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Samsung is betting big on 3D TV
LIKE MOST OTHER TV MAKERS, Samsung reckons that 3D TV is set to be the next big thing in home entertainment.
The consumer electronics firm held an event in London last night showcasing, amongst other things, its upcoming range of 3D ready TVs and the associated obligatory glasses.
What makes Samsung's approach pretty unique is that, rather than using the coloured or polarised lenses that most consumer level 3D systems use, these glasses use 'active shuttering'. The upside is that you get a pretty impressive 3D viewing experience and watching regular 2D TV looks just as good, but the downside is that the glasses have to have their own battery and they cost about £100 a pop.
To try and entice people to fork out the hefty wad of cash required, Samsung will be bundling in two sets of the glasses when you buy one of these new 3D TVs with the associated Blu-ray Disc player. You'll also get a copy of Monsters versus Aliens in 3D Blu-ray thrown in. In an attempt to bridge the gap and make up for the severe shortage of 3D media, Samsung's new range can also convert 2D content to 3D. It's not nearly as immersive or pronounced, but you definitely do get some extra depth perception in this mode.
After that it seems like Sammy's 3D tellies will include a single set of glasses thrown in, but we can't help but think that nothing really says loser quite like 'let me go home with my expensive, shiny TV and watch a 3D movie on my own' and it's got be irksome to have shelled out a wodge of cash for a new LED 3D TV and then be asked to fork out an extra £300 so your wife and kids can watch it too.
It remains to be seen whether or not 3D in the home will in fact take off, but Samsung clearly thinks it will, even if uptake is slow. It wants to make sure that its TVs can perform just as well for regular 2D content as for 3D, as and when the content becomes available. µ
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Does anybody here knows where was the event held, who was the organiser ? Thanks
I want to play with my light saberee because I have a small wee-wee!
But at least 3D is driving higher refresh rates for monitors, 60Hz is sucky FPS for an FPS, which is why I still use a CRT at 85Hz. 120Hz offerings have me seriously thinking about a flat panel monitor. 3D games would just be the nutella on the nipple.
HD TV on the other hand is still risibly poor quality, talk about the Emperors clothes effect, sheesh! Not for me TQVM
What’s next BORG 4D? This is ridiculous to say the least. We’ve already been sold on "EXPENSIVE" 1080p HDTV's, now they are trying to cash strap us for this 3D nonsense. Just like the other poster said, most 120 Hz HDTV’s today are already 3D capable. I bet most if not all people are not going to sit comfortably in there theatre room(s) wearing these 3D contraptions on there face.
Come out with something a lot more practical that’s extremely affordable and something we don’t have to strap onto our face, this is 2010 for goodness sakes not the BORG. These companies have already sold people on expensive rip-off priced 1080p HDTV’s.
Hope nobody buys into this 3D nonsense. People have the ability to drive prices down collectively if 3D is where the industry wants to take us next.
But you might have to sit still in certain viewing planes.
The Top Gear TV show recently demonstrated a new car (Volvo?) that had the usual 7-inch LCD screen in the middle of the dash. The new trick was that this screen could show a movie to the passenger and GPS maps to the drive - AT THE SAME TIME.
So narrow the angle and each eyeball gets a unique image - 3D.
If this L-R viewing plane could be repeated around the azimuth, then each viewer could move their chair to their own personal L-R viewing plane (as opposed to R-L) and sit still for the movie.
I hereby place this invention (?) into the public domain worldwide - LOL.
From 40s' Meant 3 thousand line, thats what 40s' did to People.
Next: Explaining 3D & Clumping. 3D got Figured out, ALL Sorts of wierd Colors. Clumping might need bit more. when refresh rate is so high, each pixel gets less time to energize. so Some Signals made for slower refresh Machines, simply show black. those black areas are often in same Area & form black clump in normal field, leving color OFF. This Is Also marketed as Texture Screening. & Poor Excuse At that.
Lustly, before 135 line Is 4" screen with 85Line. Oscar had plenty in Studio. One took apart In Late 1950s' & surpriseingly, from tuner to chassis there was SVHS input socket, with color snipped off. asked about that & oscar Knew Details of how Us Is Twarted in Everything, ?Even Color.
At Same times Mr Andersen Took SVHS Idea, with NO Idea of What SVHS Being & started marketing it as TS Test Program,Planned same that did with PAX TV in late 1990s'. Andersen Fights Viscousiouly like wild DOG, So SVHS was off market till mid 1990s' for public, when AlReady Techniclly worn out. Yet, same andersen groupd gave up 3/4 inch B/W Video tape & MitchelAFB moved tape to 1/2 vcr B/w, Soon Color tape thru sony from Long Island, andersen giving up with too much blurb in Comparrison to huge Market potential.
I already wear glasses how is this helping???
I'm already screwed for life from ever wearing RayBans etc. now I can't enjoy 3d too? Great! I may as well stab my own eyeballs.
