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My son went to the cinema at the weekend and he said there was an advert advertising sky and virgin bringing out this year new HD / 3D boxes .
I have not herd of this my self , i was woundering has any one else herd of this.

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Yes, they aren't new boxes though the existing HD ones can do it so long as you have a capable TV.

No idea about Virgin but Sky are going to be doing it later this year.

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I have just googled it and yes sky is ment to be bringing it out this year then maybe virgin , but as you say you have to get a new tv to see the 3d effects It wont work on any tv.

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Its the start of a new format war. Personally I think SKY is barking up the wrong tree

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I thoght that all the boxes were 3d !

they all have HEIGHT , WIDTH AND DEPTH :rofl:

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that does not change my opinion

http://www.physorg.com/news173082582.html this I think will be the winning format

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The speed which VM have embraced HD doesn't bode well for anyone hoping to get 3D-TV on the network any-time soon.
As far as I'm concerned I agree with zing, I don't see any massive future for 3D-TV in the next few years outside of it being a novelty, I'd guess there will be far more mileage in HD.

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I can see 3D having more scope in the gaming market, but even it may be a bit gimmicky for a while.

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ESPN are launching a 3D channel in America this summer.

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what you have to bare in mind is SKYs way you need twice as many pixels across the horizontal to get full 1920 on each pic. Sony Panny etc way means each pic is full HD on a 1920 res screen

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What version of HDMi does the V+ have as according to HiDef Digest any 1.3 HDMI device should be able to get a firmware update to support 3D including sat and cable boxes.

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I'm really chuffed that 3D is being touted for the home. Not because I think it's any good for anything other than the occasional cinema experience or theme-park ride, but because it will hopefully drive down the cost of HD channels as they cease to be the 'premium' option.

3D TV in the home can whistle, as far as I'm concerned.

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But the Sony Panny way needs a 1080p50 capable encoder and STB to be able to show 25 frames per eye per second to avoid flicker. So new encoders and STB's besides the new TV. Sky's way just needs a new TV. I've seen it demo'd and was very impressed at how 3D it was.

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well we will see wont we ;)

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Sky are already broadcasting a HD 3D channel, its just not available to customers yet. Do PS3 or Xbox360's do 1080p50? If not then new sources will be required for the screens.

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as I said we will see. Sony is a competitor for Murdock and Panny isnt small. I spose we will wait to see what the porn industry back. As I said it is the start of a format war early doors

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Which have demoed and reviewed both Pany and sky's recent attempts at 3D TV
http://www.which.co.uk/news/2010/01/...y-3d-tv-193559

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Shutter glasses have been available for some time for PC monitors and a number of flight sim enthusiasts have used them. They do need to be controlled either wirelessly or wired.

Search the forums in the various flight sim web sites for users impressions.

However I would have thought that the passive polarised glasses would be more convenient provided the image quality is good.

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Sky have Sony currently project managing a massive project in London. They have loads of Sony kit!

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Been discussing this further with the old man lol

Sony Panny and Samsung are behind shutter glass 3d these are the 3 best tv manufacturers in the world

Apparently there are 3 different lenticular formats in the war sky being one of them

The TV to view Skys offering will have to have polorizing filters built into the screen meaning A. Viewing angles are poorer B. the backlights will need to be brighter ergo more energy needed

From what I can assertain the shutter glass method would only require the mechanism that sends the information to the shutter glasses and a 100hz and above screen the rest is standard meaning the screens need only be say a grand at a guess. Yes you will need a new blu ray player and pvr but this can still be done under the 2.5 grand. Woopie doo LG are gonna be the first with a tv for 2 grand lol Hitachi to follow

Sony and Samsung are releasing their versions around the same time but they are using LED backlight models so early TVs are expected to be 3 grand but there will be cheaper models as led backlights are not obligatory for this tech. They are also releasing blu ray players at the same time

Panasonic demoed Avatar at there 3d shutter glasses expo and for me its where the movie industry goes that matters. Ok we could watch a bit of sport on Sky for 30 quid a month in 3d but id rather be able to watch movies and if shutter glasses win the movie scene Sky can go sing ;)

I know who id rather have make my main TV ;)



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...-by-April.html

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The PS3 helped win the last format war for Bluray.

Now the new 3D bluray specification has been specifically designed, it appears, to make sure that PS3's will need only a firmware upgrade to be able to run 3D bluray disks.

Given this one it would be hard not to assume that whatever kit works best in 3D with the PS3 is going to come out the winner? Remember there are 3D games, such as avatar, available now so Sony have a head start on recruiting the early adopters.

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Also I can see this possibly driving the use of projectors in the home over TV's. You can get 3D ready HD projectors for a lot less than a grand so we could have the situation where a 3D projector and huge screen costing less than a 3D TV.

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if polarized wins you will need a bloody expensive screen

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http://www.sony.co.uk/hub/bravia-lcd...ces|4952660471 Sony Bravia with Active shutter tech

http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10427983-269.html panasonics 3d tv with yes active shutter tech

http://www.kikatek.com/product_info....source=froogle samsungs active shutter please note the possible price

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/...ected-cell-tv/ oh look Toshiba and guess what yes active shutter ;)

Dreamworks it appears is also backing active shutter tech and if other movie studios does the same well.....

And their competition is who oh yes LG lmao wonder who has the power there then

http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/24237/lg-3d/