Showing posts with label 3d tv features. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 3d tv features. Show all posts

Saturday, 18 June 2011

3D TV TECHNOLOGY, 3D TV SPECS, 3D TV FEATURES.

For the past 15 years, Philips has been at the forefront of 3D display technology. In that time, we have developed the expertise necessary to provide 3D quality both for specialized and mass-market applications. In this backgrounder, we will show you how 3D technology works and explain why the approaches of Philips 3D Solutions are particularly effective.
                                  
The next massive breakthrough in TV technology 3D has been demonstrated by Philips. The technology which will change the way TV is viewed will deliver a massive breakthrough for advertisers and movie makers.
3D is cool!
Having a night in with your friends? There is no better way of watching the latest movies, the coolest shows, and the most important sporting events, than in an exciting 3D mode!!

3D is going to be big!
There are great opportunities for consumers, as well as business and the professional market. Just imagine what 3D can do for the visualization of your product.

3D is the next big thing!
Hollywood is already shooting some big productions in 3D. They also know that soon, everybody will want to see their favorite movie in 3D!

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Imagine what Star Wars would like on a 3D screen! It’s like being there, in a Galaxy far far away yourself! And try to resist that freshly squeezed glass of orange juice springing out of the screen!

3D is based on the way the human brain and eyes work. Because the pupils of a person’s eye are about 6.5 cm apart, each eye views a scene from a different angle and generates a unique image. The brain merges the images to create a single picture. The slight difference between the image from the right eye and the image from the left eye allows the brain to judge the depth. Stereoscopic vision is attained.

Our ability to see in 3D is about perceiving depth. How far away things are from us. A combination of several components allow our brains to perceive our 3D world around us. Perspective is one, where things further away appear smaller. But that can sometimes trick us. Close one eye and look around you. You will immediately notice that the distance of the things around you is not so obvious. If you hold up two things in front of you and move one closer and further away, you will only be able to judge which is closer by their relative sizes. Some optical illusions rely on this by having smaller than usual objects closer to you, so creating the illusion of them being further away.

Another aspect of depth perception is focus. Look at your hand outstretched with a distant background. You will see your hand in focus but the background out of focus.
                
The final component of depth perception is only available to us because we have two eyes. Because our eyes are spaced apart, each eye sees a slightly different view. Our brain combines these two slightly different scenes and gives us a sense of how far away things are. A simple way to demonstrate that to yourself is to hold one finger up at arms length. Then close each eye in turn, and notice the position of your finger compared to the distant background. With your right eye open, your finger will appear to have moved to the left relative to the background.

Wednesday, 15 June 2011

3D TV CHANNEL

After many years of hype 3D TV became a reality on 22nd April 2010 when John Lewis became the first UK retailer to sell 3D TV for the home. The rave reviewed Samsung C7000 is a 40" 3D Ready High Definition television that is available online and at the company's flagship Oxford Street store.
                         
The Samsung UE40C7000 is a superb 2D HD TV as well as being 3D Ready; At just 3cm thin the LED television offers full 1080p HD resolution, SRS Theatre Surround Sound and a built-in Freeview HD tuner.

Following on from the worldwide record-breaking success of 3d films like Avatar, the next generation of TV sets are almost here.

Armed with nothing more than a 3D television and a pair of 3D glasses, you could soon be experiencing the breathtaking realism of three dimensional movies in your own home. 3D TV is set to revolutionise home viewing the same way that colour screens changed black and white tv forever.

Companies that have so far announced plans to launch 3D TV include Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, LG, Toshiba and Mitsubishi. Hollywood studios including Disney and Dreamworks are already developing a number of 3D titles for both cinema and home use. Sky Television has also announced it will launch a 3D Tv channel in 2010.

“Well over a million homes have future-proofed themselves with Sky + HD, a platform for choice, quality and future innovation. With Sky + as standard, our customers are already enjoying amazing picture and sound quality on a range of high-quality HD channels which cater to the interests and passions of the whole family.

“Next year we will make our HD boxes work even harder for customers by launching Europe’s first 3D TV channel, as well as introducing a comprehensive video-on-demand service to complement Sky + and the current Sky Anytime service.

“3D is a genuinely ‘seeing is believing’ experience, making TV come to life as never before. Just like the launch of digital, Sky + and HD, this is latest step in our commitment to innovating for customers.”
                            
Sky launched the UK’s first national HD service in May 2006 which has since become Europe’s most successful HD service. Today Sky + HD customers can watch 33 HD channels from leading brands such as Sky Movies, Sky Sports, Channel 4, Disney, MTV, BBC, Discovery, FX, Sky1 and National Geographic. Sky + HD customers can choose up to 400 hours a day – or 13,000 hours a month – of quality HD content, which is significantly more than any other TV platform.

Further channels are due shortly, including ESPN HD (August 2009), and Sky News HD (Spring 2010), with a view to growing the offering to 50 channels over time.

Further details on Sky’s pull VOD and 3DTV services, including pricing, packaging and entitlement, will be announced closer to launch.

There will be no need for customers to upgrade their set-top boxes to access to the new 3D channel, as all existing Sky + HD boxes are already ‘3D Ready’. However, customers will need a new 3D Ready TV, which are expected to be on sale in the UK during 2010. More details on the channel, including timing, pricing and packaging will be provided in due course.

The human eye’s ability to see things with variable depth and wide perspective is based on how the brain processes two separate images, as received by each eye. When someone looks at something the brain is able to merge two separate images together to create a field of vision which is both three-dimensional and allows the viewer to focus on specific areas within any given scene.

3D TV FEATURES

The 3DTV Play software works if you have both a compatible NVIDIA Graphics card and a HDMI 1.4 based 3D TV from the list that the company provides on their website.
The software doesn't just allow you to play 3D games, but also enables 3D Blu-Ray movie playback, and the ability to view 3D photos on your PC if you have a compatible 3D camera. However, the 3DTV Play pack does come with a number of 3D photos for you to try out even if you haven’t gotten around to buying a 3D camera yet. From our early tests with 3D films, the 3DTV Play software does a perfectly good job with films such as Alice in Wonderland and Monster House in 3D.

The software has been a long time coming to the consumer -- with numerous delays along the way -- and still has issues today, especially with some games. Neowin tried the technology, in an early play through, and we have had issues with a number of “3D Vision Ready” titles such as Dead Rising 2 and Civilization 5. Both games showed low, unplayable frame rates despite running at 720p @ 60hz and 1080 @ 24hz.

Not everything is bad news, though. With a list of over 500 3D compatible games showing up on the NVIDIA website, some titles such as StarCraft 2, Borderlands, Just Cause 2, Darksiders and Batman: Arkham Asylum look and play great in 3D on our test system (an NVIDIA GTX 295), although many titles do have trouble running in 1080p at 24hz, though this is more likely due to our dated hardware than the 3DTV Play software itself.

When running a 3D title, a small information bar will show up in the bottom right of your TV for any titles which have specific 3DTV Plays issues. These can be simple things such as icons rendering in 2D or missing textures. We will have a more thorough analysis of the 3DTV Play software this weekend.

The NVIDIA 3DTV Play software can be purchased online for $40 or as a 14 day trial. More details on the software can be viewed below.

 
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