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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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 Posted - 01/15/2010 : 11:18:19
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I haven't seen a 3D movie for a very long while, and couldn't find these answers online, so thought someone here might be able to help.
1) Do 3D movies for cinema projection these days (e.g., Avatar) use polarising glasses, i.e., they're clear glasses? Or are they coloured (red/green I think?) like was used in the 1950s?
2) Do 3D movies on DVD for home viewing use the same glasses as the cinema? Polarised? Coloured?
I ask this as I've just watched Coraline on DVD, the DVD had the 3D option (which I couldn't use as I don't have any 3D glasses). However, I did have a quick look at it and the 3D aspect of it appeared to come from colourisation (the edges of objects were reddish on one side and green on the other). So now I'm wondering if I go see Avatar next week if the same glasses will work for this DVD. I'd really quite like to know how good (or bad) the 3D looks on my TV.  |
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 01/15/2010 : 11:48:12
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Originally posted by Se�n
I haven't seen a 3D movie for a very long while, and couldn't find these answers online, so thought someone here might be able to help.
1) Do 3D movies for cinema projection these days (e.g., Avatar) use polarising glasses, i.e., they're clear glasses? Or are they coloured (red/green I think?) like was used in the 1950s?
2) Do 3D movies on DVD for home viewing use the same glasses as the cinema? Polarised? Coloured?
I ask this as I've just watched Coraline on DVD, the DVD had the 3D option (which I couldn't use as I don't have any 3D glasses). However, I did have a quick look at it and the 3D aspect of it appeared to come from colourisation (the edges of objects were reddish on one side and green on the other). So now I'm wondering if I go see Avatar next week if the same glasses will work for this DVD. I'd really quite like to know how good (or bad) the 3D looks on my TV.
In cinemas they're polarized. When Channel 4 recently had a 3D week here, I tried watching via the polarized, but nothing happened. I think I was supposed to get the red/green ones somewhere.
The industry better get its act together. 
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Cheese_Ed 
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 01/15/2010 : 12:51:02
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I'm no expert, but my understanding is that the polarized-type 3D is the superior technology and it requires special projection or TV equipment - hence you can't have it at home until the next wave of TVs come out.
The blue/red 3D will work on any TV or in any theater but it really doesn't look that great. |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/16/2010 : 22:08:53
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| Thanks. That's what I thought might be the case. Now to find some red/green glasses... |
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 01/19/2010 : 23:04:33
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When I saw AVATAR, I got a pair of rugged plastic glasses [I believe polarizing] that I had to surrender when I left. I don't know much about 3-D, but they worked FAR better than those cardboard red/green things used to. Like everybody else, I'm sure, I took them off once just to see: the image was fuzzy but not doubled, like the old 3-D used to be.
My favorite 3-D from the old days: THE MASK! "Put...on...the...Mask!" [Not the Jim Carrey version...] |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 01/20/2010 : 05:07:48
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| Thanks folks. It seems to be as I suspected. Looks like I'll have to find a red/green pair from somewhere to see what my telly looks like in 3D. |
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3D Cinema vs. DVD/TV
