True 3-D capability on Blu-ray Disc...

[DaViD Boulet]

I don't know how they would do it, and I understand that allot of you guys have ideas, but either way, I would LOVE to see 3D movies on my 1080p screen like I do when i go to my local theater and see something on the 3D screen there.
Polarized lenses would be out I think, but I know there are many ways to make a believable 3D effect.
It would be so cool to see all those new films that were released in 3D but so few ppl get to see (like Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix).
That would ROCK!

The cool thing with having both "eye angle" streams on the BD as discrete video streams is that the BD player or intermediary-device could basically package the signal for any kind of 3-D display technology you want. Two projectors with polarized light? A Plasma display synced to LCD shutter glasses? Anything else you want... the source signals are there via dual HDMI on the 3-D equipped BD player to be used any way you want.

This is all very expensive and highly specialized equipment. It's not going to happen for a handful of old movies enjoyed by a niche. You're talking millions of dollars in R&D alone that you'd be lucky to make back, let alone profit on.

You're not getting it... it would cost NOTHING to make the software. Because it's just the secondary video stream on the BD... the same stream where studios will be routinely putting PIP running video commentary.

No extra cost for mastering, replication, or anything (other than restoring and transfering both left/right eye film elements... but most studios have already done that for 3-D theatrical release as WB did with Kiss Me Kate). The same disc plays fine for 2D and 3D viewers.

It's up to 3-D viewers to get the hardware/software they need to get full 3-D playback. But that's their choice. It wouldn't cost the studio any more to give us the 3-D movie software... which has always been the problem because we've never had a single-disc solution that would provide full fidelity 2-D and 3-D for everybody. We do now: Blu-ray Disc.