Samsung's 3D plasmas powered by DDD TriDef
By Richard Lawler 
posted Jan 8th 2008 4:45PM
posted Jan 8th 2008 4:45PM
Samsung's product lineup for 2008 includes 3D-capable plasmas, powered by DDD Group's TriDef 3D. It's about time, as we've been expecting the TriDef 3D box since 2005, and it only recently hit as a product for some of Samsung's DLPs. Hopefully we don't need to wait two more years to get this hooked to one of our flat panel sets, but it is here at CES, or available from DDD's website for $199.
D-D-D-Dombo Breaker!
That doesn't make sense at all, and yet I laughed at it. =/
I'm not *powered* by DDDs, but they certainly do motivate me.
LCD glasses? those just don't work that well because they never go completely black.
Outdated and superseded.
Actually, the shutter glasses work suprisingly well. I've been waiting on more details for this since I got my 3D capable DLP a few months back. The dunny thing is that I have a pair of glasses that will interface just fine with the TV from an old Geforce 2 Ultra video card that I've dug out. I'm pretty disappointed with the cost of the software though. $199 is pretty steep for software that also *requires* you to have a game specific driver that only has a limited pool of games to choose from, plus also runs an additional $5 bucks a pop per driver. I'm just wondering why we need game specific drivers when, back in 2000, my old Geforce 2 was able to do 3D with any Direct 3D input.
Indeed that seems a bit exploitive :/
Still, nice to hear they do work.
Wwhat: You are very, very wrong. Until you see a 3D DLP in action, you should keep your speculation to yourself. I have the 56" and the glasses/software and it is glorious.
del_usion: They have a working patch/hack for the nVidia stereo drivers (for 3D DLP's checker pattern output) that is discussed and linked at the bottom of:
http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion/index.php?t44139.html
The main reason they do special drivers for each game is the now extensive use of pixel and vertex shaders in new games. These will cause anomalies in the stereo display if not addressed directly on a per title basis.
Well I tried 3D shutter glasses in the past, and read some reviews, and more than one system suffered from the phenomena that the LCD's didn't go completely black (also a known issue with LCD monitors and their blacklevels), so it was an informed speculation, and it's good I brought it up else the world would not know from you guys that they fixed that issue then it seems :)
WOW, if I could type, I meant the "FUNNY thing is..." not dunny. I blame it on not being medicated... enough.
Beowolf!!
I really hope they release Beowolf for 3D Blu-Ray. My PS3 already has HDMI, the 3D support could be added with a small firmware patch.
oh, Beowulf is a Paramount title, so since there's no plans for a 3D HD-DVD format, looks like this won't happen until after Paramount goes Blu.
Not that they couldn't make a 3D HD-DVD format, I just don't think they ever will.