http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/ Engadget Comments for Three for 3D: ESPN 3D adds Home Run Derby, Sky 3D launches 4/3, AcTVila makes the jump this summer http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 6:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/The problem with 3D sports will be one of depth perception. Given the most sports are shot with a wide angle view until there is a replay, you won't really notice the 3D much. It's just like looking at a football game sitting in the same position at the camera. From that distance, most things will look really flat. Now, when they give you a replay from one of the close cameras, it will make a big difference. But do you want to pay all that cabbage for watching just the replays in 3D? Color me unimpressed.]]>Mar 21st 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/
I'm blind in one eye, so I can't see 3D at all.]]>Mar 21st 2010 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/UnnDunn is right on point. Some people's depth perception can be lacking. I heard several people say they didn't see much in the 3D version of Avatar, while other people more attuned to it got motion sickness. My problem was the frackin' extra $4 bucks for mostly nothing :P ]]>Mar 21st 2010 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Exactly. It really hit me when I saw Avatar in 3D. The opening shot of the space ship struck me as flat, so much I mentioned it to my wife. Unless the camera is panning, you really don't see any depth in wide/long shots.]]>Mar 22nd 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Will require holographic display, I'm afraid. Maybe by Star Date 2258.42. :)]]>Mar 21st 2010 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/I supposed this crap is what DirecTV is going to put on their new satellite they launched months ago and have never used, despite touting they now have the capacity for 200 HD channels. Where is Turner Classic HD, or any of the rest of the HD channels they don't currently carry?]]>Mar 21st 2010 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/
Agreed. I see 3D as a gimmick, something fun to do for the sake of it being different. Avatar was a great movie, and the fact that I got to add the novelty of 3D IMAX to the experience was cool...but the last thing I want to do is sit down and put glasses on to watch a news reporter talk about the latest local news. Even if they can remove the glasses from the equation...unless the experience is literally PERFECT, then I'd much rather just have a beautiful 2D picture, than fuzzy, or "must sit at this angle", garbage 3D picture.]]>Mar 21st 2010 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/I don't mind adding 3D into the equation, as long as it's not mandatory. I, for the life of me, can't make the 3D effect work. Both Avatar & Alice in Wonderland just gave me headaches, & the 3D effects were lost in favor of seeing two images at the same time. Needless to say, that ruined both movies for me, so please, unless active glasses are leaps and bounds better than passive, no mandatory 3D.]]>Mar 21st 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 22nd 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 22nd 2010 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/
They did show some promos though, that worked a little better. There was a rugby one where one of the players slammed the ball to the ground and as it came towards the screen it did feel as though it was going to hit you in the face for a second - most of the poeple in the pub moved their head back!

Boxing was surprisingly good, you could see depth in the ring quite nicely, although in a sega mega cd isometric kind of a way.
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3D sports is about making it more realistic, NOT about throwing the ball at you. If you want gimicky 3D go to a theme park.]]>Mar 21st 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/
All Im saying is 3D doesnt add anything to a football watching experience until something is coming at you when you actually realise there is a point to you watching a game with silly glasses on.]]>Mar 21st 2010 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/
2) No one has been able to tell me why I NEED a new 3D Capable TV and 3D Capable Blu-ray to actually view 3D. When last I checked, all I needed were the glasses to watch the Jonas Brothers Blu-ray 3D Concert Film (I had to review it, so don't laugh), Friday the 13th Pt 2 in 3D on Blu-ray, that dumb Chuck 3D Broadcast last year, and The Grammy's Michael Jackson 3D thing. It all looked 3D to me on my 47 inch Bravia which I just bought a year ago.

All I needed was a pair of 3D glasses to get the 3D to work. I don't see why I would need all the new gear to view something that I can already view now with the cheap, crappy paper glasses that give me a headache. With that said, I will say the 3D Demos with the Active Shutter glasses were pretty stunning.
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2. The paper glasses give me a headache after 10 minutes use, but the polarized ones I'm ok with for an hour at a time. I haven't used the Shutter ones for more than a 4 minute demo so I'm not sure how good they would be.

3. Has anyone done any kind of long term study to show the impact of using 3D would have on people's eyes?
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1) Me and plenty of others.

2) Quality 3D is about being able to deliver each eye a discrete image without distorting the picture. Anaglyph 3D that you are talking about isn't good at either. Active shutter glasses are very good at both but does require new equipment.]]>Mar 21st 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/
I'm not a fan of 3D because it tends to make me feel sick, but I hope this takes off.

Beyond that though at least some of these need to be put in IMAX and the such so people can see exactly what a outproduced 3D experience is like. Sure I have seen movies in 3D, but are sports going to be half as good?]]>Mar 21st 2010 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/
I've seen sports and Avatar in 3D at a theater and I have to say I'd buy a new TV to see sports in 3D, but not just to watch Avatar.]]>Mar 21st 2010 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/
The English Premiere League doesn't have playoffs...]]>Mar 21st 2010 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/
Saw the correction. Didn't mean to seem like I was doggin' ya, Richard. Cheerio.]]>Mar 21st 2010 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 21st 2010 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/
WOW! I'm getting a 40" as soon as there is a PS3 bundle for under $2,000 with 36 months no interest.]]>Mar 21st 2010 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/
and in my opinion it has been a disaster



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I can see it now a bunch of beer-guzzling meatheads watching 3+ hours of 3D sports and then suffering from bouts of vertigo and headaches.

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We barely have mastered high definition TV as it is

Let's get most everything on 1080p before we move to 3D. I don't want to wear glasses for TV events. I just want to watch it as is.

And I don't want to spend money on a new TV]]>Mar 21st 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 22nd 2010 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 24th 2010 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 24th 2010 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/Mar 24th 2010 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/21/three-for-3d-espn3d-adds-home-run-derby-sky-3d-launches-4-3-a/
I would buy a 3D TV if you are planning on buying a brand new TV. Don't buy one just for the 3D function. Here's how to get set up - http://www.3dyourtv.com/post/buying-guide/3d-tv-buying-guide-basics]]>Jun 13th 2010 11:47AM