"On LG’s set, these timings are fed out to the glasses by an infrared signal – so a direct line of sight is always required."
I tend to find that when I'm watching TV I have to maintain a direct line of sight, so that the light emitted by the TV can reach my eyes. My eyes would likely be at or near the centre of these "glasses", so this seems a no-brainer.
... watching indistinct, blurry images moving on the screen in glorious 3D as there's no way I'll be able to wear those glasses and my own glasses at the same time. I've never been able to 'get' 3D because of this problem.
I can just about get the idea of 3d cinema - a sort of total immersion experience as a substitute for actually doing something. But on a TV the little 3d images will just be - I can not think of a better word - silly. The whole 3d thing smacks of desperation to me.
The disadvantage of passive polarizated lenses is that it stops working if you tilt your head to far to one side. If you're lying on your couch then your eyes get the other's image.
The current movie screens use clockwise and anticlockwise polarisation rather than horizontal and vertical - therefore you don't lose the picture when you tilt your head or put the specs on backwards :)
I had some shutter glasses years ago which worked with the nvidia drivers to make any game (mostly) 3d - there was a fair bit ghosting then and that was using a crt at 100hz :(
I'm waiting for them to develop holographic projectors that will put a 3d image in the middle of the room, with no glasses or any other assistance required. I want to be able to get up out of my chair and walk around behind it to see the "reverse angle replay".
Bullhorn looks sort of like a projector. At least it projects sound...
Samsung UN55B8000 55" LED TV (Widescreen, 1920x1080, HDTV)
Panasonic VIERA TC-L32X1 32" LCD TV (Widescreen, 1366x768, HDTV)
Panasonic VIERA TC-P50X1 50" Plasma TV (Widescreen, 1366x768, 30,000:1, HDTV)
Samsung LN52B750 52" LCD TV (Widescreen, 1920x1080, HDTV)
Toshiba 32AV502R 32" LCD TV (Widescreen, 1366x768, HDTV)
LG promises 3D plasma telly
Jack Harrer
Hmmm #
Posted Friday 4th September 2009 10:13 GMT
"On LG’s set, these timings are fed out to the glasses by an infrared signal – so a direct line of sight is always required"
I always enjoyed watching TV seating backwards, I think it will not work with that new TV...
Wind Farmer
Funny that..... #
Posted Friday 4th September 2009 10:13 GMT
"On LG’s set, these timings are fed out to the glasses by an infrared signal – so a direct line of sight is always required."
I tend to find that when I'm watching TV I have to maintain a direct line of sight, so that the light emitted by the TV can reach my eyes. My eyes would likely be at or near the centre of these "glasses", so this seems a no-brainer.
Richard 31
batteries? #
Posted Friday 4th September 2009 11:03 GMT
Does the timing signal from the TV mean that the glasses have to have a battery in them?
Sam Liddicott
So its not a 3D tv then... #
Posted Friday 4th September 2009 11:03 GMT
It's all in the 20 year old glasses. Presumably they use plasma because it has a quicker response time than LCD and stops bleed between frames.
Twould be nice if someone could make use of LCD polarization to re-polarize the emitted light so that we could use passive polarized 3D specs.
Anonymous Coward
I'm really looking forward to... #
Posted Friday 4th September 2009 11:03 GMT
... watching indistinct, blurry images moving on the screen in glorious 3D as there's no way I'll be able to wear those glasses and my own glasses at the same time. I've never been able to 'get' 3D because of this problem.
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Puppet show #
Posted Friday 4th September 2009 11:18 GMT
I can just about get the idea of 3d cinema - a sort of total immersion experience as a substitute for actually doing something. But on a TV the little 3d images will just be - I can not think of a better word - silly. The whole 3d thing smacks of desperation to me.
Colin Miller
@Sam Liddicott #
Posted Friday 4th September 2009 12:07 GMT
The disadvantage of passive polarizated lenses is that it stops working if you tilt your head to far to one side. If you're lying on your couch then your eyes get the other's image.
Duncan Watts
@Colin Miller #
Posted Friday 4th September 2009 13:16 GMT
The current movie screens use clockwise and anticlockwise polarisation rather than horizontal and vertical - therefore you don't lose the picture when you tilt your head or put the specs on backwards :)
I had some shutter glasses years ago which worked with the nvidia drivers to make any game (mostly) 3d - there was a fair bit ghosting then and that was using a crt at 100hz :(
Wilko
Holographic chess from Star Wars #
Posted Friday 4th September 2009 13:59 GMT
...as the bare minimum, or I'm not interested.
4HiMarks
holo tanks #
Posted Friday 4th September 2009 19:00 GMT
I'm waiting for them to develop holographic projectors that will put a 3d image in the middle of the room, with no glasses or any other assistance required. I want to be able to get up out of my chair and walk around behind it to see the "reverse angle replay".
Bullhorn looks sort of like a projector. At least it projects sound...
Anonymous Coward
@4HiMarks... #
Posted Monday 7th September 2009 09:17 GMT
...yes and your first purchase will be a HollyOaks fitness video