Posted on 10/10/2012 2:21:56 AM PDT by Las Vegas Dave
Agreed.
However, I use my tv for more than watching tv. I also use it to connect to my computer.
So far, I'm not blown away by it. For one thing, our mind "sees" 3D in a properly composed 2d image; otherwise there would be no sense of depth is a movie or TV show. The new Blu-ray of Lawrence of Arabia looks so sharp, and its visuals are so well composed that it practically looks 3D to me. Most of the 3D Blu-rays I've watched simply look like different flat images interspersed throughout the picture. The objects themselves do not have depth; bu their layer has depth from other layers. I find this distracting, as it seems to detract from the 3D realism I would have gotten with a normal 2D image.
Many, if not most of today'sD films are conversions which are not actually shot with stereoscopic equipment. From what I hear, these are the ones that have the "View master effect" I alluded to above. I would like to see more 3D with "in your face" effects like the 3D movies from the 50's. Otherwise, what's the point? It is wearying to wear the 3D glasses over my regular glasses (which hurts the bridge of my nose after awhile), and the effect grows less noticeable as a film progresses. I just received the Universal Monster film box set, which includes the 3D version of Creature From the Black Lagoon. I have not had time to watch it, but reviews say it is full of in-your-face 3D stuff. For a B-grade horror movie, I suppose 3D has its place. Otherwise, I'm not real excited about it. However, I love the 2D picture on my 1080P set. Films like Ben-Hur are simply amazing in HD.
Nah, in that galaxy between the jedi order stifling any independent and critical thought and the senate taxing anything that did work until it was unprofitable, it’s no wonder that the best holovid they could manage is as good as we could do now.
Seriously, why, 1000 years after they defeated the Sith, were the Jedi still running around on urgent missions and knocking on doors to find people? Thanks to them the galaxy hadn’t even managed to develop cell phones and freedom is hard to extinguish.
Too true. I saw an article a couple of years ago that was a look at the star wars universe, especially the political situation from the other side. It was pretty interesting.
Bingo. NetFlix will now play through a whole season of shows on the computer other boxes will not. NetFlix deserves kudos for their closed caption support. Charter, the provider I use requires you to set captions in the firmware of their Moto boxes, aarrgh.
We bought one, not for the 3D feature, but because all the other upgrades that came with it, didn’t come with the standard versions. We wanted those upgrades. Love ours, got a killer deal just before SuperBowl Sunday. Great time to buy an HDTV. We’d been monitoring prices for a number of months to see when to jump in and buy. Hubby occassionally watches the 3D. The glasses give me a headache if I wear them too long, so I prefer not. You can turn the 3D off and just use the HDTV, which is fantastic.
My only complaint is that watching my Broncos suck in wide screen, full color, HDTV glory is a little depressing.
I’m absolutely satisfied,thrilled in fact,with my Sony 46XBR8 and PS3.The 3D demo I saw at the Sony Store recently left me utterly underwhelmed.
I have a Samsung, and I have found the 3-D to be very nice to watch. No strain...they are the powered glasses.
I have a friend who was very skeptical and didn’t even like the concept, but after he watched, he was impressed, thought it would cause eyestrain, but it didn’t.
There doesn’t seem to be a huge amount of material in 3-D out there, though.
Agree...I have the Ben Hur boxset in bluray. The Ten Commandments is similar with the colors amazing.
“As long as it is well done and not just there for the sake of being there”.
Back in the day, “for the sake of being there”, seemed the only reason.
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