TC’s Massive Poll: 3D
To 3D or not to 3D, that is the question.Published 09/02/2010 at 8:45 by Tuffcub
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Life is full of big questions: What A levels shall I take? Shall I apply for that job? Shall I ask her to marry me? Team Andre or Team Price? All vitally important questions, I’m sure you will agree.
Today we pose another conundrum, have those pesky market analysts and advertising types got it right?
According to the media industry 3D is the next big thing, be it in movies or games. Sony is pushing 3D with a launch of a new television line and the upcoming firmware update that will turn your humble PS3 in to a 3D capable games and movie unit. Microsoft have stated the 360 is “3D ready” but have yet to publish anything specific.
The firmware upgrade for your PS3 is free but you are going to need to buy a new 3D TV to get any benefit and of course, wear a pair of 3D glasses.
Will you be embracing 3D gaming and movies? Do you think it’s little more than a passing fad? Are you happy about having to wear 3D specs just to play a game? It’s time to find out so cast your vote TSA’ers and then report back on Saturday for debriefing.
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a inferior race | 09/02/2010 11:03
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I really do wonder what the dog is gonna think when she sees a cat projected by the tv running across the room.
shields_t | 09/02/2010 12:08
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Surely it won’t take long until a ‘dog jumps through 3d tv’ story emerges on the web after the home tvs are launched? Didn’t take long for people to throw wii remotes through their tv screens.
nofi | 09/02/2010 12:08
Wants a custom tag.
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Dogs wearing glasses?
Doddsy | 09/02/2010 11:06
Totally Oscar Mike
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There’s no point me upgrading until the price is reasonable, and seeing as I am about to go to Uni for 6 years they should have dropped by the time I can earn any money
illogicology | 09/02/2010 11:06
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I pretty much flat out can’t do 3d with glasses. Since I already wear glasses, wearing my normal specs and the 3d ones is really awkward and incredibly distracting. I went to see Avatar with the girlfriend and she kept elbowing me for spending half the film adjusting the things attached to my face. Sadly, until they holographic pixel grids, I don’t see 3D happening without glasses.
Beyond that, I don’t like 3D anyway. I find the look of it distracting since the effect is that that of real depth, it usually just looks like layers of flat cut outs. You don’t the same variable focusing.
Long story short, I’m very unlikely to ever catch the 3D train.
hazelam | 09/02/2010 11:13
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i’m a big fan of 3d having seen quite a few 3d films at the cinema but i’ll wait until the prices come down quite a bit.
i already wear glasses anyway so the glasses aren’t such an issue for me, though i would prefer some sort of clip on option rather than the current wear them over your own glasses option there is now.
obviously a no glasses system would be better but i can’t imagine how they would actually create a system like that, not without some sort of lenticular display, but then that wouldn’t produce the best picture quality, well it doesn’t on the printed versions, maybe if they made it fine enough so you don’t actually notice the lenticular cover but it still has an effect.
i’ve tried a few games with the anaglyph technique and apart from the headache you get from those red/green glasses, which you don’t get with the polarized method, it works really well.
Manorhowze | 09/02/2010 11:47
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I would only upgrade if it was well supported with games and films, and only when the price becomes reasonable. So probably get one just before the next big thing is announced.
TSBonyman | 09/02/2010 11:48
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I’ll wait for the retinal injections…
shields_t | 09/02/2010 12:04
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Well it took me a good 3 years to choose myself an HDTV, so I think I’ll stick with that for the time being. Ienjoyed the 3d aspect of avatar, certainly more than the dances with wolves plot but I’m not sire I’m too fussed about watching 3d movies at home, at least until making films with the intention of their being shown in 3d becomes commonplace.
Games are another matter though, I’m rather excited about the prospect of playing modern games in 3d, it’s almost as if it was always the intention for players to be able to view the images with complete depth of field, it could certainly make things like issues with depth of perception on 3d platform games a thing of the past.
That said, i’ve no intention of becoming an early adopted as my current tv is perfectly fine for me for the time being so as such I will wait until the price is reasonable enough for me to consider relegating a perfectly good 42 inch Bravia to the bedroom.
Roynaldo | 09/02/2010 12:32
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Not bothered by it yet, maybe in 5 or 6 years when its commonplace.
Apnomis | 09/02/2010 12:32
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I love the concept of 3D and despite having a relatively new 46″ HD Plasma I am extremely tempted to upgrade to a 3D TV. I always end up paying well over the odds though as I always go for the latest tech – for example my current TV cost around £1250, whereas now it’s replacement model costs around £750.
Therefore I’ve voted to wait for the price to come down – take some time to see what variants of the tech are available (the adopted 3D profile is platform agnostic so there will be different systems available). Once the price of a 46″ screen is around the £800 mark I will no doubt upgrade to 3D (assuming it doesn’t flop in the mean time!). I also visit an annual Home Entertainment exhibition around October time – so I’m hoping that will be full of 3D demo screens to audition!
Severn2j | 09/02/2010 13:30
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Not really interested.. Avatar was cool in 3D, but its not worth getting a new TV for.
bunimomike | 09/02/2010 15:00
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Not really interested in 3DTV and am a bit frustrated with Sony using the PS3 as their guinea pig to test things out on. I appreciate why Sony are trying to do it but I’m definitely not changing my TV anytime soon and am very happy with my current prescribed goggles.
From a gaming perspective, if they could just concentrate on 30-60FPS and 720p/1080p gaming, that’d be the masses happy.
Crazy_Del | 09/02/2010 15:06
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I’d rather wait for a test try in gadget shops or something lol a wee glass box that is where you can enter, sit, watch and maybe play a game and then decide
I doubt that may not happen. Or I could wait for a friend who may have wanted to buy it and pop round his watch and then I can decide lol. Guess I’ll have to wait and see how that goes. Anyway I already had my vote in.
zb100 | 09/02/2010 16:02
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I’m worried it will disenfranchise a great deal of sight deficit users.
I’m completely deaf in one ear and frankly all of the surround sound etc, generally goes straight over my head. It actually works against me in games were the sound is a major factor – I rely on the tell-tale red flashes that indicate the direction you’re being shot from, which although small, is a vital allowance for me.
3D, being based on depth perception and both eyes working, will heavily disadvantage anybody with only one functional or one heavily disfunction eye.
I also wonder whether it’ll the same for those with very poor depth perception.
Dexter17 | 09/02/2010 16:27
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I’ll go for it when the price is sensible. Personally, I can take looking like an idiot if it provides with a bit of three dimensional goodness.
billsmugs | 09/02/2010 17:00
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I can’t actually see the 3D effects because one of my eyes doesn’t work very well, so I’m really not interested at all in 3D.