What is all the hype about with 3-D?

[Jimmy Smith]

Originally Posted by garlad

Why are blu-rays sold with 3D versions if no one has a 3D tv? I take it then we still see 3D when we wear the glasses on a non 3D tv? So why the need to introduce 3D tvs if our current tvs work anyway?

As I explained before. All current 3D blu-rays use anaglyph (red and blue) technology. This works by combining two images into a single video signal and uses two color glasses to filter out the signal to each eye and produce a 3D effect. This is the only kind of 3D that works on all televisions cause it manages to put both color feilds into a single video signal. Anaglaph looks lousy though. It smuthers the image in red and blue and produces a nasty distracting ghosting effect around objects. This is the same kind of 3D that audiences rejected in the 1950s. The new 3D standard uses a full color polarization that produces a far superior 3D picture then anaglyph can ever do. No color problems or ghosting just pure natural digital 3D like the kind we get in theatres. Unfortunitly this new and 3D will requre a new television and player cause current equitment can't handle the dual 1080p video signals it requires.

Your confusion is precisly why Anaglaph Blu-Rays should never have entered the market. They do nothing but create confusion and stunt the growth of proper 3D when it arrives. For the new 3D standard to suceed there needs to be more education and people need to understand not all 3D is the same.