If you aren't aware of this, the use of 120 Hz LCDs to display stereoscopic 3D using Nvidia 3D Vision on Apple's Operating system(s) is/are not supported: http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-vision-pro-requirements.html
However, it will work flawlessly on Linux (or Windows if you're in the mood for that). I run the Alienware OptX AW2310 on two of our 3D Linux workstations and it looks spectacular. Make sure that you have a Quadro FX Nvidia video card with 3-pin stereo (3-pin stereo connector required for Linux, it will work without one in Windows through USB) output and not just a normal GeForce Nvidia card or you won't be able to run stereoscopic 3D in Linux. One option that supports both Mac and Linux are the "Zalman" brand 3D monitors. Some people like them, some people don't. Unless Zalman significantly improved the technology on their monitors (ie: the right eye can see odd numbered rows of pixels and the left eye can see even numbered rows of pixels) you lose a significant amount of resolution from displaying 3D on these. Due to half the pixels being drawn to each eye, the display on the 3D Vision system using a 120 Hz monitor will look crisper and higher quality than the equivalent Zalman monitor when displaying stereoscopic 3D. Cheers, Jim On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Padmaja Mehta-D'souza < padmaja-mehta-dso...@omrf.org> wrote: > Pardon the off-topic query, but I would like to get some feedback about any > personal preference for 3D LCD monitors. I am trying to decide between the > following 3 monitors: > > *Samsung 2233RZ* 1680 x 1050 2D and 3d Widescreen LCD Monitor > > Asus VG236H 23" 2ms 1920x1080 Full HD 120Hz 3D multimedia Height & Swivel > Adjustable WideScreen LCD > > Alienware OptX AW2310 23" 3D Full HD Widescreen Monitor > > The monitor will display off of a Mac Pro Two Quad-Core Intel Xeon computer > running both Apple and Linux OS. > > Any input will be much appreciated. > > Padmaja > -- Jim Fairman, Ph D. Post-Doctoral Fellow National Institutes of Health - NIDDK The Buchanan Lab <http://www-mslmb.niddk.nih.gov/buchanan/index.html> Lab: 1-301-594-9229 E-mail: fairman....@gmail.com james.fair...@nih.gov
