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| Piffi | We'll Always Have Paris |
Registered: July 15, 2009 | Posts: 1,555 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote: Forgive me Samuel... if this hijack's your thread just a little. But I have a question about 3D and figured I would just ask here.
When I was in my early to mid teens... I injured one of my eyes... ended up blind in the one eye. So naturally that put an end of me seeing anything in 3D... as the glasses was 1 lens blue and one lens red... needed to see through both lens to see the 3D effects.
I noticed on the glasses with the new 3D TVs that both lens look the same... I have only seen images of these... never seen these sets in person. So I was just curious... with me only having sight in one eye... would I be able to see 3D effects on this new set-up? I'm sure that it depends from person to person, but my ex gf, was blind on her one eye aswell, but she said that the 3D and 3D efects worked well on her. But i wont guarantee anything tho. |
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| Piffi | We'll Always Have Paris |
Registered: July 15, 2009 | Posts: 1,555 |
| Posted: | | | | And know other people with 'one' eye, or see very badly or got other problems. But all say that the 3D effects work very well Go to a video store, where they sell the 3D stuff, and try it i would do that, if i was you, i would do that. |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | Thanks | | | Pete |
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Registered: June 15, 2012 | Posts: 428 |
| Posted: | | | | One title that hasn't been mentioned that I was surprised with the 3D: Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter.
You'll find most 3D titles aren't filmed in 3D, it's just when they use green screen production and add the 3D with the post production rendering. A lot of the titles you have ordered you will be disappointed with :-)
As to Addicted2DVD question, yes it will work but of course you'll lose some depth due to only using one eye. |
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Registered: March 17, 2007 | Posts: 853 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote: Thanks 3D now is different than it was in the past. In the old days you had a red and blue ridge when viewed through the glasses gave the effect of 3D. I believe this was called stereoscopic 3D. Now they use active 3D the glasses use a watch style battery which causes the glasses to flash at a rate that when combined with your 3D TV makes your eyes believe they are seeing a 3D image. If you take the glasses off you will find the 3D object and things close to it appear to be double or blurry. This is obviously a very simplistic explanation of how it works. If you cannot see colors in your one eye to my knowledge will make no difference. I am colorblind and I can still see the 3D. Due to migraines though I do not do it as often as I would like. Films I own which I have enjoyed in 3D are: Alice In Wonderland The Avengers A Christmas Carol A Nightmare Before Christmas Piranha 3D Tangled Tron Some other good one from what I have heard are: Dredd Beauty and the Beast Cars 2 Monster Vs. Aliens - Especially the beginning of this film |
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Registered: December 10, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 3,004 |
| Posted: | | | | Stereoscopic 3D means 3D achieved by sending different pictures to each eye (as opposed to animation using 3D models and such which produces a 2d final product and stuff that really is 3d, like holograms and the real world). Anaglyph and active shutter glasses are both stereoscopic. They used polarized glasses in the 1950s as , though they didn't work as well because it was linear polarization, which means the effect broke if your head tilted. Also, you had to align two projectors, which is impossible to do perfectly. You can't polarize TV (not CRTs, anyway), so they were shown on TV in anaglyph, but this was never the leading tech.
As for recommendations, definitely Tangled. |
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Registered: June 15, 2012 | Posts: 428 |
| Posted: | | | | I have been wanting to buy John Carter 3D for a while but the price over here is over the top! I suspect it's 3D would be good, because it's that type of film.
Be interested to hear from anyone who has seen it 3D. |
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Registered: September 18, 2008 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,650 |
| Posted: | | | | Thanks all. I have about 40 on the way, which will do me for now! |
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Registered: September 18, 2008 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,650 |
| Posted: | | | | Anybody know if this will be English friendly at all? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Parkour-Beat-your-Fear-Blu-ray/dp/B00A4C467M/ref=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1359202089&sr=1-2 |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 485 |
| Posted: | | | | @Addicted (Pete), Viewing in 3D, i.e. stereoscopic 'depth' view, requires sight in both eyes, each receiving a slightly different image. That said, because of the eye's natural characteristic to focus on a certain distance, anything not into focus will be blurred, more so if the distance to the focal point is more. Of course, nature tends to itself so most of the time we do not notice it. Likewise for perspective distortion, like a ball that comes straight at you and visually becomes way bigger than it 'should' be. Your brain will perceive it as a threat (duck !) and so as a form of perceived depth. Having just one good eye means you can't have real stereoscopic 'depth' view and that's all. But the natural blurring of objects not at the focal point will create a 'perceived depth' in your brain. Combine it with perspective distortion and one can have a lot of 'perceived depth'. Oh, and before I overlook it, the careful, deliberate (mis-)placement of shadows of objects also adds to the perceived depth, i.e. what the brain thinks the distance is of that object to its surroudings. I'd speculate that people that lose an eye at a later age --and so their brain has experienced stereoscopic depth view-- will be more susceptable to perceived depth than people that have just one good eye from birth. Just guessing, but it seems probable. Current day 3D movies exploit 'perceived depth' on top of stereoscopic view, as directors say, to 'enhance the 3D viewing experience'. IOW, lots of intended if not exagerated blurred and focused objects in one frame and ditto perspective distortion. I didn't check it to the detail but I suspect some 3D versions of some titles have these enhancements that are not present in the 2D copy. But I've seen also 2D copies that had very great 3D effects, for instance in title sequences. IOW, 3D movies without 'enhancements' will NOT work for you. IMO it is completely useless for you to have a 3D set-up (3D TV, glasses, 3D player) as only one eye works. OTOH, if the rest of your family can see with both eyes, it may be a different investment story . | | | Eric
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Registered: March 17, 2007 | Posts: 853 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Addicted2DVD: Quote: Thanks I just reread your first post due to all the posts everyone made. I misread the original I thought you had lost the color ability of one eye not the use total use. Everyone here is 100% correct with one eye you will not get the proper effect. Sorry for my misunderstanding. |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | No problem... Thanks everyone! | | | Pete |
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Registered: June 27, 2007 | Posts: 2,049 |
| Posted: | | | | Even though it's a bad movie "Resident Evil: Retribution" it's supposed to be a 3D showcase.. also "Dredd 3D" might be nice.. | | | Check out my Youtube channel under https://www.youtube.com/user/alittleolder | | | Last edited: by stephan.klose |
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Registered: September 18, 2008 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,650 |
| Posted: | | | | I ordered Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and pre-ordered three Universe documentaries from the History Channel. Looking forward to them. I did see that they are releasing Top Gun in 3D in the USA. I'm interested in reviews on that one when it is released. |
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Registered: September 18, 2008 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,650 |
| Posted: | | | | Just watched Madagascar 3 which had phenomenal 3D. Dreamworks really pulled it out the bag - unfortunately the film itself is average though. Watced a few now so starting to get the feel for when effects are stunning. I certrainly prefer depth to pop-outs but some pop-outs are fantastic when done right (there were a few in Harold & Kumar that made me LOL). |
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| Eagle | Registered: Oct 31, 2001 |
Registered: March 15, 2007 | Posts: 563 |
| Posted: | | | | Although I don't personally have a 3D setup, I read that the new Top Gun release is very well done. Review can be found here. | | | My phpDVDprofiler collection |
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