"Oh go get laser surgery," you know what smartypants go get lasers shot at YOUR eyeballs how do you like it? Want some more? Huh?
Damn those glasses better be comfy and not like wearing a bicycle on your nose.
I tried some ski goggles made in China and they just perched there half an inch from my face making an indentation on the bridge of my straight sticky out caucasian nose. I operated with a stanley (on the goggles) and then they fitted just fine but I dont think these 3D specs would take to well to a tussle with a dremel.
I dont have a big nose, but its a fact and not a racial slur that statistically speaking human nose shapes are different in different regions. I hope the manufacturers consider this if they expect us all to sit playing games with these specs on.
My willingness to pay extra for 3D is zero. I really don't much care. I have no problem watching a flat image. It's still just as entertaining to me. Besides, I already wear glasses and piling another pair on top is clumsy and annoying. I might be willing to take one if it costs the same as a similar standard television, but that's it.
I find it interesting that all the hype for 3D TV is coming from the manufacturers (who are looking for sales). I have yet to find much demand from the general populace for it. Right now, from where I see it, 3D TV looks to flop.
But hey, I could be wrong.
Long Time Ago In Signal Long Dead, TV Was Strong 135 Line Deal, Then came 19" in '57 & Color was An
anounced, Broadcaster Went to 175 line by mid '60s. When Transistion happened, 3D Event Occurs First. WHY?
Once electronic are installed, new Stuff Still Sucks. Very HARD. By Hitting Pubes with 3D, You'll NEVER Know Difference.
26" Color made 235 Signal Popular till larger Screens Screamed for 275 & than 400 Line Signal or Hd, expanded to 520 Line & PAL at 600 line. then 720 p people came to Town in OWN Media Show 2004, SPORTS & High Hz took extra signal, NOT 3D. So Clumps Vs MessUp. Now Big 1080p gets Day & Seen NOT Far Off, 3 or 4 million lines. if Pentax can do 40 Mp, then video in that will evolve to CamCorder, ?Soon Enough. & Another 3D World or Clumper will Come in to Test.
Its' FAST Change World, Changing Faster ALL Time.
Signed: DRASHEK BeYond LightSpeed:LIGHTSABREE' cuts.
I detest shutter glasses. :(
Maybe it won't be so bad as the refresh rate goes up. For now though, I like the polarized ones better, the glasses are lighter and battery free as well.
@ J : Not true at all!
Current-gen 120 Hz, 240 Hz or 600 Hz TVs do not have the bandwidth needed for 3D.
Why?
The signal received by a 120 Hz TV is still 60 Hz. There is no such thing as 1080p120. It stops at 1080p60.
The HDMI cable you have also cannot accept such a high bandwidth. You have to be able to deliver, from the Blu-Ray player, through the cable and up to the video receiver (your TV), 60 frames per eye.
Current-gen 120 Hz TVs simply use proprietary processing to display inter-frame images where there is some kind of interpolation going on to smooth out the movement. They also first started doing 120 Hz TVs because movies are usually at 24 fps. When you convert 24 fps to 60 Hz, you have a ratio of 2.5. This means you need 3:2 pulldown, which deteriorates the picture. If you tune your TV to display, say, 24 Hz, then you can't show 60 fps properly (say, 720p60).
The solution? Double up to 120 Hz. This is an easy fix : 24 fps? x5 = 120 Hz. 60 fps? x2 = 120 Hz. 30 fps? x4 = 120 Hz.
This is really a trick to reduce the amount of hardware in the sets while rendering better pictures because of the lack of additional processing.
240 Hz, 480 Hz or 600 Hz sets all do the same thing, but they add further processing to "smooth out" the video (I prefer turning these off).
Oh and one last thing: 600 Hz is primarily used on Plasma displays, where it is meant to reduce visible flickering. Don't forget that between the scans, the pixels on a Plasma go back to black just like on a CRT TV! Higher Hz was the craze on CRT as it is on Plasmas.
Vincent
All 120hz are 3d capable tv's. You just need to buy the glasses.
Of course if you bought a 120hz tv and it doesn't support it....then you got screwed...because technically, there is nothing holding you back.
I wonder how many people will be mad at a company who sold them a 3dtv but didn't turn on the 3dtv because they didn't pay the $1000 premium on it.
Let's hope tv manufactures ALLOW their 120hz (let alone 240hz and 600hz) hdtv's to become 3dtv's. Either from a setting in the control panel or some cheap add-on box.
Otherwise hdtv makers may alienate a good portion of their customers. After all do you want to pay an extra 1000 dollars for something the lower end can easily do at no additional cost? Do you want to pay 2,000+ to buy ANOTHER tv to get 3d even though your current one bought in the last couple of years is techincally able to?
They shouldn't be pushing the tv's as much as the glasses for any 120hz or above hdtv. Because again, there are hdtv's that have the specs to do 3d easily and only cost you ~600 bucks before tax.