Anton at the 3D Vision Blog bought himself a new Panasonic 3D HDTV (TX-P50VT20E). First he tried it our with NVIDIA’s 3DTV, and then he tried it with AMD’s HD3D technology. How did it turn out? Well, he ran into a few problems as the video above shows. Click through on the link to learn more.
However when I the TriDef 3D Experience launcher (you can see that on the video) or TriDef 3D Ignition with a game the result was kind of disappointing. The depth of the 3D objects can be seen, however there is a weird flicker and a lot of annoying flashing artifacts on the screen that totally ruin the experience. I’m not sure where the problem lies yet, because for example on AMD’s supported hardware page there is no mention of the TX-P50VT20E, but there is support for TC-P50VT20 which is pretty much the same.
Monster Cable Products, Inc. is the maker of high performance audiophile cables to connect your audio/visual equipment to each other. They have also gained a reputation for being very expensive. Personally, I use the Amazon branded basic cables, and they work just fine for me. Plus they are inexpensive.
Monster has recently announced the Monster Vision Max 3D glasses. These are meant to be universal 3-D glasses that will work with any TV set. Monster accomplishes this by not using infra-red emitters to sync the glasses with the frames shown on the TV. Instead Monster is using the radio frequency for the sync signal. HDGuru takes a look at the new glasses in their latest article.
The Monster Vision Max 3D (MVM3D) glasses employ Bit Cauldron’s “Heartbeat” technology. The system’s transmitter converts the TVs infra-red 3D sync pulses into a radio signal. The Monster transmitter uses the 2.4 GHz radio frequency equipped with a ZigBee chip. Placing it directly in front of a 3D TV will block the sets built-in infra-red emitter. Moving it away from the 3D TV allows the use of the set maker’s 3D eyewear in addition to the MVM3D glasses.
This past weekend I went with family and friends to see Toy Story 3 in 3-D. At the theater that we went to, the 3-D glasses were shutter glasses. The movie was extremely well written, which is something that is lacking in Hollywood these days, and could easily stand on its own as a 2-D movie. That pretty much says it all. The 3-D effects in the movie were superb. They were not overdone, as has been the case in past movies. Instead, they added to the richness and the depth of the movie.
However, I am still a skeptic when it comes to 3-D in the home. We have covered some of the reasons for that in previous posts. One of the problems with 3-D in the homes is that people will need to buy a new TV just after they recently bought HD TVs. They will need to buy glasses for everyone in the family, and for any friends that might come over.
But there are other problems as well. In the movie theater the other night, any extra light in the room was distracting because it reflected off the inside of the 3-D glasses. The Exit sign, the lighting on the aisles, and overhead lighting all caused this trouble. How many distracting lights are in your house where you watch TV?
HDGuru has covered other problems with 3-D in the home. Do you think that you can buy Compatible 3D Glasses for your TV? It turns out that each brand of 3-D glasses has a different tint to it. So much for seeing the correct colors in the movie you bought. Furthermore, HDGuru points out that to even play the latest movie on your 3-D TV and using your 3-D Blu-Ray player, you may need to do a firmware update.
We are in the process of testing a number of 2010 model HDTVs and Blu-ray players. All to date have required firmware updates to enhance performance, add or correct a number of performance functions and in the case of Blu-ray players, allow the playing some newly released discs. Without a firmware update, early and current Blu-ray players can’t play all new discs because disc authoring continues to change.
I remember having to do this with my original Toshiba DVD player back in 1996. Forgive me for being a pessimist, but I think that I will sit on the sidelines until 3-D in the home stabilizes a bit. And that won’t occur in 2010.
LG will be showing an 84-inch 3-D LCD TV at the Society for Information Display 2010 conference in Seattle, WA this week. The 84-inch 3-D LCD TV does not come in at a standard resolution of 1920×1080. Instead the 3-D TV has a resolution that is 3840 x 2160, which is ultra high definition (UHD).
However, there are three problems that I can see with this screen already. The first problem is that it is likely to be expensive. The second problem is that while it is nice to have such a large 3-D screen, you still need something to drive the screen. There are no 3-D Blu-Ray players that can output at that resolution. Finally, you need content to put on the screen. There is only one 3-D Blu-Ray title that is out right now, and it is not in 3840 x 2160 format.
LG will show several more interesting displays at the SID 2010. LG Display will present its advanced technologies including the 10.1-inch curved LCD with slim glass; the world’s thinnest TV panel which measures just 2.6mm in thickness; a 15.6-inch notebook LCD product that realizes the world’s lowest power consumption levels; a 9.7-inch color e-paper display scheduled to begin mass production within the year; and a 19-inch flexible e-paper.
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