Well. I finally sourced a Blu-Ray copy of Avatar in 3D. That didn't take long. Probably be the first and the last.
My TV came with 3d, not something very worthwhile on such a small screen.
Having said that the only thing that made it allrightish was Avatar.
There's not too many movies I have turned off after 1/2 hour. Avatar is one of them - low movie IMO. ![]()
So where do you get a 3D copy of Avatar?
I bought a 3D tv a few years ago just so I could watch that and I still haven't been able to find a copy. ![]()
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Have to convert any mkv/dts to ps3/mp4 to plug and play in LG or Samsung
Dont usually buy 3d dvd cause i cant lend them out to anyone who hasnt got the 3d tv.
At the latest CES none of the big TV manufacturers said a word about 3D. Because they know we know it sucks.
For the record it was all smart tv, apps on tv, facebook on tv, etc. Which will also sink without a trace within a year or two - we have computers and pads and phones for that stuff.
3d xbox games are where it is at!
I thought it would be a gimmick until i tried it.
Love it. Not much makes me nauseous and this didnt either.
I'm in the "Industry" and we all know that 3D will only have a long term future with projectors and half decent surround systems. That said home cinema is dying thank god.
Two channel music is by far out selling crash and bang boxes but it was only a matter of time.
3D gives a lot of people motion sickness and face who wants to sit at home with stupid glasses on just to watch Forest Gump...
The problem with home 3D is that most people's experience with it has been with the horrible 'active' 3D.
Active 3D is what gives you the shutter/flicker effect.
Basically you are having two images flashed on the screen really fast, the glasses you wear are synced to have each lens black out in time with the two images.
I watched Avatar at the cinema, was absolutely awesome in it's full Passive 3D awesomeness.
Recently watched Avatar on an active 3D tv.
Horrible and hard to watch, turned off the 3D after watching a quarter of the movie and watched it in 2D.
The good news now is that there is 'Passive' 3D tvs on the market.
They work the same way as the cinema Passive 3D, no battery powered glasses = no flicker or motion sickness.
Passive works on polarisation of light, basically the movie is made in two images with opposite polarization, the lenses on the glasses filter out one of the polarized images, so no flicker.
Passive 3D is far superior to active 3D.
The only problem is that it took longer to develop passive 3D for home and active got the jump on it, this has ruined people's perception of 3D as most people don't understand the different types of 3D available and don't know you can get better than the first type of 3D tvs on the market.
^ But you would still have to focus on spot x while your eyes look at spot y. I think that's still going to be an issue. It's a bit like those magic images from decades past.
But does it work just using the speakers within a TV? The audio side lets down what ever is on the screen and thats what needs to improve for 3D to have any future.
I think the gamers will continue to enjoy the 3D and that could be the growth area.
I have an LG 3d tv and their 3D surround sound. Its absolutely amazing. I love that it gives depth to movies and makes them so much better. Hasnt ever hurt my eyes or anyone elses that has watched it at mine. I also just download the 3d 1080p movies off the net and play them over my network. I can also rent 3d movies straight off the smart tv. all you haters trying to make yourselves feel better about not having 3dtv go get yourselfs a passive 3d tv coz they are so cheap now. i wanna get the 3d gopro setup and experiment with that at the snow and out kiting.