World Cup 2010 in 3D

It's definitely worth checking out. In pubs they are using screens which rely on the passive 'RealD' glasses you get at the cinema, whereas most home screens will be using active glasses to achieve the same effect. Those glasses are £100 a pair at the moment, compared to the 80p a pair for the passive ones.

For whatever reason, no-one was going to make a consumer available screen that used the passive glasses until LG (who are supplying the TVs to pubs for Sky 3D) announced they would make them available to the general public. I think that the passive glasses solution is by far the better one and it's going to be worth waiting for more of those screens to become available.

The problem with passive tech on home screens is it halves the resolution. Already you've chopped the picture in half as the 3d is delivered in 1080i side-by-side so you're seeing 540i, and then the passive filter chops it in half again. Its a perfect solution for cinema projection because they use a spinning wheel polarizer, not a line by line.

Active shutter is the best solution at home, its the only way to get FullHD 3D from a LCD/Plasma panel.

http://www.jvc.eu/3d_monitor/technology/xpol.html Explains it nicely.
 
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Having marvelled at Avatar 3D, I can safely say that this is not the case.

Having seen how other films are using it, It's a gimmick.

It's been used before, and faded out. Similar will happen this time.

It's a gimmick to sell more tickets for films at the cinema.

I wonder how many people are going to take advantage of Sky 3D :)
 
Having seen how other films are using it, It's a gimmick.

It's been used before, and faded out. Similar will happen this time.

It's a gimmick to sell more tickets for films at the cinema.

I wonder how many people are going to take advantage of Sky 3D :)

To be fair, no other live action films have come out which are really 3d yet. But I agree, its only worth doing if its done properly (Avatar) and very few directors are going to have the technical nuance to make it work. It should really be kept for perhaps one tentpole film a year, and they should be works of the caliber of Avatar/LOTR/Matrix etc. etc.

Alas, the industry is pushing it HARD and it will be popular eventually as a lot people ruddy love it. Personally I have no interest in it for films, but it could be great for games and sport. Regardless I won't be jumping on the bandwagon, I'm far more interested in getting a Cinemascope setup at home first!
 
The problem with passive tech on home screens is it halves the resolution. Already you've chopped the picture in half as the 3d is delivered in 1080i side-by-side so you're seeing 540i, and then the passive filter chops it in half again. Its a perfect solution for cinema projection because they use a spinning wheel polarizer, not a line by line.

Active shutter is the best solution at home, its the only way to get FullHD 3D from a LCD/Plasma panel.

http://www.jvc.eu/3d_monitor/technology/xpol.html Explains it nicely.

I must say I didn't notice an appreciable drop in quality with the passive 3D glasses, though obviously it depends on the viewing distance.
 
must say im not sold on 3D at the moment, ill stay open minded about it though, probably go to a pub to watch one of the football games showcasing it:)
 
I must say I didn't notice an appreciable drop in quality with the passive 3D glasses, though obviously it depends on the viewing distance.

It doesn't really matter if you can see it, but they can't market it as FullHD 3D which is what people will gagging for.

I'd like to go see one of these 3D footy games, but I can't be bothered to get there early enough to get a decent seat. Why they chose crummy 42" TV's and not projectors I'll never know.
 
I'm still on the fence in regards to the whole 3D thing. I went through the 3D craze in the early 80s where there was a mad flurry of 3D movies, 3D books, 3D 3Ds and so forth. Then it vanished for nearly 3 decades and now is back again.

Hoping it will be more than a flash in the pan, but waiting to see if it just blows over like last time before rushing out to get a 3D tv.
 
do you need glasses?

and when going to these pubs do they charge etc?

Yes, you need glasses. They are the same ones you get in the cinema and I recommend buying them from there or off eBay (should cost about a quid) because the pub we went to was charging £5 a pair!

Most pubs aren't charging for entry though certain pubs have suggested they will if it proves a success, which is extremely cheeky if you ask me.
 
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