Thinking about buying a Bravia LCD 3D TV? Hold on! You might want to wait a while until they fix a serious crosstalk problem with their 3D glasses.
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HDTV Expert - Sony 3D TV: Unwatchable!
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720pete
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Pete, I was there on Tuesday morning, and my colleague and I both witnessed the very same - glad we're not the only ones (I known Gary Merson also highlighted it last week or so).
Not good at all for Sony, and could be a real opportunity for other manufacturers to take some of the opening 3-D market share that Sony is most definitely aiming for through demos, big $ ads, sponsorships, etc.
Vizio's passive 65"er, even with the content that was shown being on a fast forward mode, worked surpisingly well without any noticeable ghosting. The 55" with active glasses, however, did have some dark gray ghosting that really took down the whole experience of the U2 concert demo.
Not good at all for Sony, and could be a real opportunity for other manufacturers to take some of the opening 3-D market share that Sony is most definitely aiming for through demos, big $ ads, sponsorships, etc.
Vizio's passive 65"er, even with the content that was shown being on a fast forward mode, worked surpisingly well without any noticeable ghosting. The 55" with active glasses, however, did have some dark gray ghosting that really took down the whole experience of the U2 concert demo.
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new 3D tv's
Your comments on Sony 3D Tv are interesting and good to know. I am planning to buy a plasma 3D, probably a Panasonic or Samsung. Are you planning to review those in the very near future ? If you do, I prefer to wait and read your comments on those.
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Re: HDTV Expert - Sony 3D TV: Unwatchable!
Sounds like you are describing the differences between "linear" and "circular" polarization.
Back in the late 50's when 3D movies came out they only had the "linear" polarizer’s so you had to sit upright and not tilt your head (glasses). Ghosting was a problem then just as it is today.
"Circular" polarizer’s are much better but where does it say in the advertising what type of glasses are being used? All 3D glasses are not the same.
Shutter glasses are more expensive but to not see ghosting the picture "decay" has to be real fast.
Plasmas have decay problems also but the phosphors can be re-engineered to have a much faster decay time. Panasonic has just done that with some of their new plasma displays.
DLPs do not have this "decay" problem but it seems that they are being phased out in favor of LCDs and plasmas.
So your absolutely right Stereographic 3D is in its infancy. Your advice to let the manufacturers have some time to get the bugs out is good advice.
Back in the late 50's when 3D movies came out they only had the "linear" polarizer’s so you had to sit upright and not tilt your head (glasses). Ghosting was a problem then just as it is today.
"Circular" polarizer’s are much better but where does it say in the advertising what type of glasses are being used? All 3D glasses are not the same.
Shutter glasses are more expensive but to not see ghosting the picture "decay" has to be real fast.
Plasmas have decay problems also but the phosphors can be re-engineered to have a much faster decay time. Panasonic has just done that with some of their new plasma displays.
DLPs do not have this "decay" problem but it seems that they are being phased out in favor of LCDs and plasmas.
So your absolutely right Stereographic 3D is in its infancy. Your advice to let the manufacturers have some time to get the bugs out is good advice.