3-D Ready or Not, Here They Come
May 3, 2008
We’ve all heard of cable ready televisions and HD ready flat-panels but get ready to be assaulted err marketed with the term “3-D ready”. With Samsungs recent launch of their Series 4-450 3-D ready plasma television touted as the world’s first “3-D Ready Plasma HDTV”, you can bet this will be the first in a long line of televisions marketed as being 3-D capable.
Before anyone gets the wrong idea no you can’t un-box one of these displays, turn it on and watch standard programming in 3-D (although that can’t be that far away). 3-D capable displays require a source running application specific software paired with compatible 3-D glasses to deliver a true 3-D effect.
So in essence 3-D ready means the certified display meets the minimal requirements necessary for displaying 3-D images, but doesn’t necessarily deliver anything above and beyond an ordinary display with standard (non 3-D) media. Once again and maybe I’m missing the train (again) but I’m just not interested in 3-D at least not for movies and television.
I avoid 3-D movies and always have, however I did see Beowulf in 3-D just to be able to be keep up to date on the subject. Even with all of the improvements over traditional 3-D I saw with Beowulf, I still didn’t find the experience enjoyable. But, I do look forward to eating those words should the technology eclipse the tell-tale uncomfortable glasses and headache inducing gimmicky effects, I’m not holding my breath though.
Posted by Philip Stamps | | Filed Under 3D Display Technology
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