Comments on: Mitsubishi brings 3D to HDTV

With Mitsubishi's latest line of televisions, the company has stuck out its leg into the elusive realm of 3D; that is, 3D with the glasses and stereoscopic displays.

[iamwho]

Sony, years ago, demonstrated a 3D system that didn't require eyeglasses. Forget if it was front- or rear-projector. I saw a live demo at a Sony Expo show and was completely blown away. Wonder whatever happened to it?

[albizzia]

Sorry, but the "tilt problem" is caused by the dual lens stereo camera source behing perfectly horizontal, not the "colored lenses". If your eyes deviate from the horizontal line the camera used, the tilt problem appears, regardless of the type of glasses used. Avoiding the "tilt effect" requires either a head mounted display that tilts with your eyes, or a holographic 3D system not yet possible for TV. Still, it is an improvement over the colored glasses which sometimes produced odd color effects, flickers, eyestrain and headaches.

I still have to question whether the "wow" factor is worth the problems and costs. Simple perspective "3D" on a flat screen worked just fine for a very long list of movies and games!

[Crash2100]

This stuff is such a cheesy joke. I can somewhat understand people wanting this 3D junk for a video game or something, but who cares about it on TV or in a movie? I think it's more of an annoyance factor than anything else. Remember when ABC did that thing where they worked 3D effects into a week of their sitcoms, getting everyone to go get the red and blue 3D glasses from McDonald's? When they did that, you sat watching a half hour sitcom with red and blue glasses, just to see a couple of minutes where they a few lame effects into the video. Then when you watch the show re-runs later, you say "god, this was lame."

[swiggins]

Oh Crash, I guess you didn't read the article. . It said these aRE NOT those old cheesy red& blue 3D glasses from yesteryear. . . THese are "SHUTTER" glasses, which are active.

[Crash2100]

I read the article, and I know they're not using the old red and blue glasses, I'm simply saying that they tend to give these kinds of things far more attention than they truly deserve.