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[UTRacerX9]

The problem with 3D is that you have a lot of content out there now that is being converted to 3D, when it wasn't DESIGNED for it. Avatar looks amazing with 3D because it was designed for it from the get go. Toy Story 3 however, sucked. Didn't add anything to the movie experience, except a higher ticket price.

It's the crap 3D conversion jobs that are giving 3D a bad name. When done right, it can look amazing. The PS3 was supposed to have an update to be able to play 3D content, but you still need to buy a 3D converter for a 3D ready tv. Mitsubishi came out with one for their tv's, but if you have a Samsung 3D ready tv, you need to also buy a simulator to fool the converter into thinking you have a Mitsu tv. There's a pretty good thread on avsforums about it.

[Maximal]

I was pretty impressed with the one I saw (high end Sharp setup). The glasses are annoying but in my mind worth it. However, with the limited programming I doubt I'll be picking one up anytime soon.

[CoreyB]

Yeah HD is the same way, half of the content on HD cable is really just upconverted. Shows on Discovery and History or most sports channels are far superior in the quality. 3D will have the same issues but when you have things really in quality 3D it will be amazing. The TV I demoed was playing a special 3D promoting 3D disk and was mind blowing, I was in love.

[Hammer]

Hmm I saw a 3d tv at Sams club that did not need 3d glasses. But it took a while for the image to get that 3d effect and it hurt my eyes to watch it too long.

[CoreyB]

Really, I am interested to know what you were looking at.

[Hammer]

It was a Samsung 8000 series 3d tv. But when I looked it up on the web it shows you are supposed to use 3d glasses with it. So now I know why my eyes hurt to look at it. But I could see the 3d effect without the glasses. It did not look like the movie avatar did when I took off the 3d glasses. It was a clear picture. Oh well I just walked by and saw it on display with the ad 3d TV and it was next to some without the 3d effect. It was running the same program (video) as the other TV's. And the stuff did have a 3d effect for me even without the glasses but it made my eyes hurt. I had to stare at the screen for a while until the objects began to shift to 3d.

[CoreyB]

LOL, like those posters you have to cross your eyes at to see the picture ?

[am385]

I don't think 3D is a fad by any means, 3D with shutter lenses have been around for years now on PC and its just moving to the TV now. Yes the technology needs to be improved and perfected but the idea of Z depth is simply stunning when done correctly not in a gimmicky way where stuff flies at you but instead where there is a true depth to the project. Also as a side note. They can do 3D without glasses for one person who doesn't move and the image can be focused on the individuals eyes. That is just in its infancy but will probably migrate to laptops first where there is usually only 1 viewer. Also the shutter lenses are more comfortable then the mass produced polarized cinema lenses used in theaters. Other side note, they have also made true 3D small projection, a cylinder spinning at high speed projecting the image in a true 3D space, these units are very small right now. There is also 3d using voxels instead of pixels so on a flat screen if you look at it from different angles you can see other parts of it. Image trying to see the other side of something by looking at a shallow angle of the monitor or TV, Holovizio is one of these. I think 3D now has a real foothold and is here to stay. Also being that right now is the age of TV features. wifi connected TVs, apps, games are now also being supported by TVs. Just my 2 cents.

Also someone mentioned something about gaming in 3D. Games are one of the easiest mediums to take o 3D because all 3D games have a Z scale already built in to show depth on a screen. Nvision has been doing this for years and now we can hopefully move on to the consoles which have support for it but at a lower resolution so that the Hz required can be processed by the GPU.

[OBXBoost]

Personally I'm going to hold out doing anything home theater based until the HDMI fad goes away and is replaced with ethernet connectivity (coming soon) between all devices. HDMI is so overrated compared to the simplicity, cost savings and advantages of ethernet. I would hate to be the guy that spends all of this money on a home theater based on fading out technology and then the new devices start rolling out lol.

[Kevin83]

Well, I am in the minority too I guess, I think 3D is awesome, just saw Piranha3D last week in Korea, and I thought it was pretty cool, it was nothing extrordinary, but in my eyes, it was awesome even though you had to wear glasses. Now, for the insanely awesome thing I saw while I was in Japan 3 days ago on a subway!! PANASONIC 3D CAMCORDER! This is going to bring new light to everything we do, think of the car videos we're gonna have now, and not to mention, think of the new era of porn... this is gonna be awesome! Ok, I couldn't find the camera for sale, but didn't look too much b/c I'm more than broke spending a month in asia. But the model is Panasonic 3D TM750, even though I don't own one, and I doubt I can get one soon, it is exciting to me to see stuff like that.