today I got my first play with a 46 inch 3D TV.... and smoe glasses.... Gets the thumbs up from me... I have TWO 1080P TV's and cant really justify laying out £1800 for a new 3D set... It got me thinking... why can't some wizz kid design a 3D converter for the current 2D Tv's? Plug and play.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiea7x Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 whats the difference between the sets actually? i thought the 3d effect is just the way th epicture is displayed on the screen... like 2 overlaying images that the glasses do all the work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philplop Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 I thought it was just the way the picture was shown as well, but apparently not. Hence why 3D films can only be shown at certain cinemas on certain screens.I've seen Avatar and Alice too, can't say I'm totally sold on 3D just yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesU Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 It can be done on usual TV'sHence DVD's being released in 3D... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiea7x Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 i thought the only reason it was shown in certain cinemas is that it was brodcast with digital projectors rather than film...?SO who the feck knows? haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesU Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Sounds like a good reason tbh Jamie...There was summat on tele the other month where you put glasses on and some of the show was 3D...Forgot the bloke, he's well famous...does shows on channel 4 all the time, reads minds and stuff.FFS, whats his name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philplop Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Derren Brown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesU Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Thats the guy.He did a show where if you wore glasses you could see certain things in 3D, im sure he did.Also you can buy DVD's that can be shown in 3D... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_225 Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 They're releasing Sky HD in 3D so I'd imagine this is something that is just as effective on a normal HD TV. £1,800 for a TV seems a bit steep and unecessary really when you can do the same on a normal 1080 res TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted April 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 This was Sky HD 3D i was watching.Its going to be free I think to the HD subscribers. Could be wrong though.I just want a little box that does the conversion to make my current TV's 3D ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philplop Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 I'd guess that 3D stuff on a non-3D telly wouldn't be as advanced as the 3D you can get on a 3D telly.Is Avatar 3D on a DVD going to be exactly the same as it was at the cinema? They might have simplified it to be shown on normal tellies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_225 Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Not really sure how they'd do it but in theory, if it's just a case of displaying the image slightly overlayed then there wouldn't be much difference to the actual effect on a normal TV.The main difference may be the clarity of the image though.The only thing that's a shame is that these films are passive 3D so effectively don't jump out of the screen which is what I'd been expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDGM Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Did the Sky demo have glasses sync'd to the screen where the lenses turn on and off at speed or were they the crap polarised ones? The effect on the switching glasses is leaps and bounds beyond anything else I've experienced.Here's some scienceI guess it's going to be a battle of tech. The lenticular system should be the all out winner, purely because you don't need to wear glasses to get the effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4T VW Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 (edited) I went to the bristol sound and vision show and tried both Polarised & powered glasses.The Polarised ones were not bad but i just couldnt watch a movie like that, I have good eye sight i like to think and to me the picture was blury, Would much rather watch a 2D HD movie any day.I only had a 2 miniute play with the powered glasses and that was awesome, Just like an HD 3D movie!I think you will need a new screen for this version though because of the Hz, I think it needs to be something really high like 200Hz Edited April 2, 2010 by M4T VW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philplop Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 The Polarised ones were not bad but i just couldnt watch a movie like that, I have good eye sight i like to think and to me the picture was blury, Would much rather watch a 2D HD movie any day.Glad I'm not the only one. I got used to it after a while, but certain things were just really blurry. I had to keep taking my glasses off during Avatar to give my eyes a rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4T VW Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Glad I'm not the only one. I got used to it after a while, but certain things were just really blurry. I had to keep taking my glasses off during Avatar to give my eyes a rest.Yeah, Its like when you go crosseyed. It must do some damage after a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Too many changes in too short a time, still not got live streaming on demand sorted out and most people don't have HD yet far less looking to upgrade to 3D. The ones that have upgraded to HD ready tvs probably don't have a HD signal so aren't going to think about upgrading again yet. Quite happy to sit back and wait till it all calms down into something I would actually use, don't watch that much TV but it would be nice to have it on demand for a flat rate, £20 for all the free view channel content when you want it would do for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putney Posted April 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 1.4 Million SKY HD customers now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStryder360 Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Was at Eurogamer expo last October and there was a 3D TV there must have been 46. And had Avatar the game in 3D. Looks pretty damn awesome.Also played on an Nvidia 3D monitor with NFS:Shift which was also pretty awesome.Batman Arkham is coming to 3D this month as a GOTY editon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Thomson Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 the current 3d on dvds is crap its the stupid red and blue glasses where as at the cinema it uses polarized lens to create a image on each eye then combine them together to create a depth to the image , unlike the old 3d where it was thing that just came out of the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDGM Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Futuroscope in France is an awesome place for 3D IMAX. The sheer size of the screens is incredible and the 'magic carpet' one where the floor is glass is freaky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4T VW Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 My box (Samsung) got updated today with new firmware, Some say its ready for 3D, Also channel 217 is the "Sky3D" channel but there is nothing on it at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitedog Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 thought with 3d it was the way it was filmed, not so much what it was shown on. From what i understand films like avatar and aiwl were filmed using two cameras next to each other, this is what i've been told anyhow.Only seen avatar in 3d but was really really impressed with it, made the film much more enjoyable. Think its only worth seeing for certain films though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDGM Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Jaws 3D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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