Watched ny first 3D blu ray movie.

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I picked up Journey to the Centre of the Earth on blu ray 3D yesterday, a dirt cheap sale item from my local sainsburys.

I wasn't expecting much from the movie, was curious at how the 3D looked on a tv screen to be honest.

And it was pretty dismal.

Yes - you do get the 3D effects, as long as you set everything up right, get the lighting in your house correct, the position of your chair, get your tv settings right etc.

But what you also get is atrocious picture quality. I basically got a yellow screen, with the occasional double image, and a rather blurred one at that. No amount of tweaking with the colour or settings made any difference.

Plus, after about 15 mins my eyes started watering and my head hurt.

Nope - I fear we are a long way off yet from perfecting 3D technology for home use.
 
I'm assuming this came with some sort of anaglyph glasses to give the 3d effect.

This method has never worked well with TV/film as you dont get colour reproduction and the filters never match the screen meaning you also get significant ghosting.

The 3d technology being employed by TV manufacturers is a lot more advanced employing active LCD shutter technology or polarisers. Having seen a few movies at the cinema that use the polarising technology - and having has active LCD shutter glasses on my PC for gaming a few years back - thee technologies are a lot better.
 
Welcome to the world of anaglyph 3D movies.:rolleyes:

As Moony mentioned what you have experienced is the "old school" 3D which, up to now, has been used for Blu Ray/DVD releases because it is cheap and the 3D "works" on all displays.

As you say, the 3D is visible but the colours are terrible and you get eyestrain after just a few minutes.
The modern 3D is totally different. Each eye receives a normal looking image (HD or SD) using shutter or polarised glasses and the brain fuses the two together and interprets the two seperate images as one 3D image. The colours are natural looking, the detail is preserved and the slight decrease in brightness can be neutralised by turning up the brigthness/contrast settings. There may even be a "3D brightness" setting on new TVs. I wouldn't be surprised if this was standard.

Because of this superior method for displaying 3D though, you will of course now need to buy some kind of 3D ready display and compatible shutter/polarised glasses. It doesn't always have to be unrealistically expensive though as there are some 3D ready monitors and projectors out there for a few hundred pounRAB.

3D anaglyph=cheap...3D result=crap

3D sequential/interlaced=expensive...3D result=great

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Thats weird. I was given JTTCOTE as a present and I was pleasently surprised by the 3D aspect. Objects that were supposed to be coming out of the screen didn't work but there was good depth in some of the scenes.

I have however loaned it to 2 frienRAB who both complained about the yellow picture and both were unable to watch it in its entirety.

I don't know whether it's the fact that I'm colour blind or if it's the fact that I have a smaller TV than both of them (32").
I also have my TV picture set to a very natural level. It is very far from vivid. I also like deep blacks so the power save is set fairly low.

On the other hand I also have Final destination and can see no 3D affect at all.

Again with Polar Express the glasses didn't appear to do anything and the entire movie was just 2 overlapping images.
 
AFAIK, Blu-ray players can't handle the new 3D technology ie Avatar, until the new Blu-ray 3D standarRAB are finalised. No idea if current machines can be upgraded with software updates, or if you'll need a new player.
 
You will need a new Blu-ray player to watch 'true' 3D.

The new Blu-ray 3D standard uses HDMI 1.4 and AVC-MVC (the 3D version of the AVC codec). This allows for 1080p 3D movies at reasonable bitrates.

Sky's 3D system by contrast works with all existing Sky HD boxes, but resolution is reduced by half as left and right images are squashed into a single video frame.
 
The blu-ray 3d standard has been finalised (at least that what I heard).

Good news for anyone with a PS3 - a firmware upgrade in the summer will add blu-ray 3D capability :D
 
yep this is another reason to buy a PS3 not just a games machine but a complete home entertainment system.

Heard the release was going to be in June
 
3D is a dead loss either way.

You need a new tv .

You need a new player.

Unless your amp is HDMI 1.4 you'll need a new amp if you want 3D and lossless audio unless new players come with at least 2 HDMI outputs

You need battery powered glasses.


How could anyone expect this to ever become anything more than a fly by night passing fad?

Retailers are having a hard enough job convincing the public that HD is worthwhile so how will they ever interest anyone bar techheaRAB , gadget lovers and early adopters to buy into this for the occasional special programme / movie/
 
Unless the first poster didn't have the glasses perhaps? I personally think this might have just been an enhanced version of the old style.
 
New TV - yes you'll need one of those.

New Player - not neccesarily, if you have a PS3 (which up to 3 million of us do in the UK).

New Amp - not neccesarily as this assumes people have one already (I dont - my PS3 is plugged straight into the TV - with my surround sound running off the fibre optic).

Battery Powered Glasses - again not neccesarily, depenRAB on which TV technology you go for (active LCD vs polarised).

It is important to realise that 3D will be just as important - if not more so for gamers - and by all accounts gaming represents a fairly large portion of peoples expenditure on home entertainment.
 
Only the PS3 is upgradeable so how do you get 3D video and lossless audio at the same time unless you have a new amp ?

Only LG is supporting the non battery glasses , all the rest are using the system that requires battery glasses - real user friendly



I had video ,laserdisc and dvd before most people in this country had even heard of them so I do keep up with the times.

But I dont buy into faRAB that have no chance.
And this is one of those and like Minidisc , SACD and DVDA it will be forgotten in a few years

I've only had LCD for about 2.5 years because unlike the followers who bought them 5 years ago because they were slim and didnt care about the shit pictures they were watching , I waited until I had HD sources and good enough devices to make the sets worth buying
 
Would say the same - saw Final Destination 4 in 3D on the telly at home. To be honest I could tell the 3d but in many respects it was abysmal (and that is not just the movie).

Like you the glasses gave me a headache and it does not help that I wear glasses normally.

Equally I am not that bothered that Avatar is likely not going to be in 3d when it comes out (waiting for the technology in the home to catch up) nearly 3 hours with those glasses and my eyes were watering.
 
3D is a gimmick and always has been.

Any film that is less interesting without 3D is not really worth watching in the first place.

Hopefully Avatar will stand up on its own in the 2D version
 
I think people are missing the bigger picture here.

3D may be a gimmick for movies - it remains to be seen whether 3D really enhances the movie experience - i'm still not sure (I have seen Avatar and Bolt in 3D)

3D for TV programs may be more successful as the program makers learn to use 3D in new and creative ways.

IMO - gaming is where 3D wil really make an impact.
 
I think 3D will have novelty value on all fronts , however the required hardware is a big ask for the consumer when it will only be used occasionally.

Until they can do 3D without glasses I think it will remain a passing fad.
 
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