3d Tv

[Dragon]

Originally Posted by rjacobs

I was at a Motorola marketing department presentation last night, where they were talking about how they are currently working on 3D TV. They made a couple interesting points - one, 3D TV makes people feel sick unless it's very carefully designed, and that's a big problem that their engineers are trying to solve right now. Two, they have to keep pushing the envelope with TV technology (i.e. HDTV) because that's their business model. Like, the rep literally said, "We can't just have people keeping their old TVs. We'd never make any money."

when I checked out the photo 3d, there was a sign next to the display, warning of sickness due to extended viewing.

 

[MikeDT]

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[MikeDT]

I saw a demonstration of current 3D video technology put on by Sony in a Beijing shopping mall today. I was NOT impressed to say the least with what I experienced.

The setup consisted of a Sony 3D camcorder hooked up to a Sony 60inch flat panel 3D TV, not sure if the TV was LCD or plasma. It was showing a live scene of the demonstration area, so people could see themselves, other people and objects in 3D.

First of all wearing the required LCD shutter glasses was just horrible, visible flicker, was too dark, and the glasses themselves felt uncomfortable and heavy. Not an enjoyable experience at all. Secondly the 3D camera's viewfinder was no-glasses 3D, presumably using the same lenticular technology as the EVO 3D phone and Nintendo 3DS. Here unless I looked at it exactly straight on and focused hard, the image looked fuzzy and distorted. I think more than a few minutes of this, I would have had eye-strain.

If this was Sony's attempt at trying to convince me that 3D TV is the future, they failed big time.

 

[xpress]

I can finally add my $.02.

Picked up a middle of the road Samsung 51" 3D plasma.

It was ~$200 more then a comparable non-3d TV.

3d movies are fantastic. I've got 4 sets of "active" glasses, and honestly we love it.

3d games are average. I had high hopes for Gran Turismo 5 (I've already spent a considerable sum on a "cockpit" set-up, so I thought this would be the final step of immersion.
While it's certainly better then a 2d tv, it's not as spectacular as I thought it would be.

 

[Willie5566]

Man to me this is more of a novelty and it has already worn off. I am just not interested in watching 3D all of the time. I don't mind taking in an occasional 3D flick at the theater but that is about it for me. I will however take the price drops that "regular" "old" LCD will experience.

 

[suited]

Originally Posted by xpress

I can finally add my $.02.

Picked up a middle of the road Samsung 51" 3D plasma.

It was ~$200 more then a comparable non-3d TV.

3d movies are fantastic. I've got 4 sets of "active" glasses, and honestly we love it.

3d games are average. I had high hopes for Gran Turismo 5 (I've already spent a considerable sum on a "cockpit" set-up, so I thought this would be the final step of immersion.
While it's certainly better then a 2d tv, it's not as spectacular as I thought it would be.

How much did you pay for the glasses? I need to eventually get a set for our Samsung, but I have no idea how many options are available.

 

[xpress]

Originally Posted by suited

How much did you pay for the glasses? I need to eventually get a set for our Samsung, but I have no idea how many options are available.

I actually got them thrown in with the deal.

I think they run around $100 for 2.

 

[WUKILLABEEZ78]

Originally Posted by MikeDT

I saw a demonstration of current 3D video technology put on by Sony in a Beijing shopping mall today. I was NOT impressed to say the least with what I experienced.

The setup consisted of a Sony 3D camcorder hooked up to a Sony 60inch flat panel 3D TV, not sure if the TV was LCD or plasma. It was showing a live scene of the demonstration area, so people could see themselves, other people and objects in 3D.

First of all wearing the required LCD shutter glasses was just horrible, visible flicker, was too dark, and the glasses themselves felt uncomfortable and heavy. Not an enjoyable experience at all. Secondly the 3D camera's viewfinder was no-glasses 3D, presumably using the same lenticular technology as the EVO 3D phone and Nintendo 3DS. Here unless I looked at it exactly straight on and focused hard, the image looked fuzzy and distorted. I think more than a few minutes of this, I would have had eye-strain.

If this was Sony's attempt at trying to convince me that 3D TV is the future, they failed big time.

The TV had to have been LCD. Sony doesn't make plasma tv's (at least for consumers) anymore.