PS3 will support the (now finalised) 3D Blu-ray spec


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Not sure if this is OT or gaming, but we've talked about this a fair bit in discussions on this side re. 3D and PS3. Sony danced around this issue in previous talk about 3D stuff and PS3, limiting themselves to saying PS3 would support '3D gaming', but the BDA has confirmed that PS3 will afterall support the 3D blu-ray movie spec.

The press release for the final spec is here:

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/s...71&newsLang=en

The Blu-ray 3D specification is also designed to allow PS3 game consoles to play back Blu-ray 3D content in 3D. Additionally, the specification supports playback of 2D discs in forthcoming 3D players and can enable 2D playback of Blu-ray 3D discs on the large installed base of Blu-ray Disc players currently in homes around the world.

Notably, the specification allows every Blu-ray 3D player and movie to deliver Full HD 1080p resolution to each eye, thereby maintaining the industry leading image quality to which Blu-ray Disc viewers are accustomed. Moreover, the specification is display agnostic, meaning that Blu-ray 3D products will deliver the 3D image to any compatible 3D display, regardless of whether that display uses LCD, Plasma or other technology and regardless of what 3D technology the display uses to deliver the image to the viewer's eyes.

Source: http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/ho...amp;newsLang=en

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This is cool however i do not see this being used all that much. especially not by me. My depth perceptions is rather poor and when i go to a 3D film i cannot see most of the "3D" effects.

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I know this is a dumb question.

I i have a bluray 3D movie and play it in a LCD tv, will i be able to see it as 3D using 3D glass?

Only if your TV supports it.

The current Blu Ray titles that are coming out in 3D (Polar Express, Coraline etc) with the glasses will obviously work.

This 3D talk is something totally different to the current technology.

It's unlikely that your V series Bravia supports it though. I think I read somewhere that TV's will be needing a refresh rate of 200 mhz, think the V is 100 isn't it? I know my 'W' is.

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The current Blu Ray titles that are coming out in 3D (Polar Express, Coraline etc) with the glasses will obviously work.

This 3D talk is something totally different to the current technology.

It's unlikely that your V series Bravia supports it though. I think I read somewhere that TV's will be needing a refresh rate of 200 mhz, think the V is 100 isn't it? I know my 'W' is.

yeah mine is 120mhz . So it wont support.... thats bad.

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Yeah, I bet a ton of consumers will upgrade from their recently purchased HD TVs to ... HD TVs with 3D capabilities :p

That's exactly why the hardware companies are pushing for crap like this. 3D movies have existed for decades and has never taken off; it's just a gimmick nobody cares about.

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The current Blu Ray titles that are coming out in 3D (Polar Express, Coraline etc) with the glasses will obviously work.

This 3D talk is something totally different to the current technology.

It's unlikely that your V series Bravia supports it though. I think I read somewhere that TV's will be needing a refresh rate of 200 mhz, think the V is 100 isn't it? I know my 'W' is.

Bravia 3D TV's coming next year.

http://gizmodo.com/5351543/sony-gets-3d-fe...support-planned

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Gimmick.

I disagree. In the near future, TV's supporting 3D withOUT glasses are going to become part of mainstream. This is the build up to it. And I think one day we'll think of 3D TV in the same way people feel about color and black and white. It's the next logical step. And I for one and VERY excited!

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I disagree. In the near future, TV's supporting 3D withOUT glasses are going to become part of mainstream. This is the build up to it. And I think one day we'll think of 3D TV in the same way people feel about color and black and white. It's the next logical step. And I for one and VERY excited!

May I ask how old you are, and whether you remember the previous attempts? You don't need HD, BluRay or even digital to get 3D pictures. As I've mentioned above, they've been doing 3D movies for decades and they have yet to stir up interest. People just don't care--it's a solution looking for a problem.

It especially stinks when 3D movies make it painfully obvious, screaming at you, "hey, look! Here's the 3D part! Whooooooah!"

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There's no such thing as a finalized Blu-ray spec, as profile 2.0 showed us :laugh:

The overall spec may change, but the 3D addition is finalized/standardized.

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May I ask how old you are, and whether you remember the previous attempts? You don't need HD, BluRay or even digital to get 3D pictures. As I've mentioned above, they've been doing 3D movies for decades and they have yet to stir up interest. People just don't care--it's a solution looking for a problem.

It especially stinks when 3D movies make it painfully obvious, screaming at you, "hey, look! Here's the 3D part! Whooooooah!"

Well clearly you're too old to research lol.

They may have tried 3D for years, but technology changes. The 3D that companies like Sony, Toshiba etc are testing now, with both games and movies, is far beyond the silly red and green glasses version.

HD, Blu-ray and digital may be the technology that makes 3D actually watchable and no longer a gimmick.

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I disagree. In the near future, TV's supporting 3D withOUT glasses are going to become part of mainstream. This is the build up to it. And I think one day we'll think of 3D TV in the same way people feel about color and black and white. It's the next logical step. And I for one and VERY excited!

This is what you hope will happen, but it's highly unlikely and actually is not a logical step. Studios and broadcast networks are cheap on a good day and stingy the other days, most still pushing upscaled 480p and 720p as their "HD" standard. These same studios and networks are now going to start filming, mastering and distributing in 3d? Let alone the distribution networks that are all crying they don't have enough bandwidth for what is out there currently?

And ignore the vast majority of current HDTV owners who lack hardware that supports this, or the fact that Blu Ray still hasn't gone mainstream and this will send yet another message to consumers that maybe they should wait. And since there is zero proof that any of this works well at all without glasses, it's even less likely. The whole new generation of 3d effects still look like rubbish and add nothing to the content, they are a distraction to draw focus from the poor stories and limited acting that goes on in most entertainment today.

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If you already have a 3D ready HDTV great then this is good news for you, otherwise it means you'll need to spend even more money to take advantage of it. As cool as 3D movies at home sound I just don't see it taking off very quickly (if at all), it's been a struggle to get people to upgrade to HDTVs (particularly in backwards Australia) and now get those people to buy another TV to use 3D so soon? not likely to happen me thinks.

EDIT: But it's also going to depend on the content too, unless the studios can put out a sizable number of 3D movies people arn't going to be willing to buy the (currently expensive) hardware. Still maybe in 5 to 10 years from now it'll be a different story :)

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why exactly does the TV need to be 3D capable? they print 3D images on regular paper and you put on glasses and it works

That kind of 3D is old skool. The new 3D TVs that are coming don't need glasses to view the 3D image, they are absolutely amazing and very expensive! but they are the future. The catch is a normal HDTV won't cut the mustard, you need specially designed TVs to display the image hence the need for 3D capable TVs.

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Well clearly you're too old to research lol.

They may have tried 3D for years, but technology changes. The 3D that companies like Sony, Toshiba etc are testing now, with both games and movies, is far beyond the silly red and green glasses version.

HD, Blu-ray and digital may be the technology that makes 3D actually watchable and no longer a gimmick.

Unless you can put me right on the ****ing movie set, I don't ****ing care. You're obviously too young (or naive, I'll give you the benefit of doubt) to recognize gimmicks for what they are, no matter how technologically advanced they may be.

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