Like it
or not, 3D movies are
coming to your house. If you're looking to be one of the first on the block to stream the third-dimension onto your computer monitor or 3D-ready HDTV, Sonic Solutions is making sure you have that option. Announced today, the company is utilizing Roxio's
CinemaNow platform to provide users access to 3D films, and all of those files are optimized for use with NVIDIA's GeForce GPUs and its
3D Vision / 3D Vision-ready displays. Frankly, we're shocked to see CinemaNow involved in all of this, but this just might be the offering that makes the service at least marginally relevant again. Sadly, there's no hard data surrounding pricing and release, but needless to say, you should probably go ahead and don those funky goggles just in case it goes down sooner rather than later.
posted Jul 21st 2009 1:43PM
I still think 3D is stupid.
flatlander!
Close one eye then!
they phased it out in the 60s for a reason;
don't worry it will go away
Yes because 3-D tech is still the same as it was from the 60s. Hasn't evolved at all!
No. 3D done wrong is stupid.
How much is that with a cherry limeaide?
I saw the new Ice Age movie the other day in 3D. Gotta say, it was good. Not just the flick itself, but the 3D effects as well. I'm really impressed with stereoscopic 3D. The old red and blue 3D was a let down.
We scored a smackload of the goggles in anticipation of this. That, and it's always cool to look like Tom Cruise in our tighty whiteies wearing the glasses sliding past the living room.
nvidia's glasses are a little nicer on the eyes though. This is a great direction to go, happy they chose this path.
Those are polarized glasses. NVIDIA's 3D Vision and any 3D ready DLP uses active-shutter. Movie theaters just place a filter in front of the camera to get the polarization whereas active shutter glasses have led lenses that will turn on and off in sync with the refresh rate of the television. 120hz will be split into 60hz, or 60 FPS for each eye. Your glasses jacked from the theater will do nothing unfortunately. But I have heard whispers that Sony will try to be pushing new 3D televisions that somehow allow for polarized 3D on consumer TVs, but you'll have to buy a new set.
If only Mall Cop was in 3D..... that would make this cinematic piece of crap even better.
I've got some 3D glasses (from seeing UP in 3D- amazing, btw) sitting upstairs begging for more content.
I've been looking around, but I'm really not interested in 'My Bloody Valentine' or Polar express, or Journey to the Center of the Earth.... anybody have any suggestions?
Also, I've read that my Samsung HL-P5063W DLP can do stereoscopic 3D, but I've been unable to test it thus far... anybody have experience?
I have a Samsung DLP that is 3D ready and I use it with an NVIDIA 3D vision setup for PC games. Depending on the game the effect can be pretty amazing. Left4Dead right now is probably the best experience in 3D. You haven't played that game until you actually feel like you have a zombie running at you in 3D and then you blow off his head and see the smoke billowing out of your gun floating in front of you
as long as a TV can do 120Hertz it is 3d ready
technically a 60Hertz TV could too...the frame rate would just be reaaaaaalllly slow and choppy.
don't buy any other hype.
Yeah, not so hip on the 3D stuff either, but my kids will love it. I may be one of the few, but I actually prefer CinemaNow to Netflix, specifically for their streaming. Netflix streams OLD, OLD, OLD stuff, nothing new. CinemaNow streams recent movies, many times cheaper than the cost of OnDemand movies.
The newest 3D TV stuff doesn't even require glasses. Special cameras and TV's - but not glasses. Maybe that's the wave they're hoping to ride.
Laser TV's require no glasses... if that's what your talking about.
If I see one more garbage "Look something is in 3D!!!!!!!!!" article anywhere my head is going to explode.
Will this 3D fad just die already...again......
its a stupid fad to try to get people to start going to movie theaters again...but the TV companies are killing it by making TVs be able to do it too.
I think intiruging ORIGINAL story lines and cinematography would get more people into a theater on opening day.
I can't wait for the crapfest of live-action-10-year-old-anime-remakes that Hollywood has lined up for us next year.
We need 4D......that will get the bleeding public off their butts and back into the sodden cinema.
"Like it or not, 3D movies are coming to your house."
That's like saying: like it or not, reality TV is coming to your house.
Not my house, it's not. I don't care what the unwashed masses are clamoring for.
Saw Up in 3d, first 3d movie ive seen in theaters since Jaws (not counting various themepark movies, attractions that use 3d). I have to say, I still have the same complaints about 3d.
1. Movies still use the stupid 'throw stuff at the screen' thing to try to show me how 3d it is. I get it, it's 3d, and throwing crap at the screen is still annoying so many years later.
2. Regardless of red/blue or polorized, i'm still wearing glasses which make the picture look like crap and are annoying to wear even if the picture was fantastic.
I dont care how many interviews people give stating 'this 3d is different than it was' the biggest flaws are still there. Uncomfortable and a gimmick.