[url]http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/355/7-things-you-need-to-know-about-3d-tv/[/url]
[quote]3D TVs are starting to arrive in stores, and consumers have a lot of questions. The big one, of course, is whether these new TVs can recreate the 3D excitement we've been getting in movie theaters in our own homes. Based on our exclusive tests of the first models available, the answer is a resounding "yes."
Here are seven things you need to know about 3D:
1. It looks great. The results of our preliminary tests of two Samsung LCD sets and a Panasonic plasma TV have been impressive. The high-definition, 1080p images on these TVs have excellent three-dimensional depth, color, and detail — especially with animated content-creating a compelling and realistic three-dimensional experience. You'll be ducking when that Frisbee comes flying toward you!
2. A few sets are in stores now, with more to come soon. As of mid-March, there are three 3D TVs in stores: two LCD sets from Samsung, the 46-inch UN46C7000, $2,600 at Sears, and the 55-inch UN55C7000, $2,970 at Best Buy and $3,300 at Sears. The 50-inch Panasonic TC-P50VT20 plasma we tested is available in select Best Buy Magnolia stores for $2,500. 3D TVs from other brands (including LG, Sony, Toshiba, and Vizio) are expected to arrive over the next few months.
3. You have to wear special glasses to watch 3D on a TV. Without glasses, you'll see blurry double images. These aren't the old-fashioned cardboard glasses you used to get at movie theaters, but high-tech active LCD shutter glasses. You can put them over your regular specs, though some might find this uncomfortable. You get one or two pairs of glasses with some 3D TVs, but other sets don't include any. Expect to pay about $150 for each pair of glasses, at least initially.
4. A 3D set isn't just for 3D. It functions like any standard TV with regular programs, and shifts into 3D mode when it detects 3D content. You don't have to wear glasses to watch regular programming.
5. The only thing to watch in 3D right now are movies on Blu-ray discs. 3D TV channels from DirecTV, ESPN are expected this summer, and the Discovery Channel is expected to offer 3D at some point soon, but for now, movies are the only game in town. Monsters vs. Aliens is one of the first 3D movies available, but more are coming soon, including Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, expected in April. You'll need to buy a new 3D-capable Blu-ray player (about $400) to play these discs. (There are some older 3D movies — such as Journey to the Center of the Earth, Polar Express, and Coraline — that use the old-style cardboard anaglyph glasses, but they're not comparable to the new 3D.)
6. Prices aren't sky-high. The 3D TVs announced so far cost several hundred dollars more than regular sets that have similar features (aside from 3D). The lowest-priced 3D set now on the market, a 50-inch Panasonic plasma, costs $2,500. Lower-priced models are due soon, including a 46-inch $1,700 LCD set and an $1,800 50-inch plasma TV from Samsung.
7. Buying now makes sense for some consumers. If you're in the market for a fairly high-end TV anyway, you might want to consider a 3D set. It won't cost much more than a regular TV, and you won't have to think about buying yet another new TV in a year or two when there's lots of 3D content to watch, both on TV and on Blu-ray discs. There are only a few sets on the market now, but you'll have more of a selection in a few months. However, if you don't need a new TV, we wouldn't rush out to buy one (unless you're a well-heeled early adopter itching for the latest and greatest technology). Prices for 3D TVs and Blu-ray players are no doubt going to drop over time, you'll have more models to choose from, and there'll be more 3D to watch. Catch up with our ongoing coverage of 3D TV in our earlier posts.[/quote]
Have to get one.
Everything is in 3D now a days, I'm not really much of a fan. I mean it was cool every once in a while but I don't want to see it in every movie I go out and see now.
I don't really see the need, I understand in videogames where [B]you[/B] are the character (so first person games) and interact with stuff, but films and TV programs? Nah.
Can't wait for 4D
In the future, everything will be 3D. Even real life. That's some crazy shit.
Ah, yes, 3D! You can read a shitton of (useful) info on 3D on [url=http://hd.engadget.com/]Engadget HD[/url]. That's where I find out almost everything about TV's and shit.
But my question is: if companies can produce a 3D 50 inch TV that cost under $2000, why can't they make a 50 inch OLED for under $2000?!
[QUOTE=Spacewolf;20959300]In the future, everything will be 3D. Even real life. That's some crazy shit.[/QUOTE]
Can you imagine real life at 1080p? :v:
I won't care until glasses are no longer necessary.
[QUOTE=madjawa;20959243]Can't wait for 4D[/QUOTE]
If you are watching saw just pour guts and roaches everywhere.
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;20959559]Can you imagine real life at 1080p? :v:[/QUOTE]
Nah i've only got the standard definition eyeballs at the moment, im saving for the HD set though!
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;20959559]Can you imagine real life at 1080p? :v:[/QUOTE]
Would be pretty small fov
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;20959559]Can you imagine real life at 1080p? :v:[/QUOTE]
Man, I see shit in 4K :smug: .
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;20959559]Can you imagine real life at 1080p? :v:[/QUOTE]
Yes, every-time I put my glasses on :v:.
I could careless about 3D TV, it is just a gimmick.
Didn't standard TV'S have movies that claimed to be "3D?"
That's all great, but when are we going to get 3D books?
Fuck, my dad spend a load on a new TV not so long ago.
I'm still not convinced.
[QUOTE=BlazeFresh;20959657]Nah i've only got the standard definition eyeballs at the moment, im saving for the HD set though![/QUOTE]
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3d tv is just a fancy way of saying the its 120hz
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;20960099]I hear ya, man... I'm saving up for one of these:
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[quote]3-D is a distracting, annoying, anti-realistic, juvenile abomination to use as an excuse for higher prices.[/quote]
[url=http://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/11000639962]Roger Ebert[/url] tweeted that 23 hours ago :v:
[QUOTE=madjawa;20959243]Can't wait for 4D[/QUOTE]
Just build a room with the walls made of 3D screens, that would work right? Like a TV you'd sit in? Surrounded by a circular screen and domed roof?
Tried 3D glasses with a supposedly 3D ad.
It starting hurting my eyes in the first 5 seconds.
[quote]Expect to pay about [B]$150 for each[/B] pair of glasses[/quote]
I think I'll stick to just being able to watch TV without peripherals.
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;20960324][url=http://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/11000639962]Roger Ebert[/url] tweeted that 23 hours ago :v:[/QUOTE]
Who cares
So now you need glasses to watch tv? Haha, that's a dumb idea.
If they can make it look 3d without my having to wear glasses I would buy it. I hate wearing those glasses, so uncomfortable.
[QUOTE=cheeseman52;20961701]If they can make it look 3d without my having to wear glasses I would buy it. I hate wearing those glasses, so uncomfortable.[/QUOTE]
That's where its going
Sounds like a wast of money to me, why you would really want 3D TV is beyond my reasoning. I'll be perfectly fine with my 720p HD sets while you're out spending shit loads of money for these.
I don't like watching anything in 3D because I don't see anything 3D about these movies these days. Saw Alice in Wonderland and Avatar (second time for free) in 3D the second time (For free) and saw nothing eye popping. It didn't work for shit. It could be that I am color blind and just don't know it. But either way it felt like a waste of effort to bother.
I gave no shit anyway.
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