3d tv

can you provide links to the info on the broadcasting ? and how it is going to work

Originally Posted by zing

but Active shutter tech does not use half res it uses full res images one after the other

SD TV's have a horizontal res of 720 pixels, but a lot of channels transmit far lower resolutions than that. The BBC are using 3/4 resolution for their HD channels. Interpolation is used to fill the screen.

[nodrogd]

Sky are planning to launch sports & movies in 3D this year. Having said that no decisions have yet been made on a broadcast or viewing standard, which must be compatible with existing systems and not give viewers nausia or headaches. Existing HD receiver boxes should be suitable to receive the broadcasts, it is the technology in the TV's that will be new.

Originally Posted by nodrogd

Sky are planning to launch sports & movies in 3D this year. Having said that no decisions have yet been made on a broadcast or viewing standard, which must be compatible with existing systems and not give viewers nausia or headaches. Existing HD receiver boxes should be suitable to receive the broadcasts, it is the technology in the TV's that will be new.

Decisions have been made, theres a channel already broadcasting tests. Theres also been a demo broadcast watched in 9 pubs around the country. It already uses the existing HD STB's.

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Originally Posted by zing

can you provide links to the info on the broadcasting ? and how it is going to work

I have no links. I haven't read about it.

[TheDon]

Originally Posted by zing

so basically what you are saying is they are gonna do a half assed job . Glad im only really interested in movies and theres blu ray for that

its HDMI 1.4 I believe

There simply isn't the bandwidth to do 3D in full HD, it'd require twice the bandwidth of a normal HD channel. I wouldn't call it a half assed job, just working within the limitations of broadcast technology.

It is indeed part of the HDMI 1.4 spec.

[pedg]

Thinking at some point of upgrading the projector for the home cinema and may well go for a 3d ready one.

When connected to a PC its easy to see how this would work if you used the nvidia setup as PC sends 3D signal to projector and PC sends IR signal to glasses so they stay in sync. What I can't figure out is how one would get the signal for the glasses if it got to the point of viewing 3D programs via the V+ box? For a 3D TV its easy as the TV both received the 3D signal and sends control signal to its linked glasses but as the projector does not send the signal not sure how it would work with 3D signal from V+? Best hope I guess is that someone will come up with a box that sits in the middle of the HDMI connection and can generate the signal for the glasses.

Anyway best to hold off the upgrade for a while until it all settles down I think.

[TheDon]

Originally Posted by pedg

Thinking at some point of upgrading the projector for the home cinema and may well go for a 3d ready one.

When connected to a PC its easy to see how this would work if you used the nvidia setup as PC sends 3D signal to projector and PC sends IR signal to glasses so they stay in sync. What I can't figure out is how one would get the signal for the glasses if it got to the point of viewing 3D programs via the V+ box? For a 3D TV its easy as the TV both received the 3D signal and sends control signal to its linked glasses but as the projector does not send the signal not sure how it would work with 3D signal from V+? Best hope I guess is that someone will come up with a box that sits in the middle of the HDMI connection and can generate the signal for the glasses.

Anyway best to hold off the upgrade for a while until it all settles down I think.

You'd want a DLP Link projector, which controls the glasses itself, not one that just supports nvidia's system.

Or alternatively, a projector that uses passive glasses, like the upcoming LG CF3D (launching may, circa $10,000)

[nodrogd]

Originally Posted by The-Darkside

Decisions have been made, theres a channel already broadcasting tests. Theres also been a demo broadcast watched in 9 pubs around the country. It already uses the existing HD STB's.

That's just it. There is no european standard yet for 3D broadcast or reception equipment. Sky is going down one route with only one manufacturer, JVC on board. Panasonic and Sony are developing a different system. Its all very well being a pioneer when it comes to new tech, but as we are finding with DAB, the rest of the world then opts for a different system and were left in the cold.

[TheDon]

Originally Posted by nodrogd

That's just it. There is no european standard yet for 3D broadcast or reception equipment. Sky is going down one route with only one manufacturer, JVC on board. Panasonic and Sony are developing a different system. Its all very well being a pioneer when it comes to new tech, but as we are finding with DAB, the rest of the world then opts for a different system and were left in the cold.

HDMI 1.4 begs to differ.

The system used for displaying it is irrelevant to the compatibility of the signal. You can take any of the signals, side by side, line by line, frame by frame, or 2d + depth, and display them with any 3d technology. It might mean a bit of signal processing, but for the equipment to conform to hdmi 1.4 it will do it. As long as you can get two seperate frames from the signal then those two frames can be used with any display tech, be that active glasses, passive polarised glasses, or autostereoscopic.

[Digital Fanatic]

Virgin Media outlines 3D on-demand plans

Virgin Media has confirmed plans to start offering 3D content to subscribers via its on-demand platform rather than launching a static channel.

During the Ideal Home Show at Earl's Court Exhibition Centre in London, the firm showcased a reel of 3D content - including sport and video games - as a taste of its plans for the rapidly emerging entertainment medium.

The demo used 'active' glasses, which are expensive but enable customers to purchase cheaper models of 3D-ready television set.

However, Virgin Media said that its on-demand 3D service will also support the 'passive' glasses, which are cheap but require more expensive TVs.

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Full story HERE on Digital Spy

[bbxxl]

I'm sure I've got a pair of red/green 3D glasses somewhere - won't they work?




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