| raygun said: "4. I didn't say anything about price being too high" Then what's this: "there are many other resons such as price, " Actually I wasn't just responding to the op, but others as well. By mentioning a tv I assumed you were talking about a console hooked up to a tv. Hooking a pc to the same tv and using pc 3d hardware may or may not work, depending on the refresh rate of the tv, right? I used a pair of shutters with a crt years ago, we're talking Half life 1, and it was only a 60hz crt. Can't you use the vga port on the tv instead of the Hdmi to bypass the Hdmi limits? Doe's your pc monitor actaully do 120hz refresh? I didn't realize they could these days, mine can't. Something to keep in mind, 1080 3d at 24 fps is per eye, the ps3 is sending 1080 at 48hz, and games that play at 720p in 3d are 120hz, 60 hz per eye, as with StardustHD: 72D split-screen mode has been updated from 30fps to 60fps and 4x antialiasing has been added to to the 2D mode at 720p and 1080p resolutions. So summarize, the 3D patch includes the following changes:
Anyway, I don't want to spend money on a new PC monitor that can handle 120hz, and add the pc 3d sytem, and most importantly, I don't want to sit in front of a pc to play 3d games or watch 3d movies. So, I can wait to find a tv that works with pc hardware (are you certain they won't thru vga?), and hook up my pc to it (don't really want my pc in my living room and have to boot it up every time I want to watch a 3d movie), or I can find the best solution right now.
As far as plasmas go, the best choice is the panasonic's vt20's or vt25's, they have the best 2d picture as well as 3d. But i'll wait to check out the 480hz vizeos. Yes, they are using some back light trickery to get the 480hz, but it looks to me like it will help eliminate ghosting. They use instantaneous (almost) led back lighting which is switched on only after the lcd and shutters have settled, in other words you won't see any ghosting because when ghosting is happening, the back light will be off.
Or, I can wait a few more years and get the ultimate tv, OLED! We may see 50" in 2 years, but they will probably be expensive. The bottom line for me, i'm itching for a new tv, I have a 1080i rear projection monster that needs to be updated, i'm a 3d enthusiast, I have a victorian age stereo scope, have taken 3d photos, and will buy a 3d camera and camcorder in the future, what should I buy right now?
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lol...I like this post of yours a lot better. :)
First of all, believe it or not, those OLD CRT monitors had a minimum of 85hz refresh rate. Thats why they worked in 3D. The good ones had up to 120 hz. Infact, they are still being used and fully supported by Nvidia 3D vision today. All Nvidia 3D vision monitors are true 120 hz as is the signal being sent. (unless you're using the DLP 3D TVs which still work at 60 but use the 1080p resolution and checkerboard pattern to show you both images at 720p each) That is why its not working with the new TVs yet. They have to reformat the signal to be 60hz, but contain 2x the video data.
When you mentioned the wired glasses you prolly mean a pair of edimensional glasses or elsa revelatos(http://www.stereo3d.com/revelator.htm)...those are classic and what started this 3D craze int he first place.
As far s PS3 games (stardust HD) and 3D TVs doing 120 hz...they do and they don't at the same time. The game was probably programmed to work at 120 hz, 60 per eye...but the TVs work in a different manner. They only work at 60 hz, but each signal contains images for both eyes. The pannel is probably 120 hz pannel...however signal sent by the PS3 is 60 hz, with 2 X 720p images(one on top of the other). ITs kind of complex...
Its not the HZ which is making me not buy a TV, its the resolution while gaming. I still can't figure out why its locked at 720p in 3D...but oh well.
I honestly would just wait before spending my money on a brand new 3D TV. I mean, if you are picking up something for under 2000 dollars (like those Mitsubishi DLPs...I'd buy one of those in a heartbeat being an owner of a similar Samsung 3D DLP TV).
But I have a feeling that all these 3D TVs will be slightly behind spec once next generation of TVs rolls around. Even the higher end ones like 5000 dollar panasoinc and Sony ones.
Look in to that Mitsubishi Laser TV if you are a great 2D picture fan and want 3D as well. It supposed to be the best TV money can buy until OLED comes around. And it will do 3D and PS3 gaming (with help from the 100 mitsubishi adapter)
