Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-15 Thread maccrawj
Years back I had my store order one of the gamer HMD's from a now dead company for $300. Visually it was very 3d but hideous resolution and really uncomfortable to wear. The head tracking feature worked real well for flight sims and such where glancing was needed. Never liked the result with

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-15 Thread Alex
yea, 3D was the big thing at CES this year, couldn't get away from it. I took the time to check out all the offerings from the major players. Besides the quirky pop-up effect, what struck me was how limited it was to the exact screen size, no more. So it's not exactly like the IMAX 3D Avatar

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-15 Thread Stan Zaske
In other words, it's still not ready for prime time. If you have to have glasses for the 3D effect then the tech is still too immature IMHO. On 1/15/2010 4:31 AM, Alex wrote: yea, 3D was the big thing at CES this year, couldn't get away from it. I took the time to check out all the offerings

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-15 Thread tmservo
Have you seen avatar yet, you know, with the glasses? :) Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Stan Zaske swza...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:19:32 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv? In other words, it's still not ready for prime time

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-15 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Subject: Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv? In other words, it's still not ready for prime time. If you have to have glasses for the 3D effect then the tech is still too immature IMHO. On 1/15/2010 4:31 AM, Alex wrote: yea, 3D was the big thing at CES this year, couldn't get away from it. I took

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-15 Thread tmservo
: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:38:55 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv? I saw avatar...with the glasses. Great movie. However, I would not want to have to wear glasses all the time to watch TV...if you can get the 3D effect without glasses, then I'm all for 3D TV. But I ain't

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-15 Thread Brian Weeden
, let alone the enhanced bandwidth you'd need. Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:38:55 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv? I saw avatar...with the glasses. Great movie. However

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-15 Thread tmservo
brian.wee...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:52:21 To: hardwarehardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv? I think you should go back and check out what happened at CES last week. DirectTV has announced they will be broadcasting 3D channels starting in March via the new

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-15 Thread Robert Martin Jr.
. lopaka From: tmse...@rlrnews.com tmse...@rlrnews.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Fri, January 15, 2010 7:41:02 AM Subject: Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv? I think we're a long way from that. I think the only time would be with specific bluerays as nothing

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-15 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
: [H] 3D gaming or tv? I think we're a long way from that. I think the only time would be with specific bluerays as nothing is being put out over the air in true 1080p, let alone the enhanced bandwidth you'd need. Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Anthony Q. Martinamar

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-15 Thread Stan Zaske
...@rlrnews.com wrote: Have you seen avatar yet, you know, with the glasses? :) Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Stan Zaskeswza...@yahoo.com Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:19:32 To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv? In other words, it's still not ready for prime

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-15 Thread Stan Zaske
about 15 feet away. I thought it was really cool and am not sure how they did that one. lopaka From: tmse...@rlrnews.comtmse...@rlrnews.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Fri, January 15, 2010 7:41:02 AM Subject: Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv? I think we're

[H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-14 Thread Bino Gopal
This being the HWG I can't believe no one here has gone there, so what're your thoughts/experiences with 3D TV and/or gaming? The gaming has been around longer, b/c I assume it was easier to get computer games to do 3d; see this thread (someone references playing the FIRST Descent in 3D;

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-14 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
I think we have the same tv, though maybe not the same size. Still, I just don't see the point in 3D TVwho wants to wear stoopid classes all the timeand I don't see it for sports either...perhaps gamers though...they are a different bred... On 1/14/2010 8:36 PM, Bino Gopal wrote:

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-14 Thread Stan Zaske
Wow, that would be a serious gaming setup. Big screen, 120 Hz and 3D.Gonna be a very long time before that comes down to my price range. On 1/14/2010 7:36 PM, Bino Gopal wrote: This being the HWG I can't believe no one here has gone there, so what're your thoughts/experiences with 3D TV

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-14 Thread Stan Zaske
I very much see the point. I had an experience many many years ago at 6 Flags over Texas at a theater called The Chevy Theater. Don't know to this day if it was affiliated with Chevrolet or not. Like I said I was very young and my senses were very alive. Anyway, it showed a film shot in 70mm