Saturday, May 11, 2013

Can you watch stereoscopic 3D without a 3d TV?

Q. There is a Xbox Live Arcade game called .. I think.. The Invisible Tiger. This game allows you to switch on Stereoscopic 3d if you have glasses. I also just read that there is a Game of the Year edition of Batman: Arkham Asylum that offers 3D gameplay with HDTV and Standard TV.

Is it possible to play games in stereoscopic 3d with glasses without buying a 3D ready TV?

A. Your tv must have the hardware to display 3d images. The only universal 3d format is anaglyph that uses those glasses with two colors like red and cyan(a green-blue). That 3d format can be done on any color television because the right or left eye movie is tinted red and the the other movie tinted cyan. Then with the red and cayn glasses they block the color of the movie meant for the other eye. With the other two main 3d formats polarized and frame sequential your tv must be made to do them.

If you have tinted glasses that don't require batteries those are polarized 3d glasses. The 2d movie only for the left eye must have counter clockwise polarized light waves, and the movie for the right eye must have clockwise polarized light waves. Then each lens of the glasses only lets the light wave through for that eye. To do this on a monitor screen all the even numbered horizontal row of pixels have to put out one polarized light wave, and all the odd numbered row of pixels sandwiched in between those have to put out the other polarized light wave. Then you just send each 2d movie to the correct lines. Youtube now has 3d options on some 3d videos. You just click on the tab below the video and you get different options like red and cyan, green and magenta for anaglyph glasses. Then there is row interleave which is the polarized format for 3d acer computers. Meaning the horizontal rows for left and right movies are interlaced or sandwiched in between each other. This one has two options in case you need the right eye movie to go to the odd or even numbered rows. I'll put a link to a 3d youtube video that has the options and on interleave you can see how each movie is sent to every other horizontal line.

For frame sequential the right lens opens while the left lens closes and they do this back and forth very fast. Then when one lens is open the movie for that eye flashes on screen. You tv or monitor must have the hardware to switch between movies.


Is it possible for me to watch 3D effect even without using a 3D Blu-Ray player?
Q. I desire to buy a LG 3D HDTV and the Blu-ray player at once but due to the limited cash found on me, I’m wondering if I can watch 3D effect with using the a 3D BLU-ray player? Help please.

A. Sure! In fact, the LG Cinema 3D and the LG LW series types have a 2D to 3D conversion. As a matter of fact, they all look pretty wonderful. Nevertheless, if you’re interested in a 1080p 3D, then you will have to settle for a Blu-ray player.


How do i set up 3d on my tv and ps3?
Q. I have a Mitsubishi 3d ready dlp what stuff will i need to get 3d working on the tv and ps3. Overall what are the accessories i need to buy and where should i buy them. Please no silly remarks.

A. by 3-D ready do you mean it's got the active shutter glasses and is able to broadcast in stereoscopic 3-D , or that the tv can - with additional components use 3-D ?
there's a huge difference , read your tv manual to see if it's 3-D capable already or requires additional components , then if necessary you'd have to buy though components from the manufacturer or the store it was purchased at , although with some older tv's the parts aren't available anymore ( especially if the tv is over 3 or 4 yrs old )
older 3-D ready HDTV's need you to buy a separate sensor unit and glasses and they are not cheap or easy to find these parts , different tv's need their own parts and the manual will tell you whatever you need . without them you can't use 3-D on it .

if it's got everything you need including the glasses you just plug in your ps3 via an hdmi v. 1.4 cable to the correct input and that's it , set up the 3-D according to the tv manual and when you have a 3-D capable game or blu-ray playing and turn on the glasses or 3-D mode on the tv it automatically goes into 3-D .

an example of a tv that requires extra components is the samsung 3-D ready plasma they sold in 2008 , it need a separate sensor unit , glasses and a special cable that you needed to have connected to a particular hdmi input , this part is not available anymore so essentially if you didn't but it at the same time as the tv or can't find it online you won't get 3-D on this model tv , plus it was over $600 extra to buy the 3-D components so most buyers probably did not buy it making it hard to find ( this information is from an online source )





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