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3D TV
I work at Wellington Airport and there is a 3D TV set-up at the moment with glasses on a pole. It looks okay, not great tho and I suddenly remembered back in the 80′s TV2 played a 3D movie on TV. It had the red and green lines and glasses were supplied free. It was good, better than the TV I saw at the airport, for one simple reason:
–The 3D I saw on TV in the 80′s came out of the screen but the 3D on the TV was flat. Yes it was all three dimensional but the demo that played had nothing coming out at you, or looming from the TV.
I am a 3D nut. In the 80′s I recorded the movie and watched it many times (my friends didn’t believe me, and trying to explain it to them was impossible). It rocked.I also collected the Eagle comics (with scary stories and 3D images and then a 3D story-AWESOME) until they blended with another magazine and the stories all changed to shite.
More recently I saw the 3D version of My Bloody Valentine for sale with the glasses (and this was before the introduction on 3D TVs) and I’m sure there are other programs one can get in 3D. There’s even a system that will convert all standard movies into 3D viewing. I was going to buy it (about 7 years ago) but they didn’t ship overseas. Bummer.
See some 3D images that jump off the screen: here. You will need 3D glasses. Make a pair: here
So, in conclusion, I do not think I’ll be buying one of them 3D TVs.
Written by Lee Pletzers
Lee Pletzers is a writer who is very active in the genre world, online and off. Over 40 short stories have found publication in anthologies and magazines, zines and online. In September 2009 his first novel was released by BBS books. Lee is an avid reader and writes reviews for HarperCollins and Hachette via SFFANZ (Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand). He is also a member of AHWA (Australian Horror Writers Association) and SpecFicNZ. He has edited 4 anthologies, worked as editor and reviewer for Sinisteria horror magazine, has translated one novel from Japanese to English and edited several novels for small press authors. In 2008 he created the popular social site for horror writers at: http://horrorwriters.ning.com/ You can find him online at: http://thestoryteller.co.nz
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I saw it at the theatre as well. The 3D was good, a tad blurry but heck it was fun
Yeah I saw the setup there too. And I agree, it shows depth with little coming out at you. However, I think this may have just been the content.
Having seen a couple of 3D movies on the big screen, I think the issue is more to do with the directing of the movie. I think that anything that is not completely within the edges of the screen ends up looking like depth rather than it jumping out at you. It looks like you are looking out of the slot in a mailbox. So directors are going to have to change how they shoot moving in order to get the effect of something coming out of the screen. For example, the only thing that came out of the screen in Avatar (for me at least) were all the small little bugs flying around the place.
I guess if you were so close to the screen that you couldn’t see the edge would eliminate this problem.
BUt this brings me to the issue with 3d on TVs. With TVs, they will never be big enough to remove this letterbox effect. Therefore, I think you will always have the perception of the image going backwards rather than it coming out at you. I guess we’ll have to wait for the hollographic TVs in 2100
Hi Matt, surely holographic TVs aren’t that far away. I’d hate to miss that.
I saw My Blood Valentine 3D on my TV and it was fun but I agree for the full effect one would need to be right in front of a large screen. Another idea is to buy a projector and aim that at the wall.
I believe diferrent because my friends use another brand.It’s relaxing and i love it’s very much.But next 3D Products I will think of this as 3D stuffs that you just present.Grate!!!
Nice one!
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