The Hobbit Trilogy 3D Blu-ray (2012-2014) [Region Free]

[Mikeatron85]

I didn't think they could do 48fps on Blu-ray 3D? I thought the additional frames that Blu-ray 3D allows were taken up with the sequential left and right eye images?

I'm sure I remember reading on here that they have 2 options they could use for presenting The Hobbit in 48fps on a home video format:

a) 48fps 2D in full 1080p HD

or

b) 48fps 3D in half side-by-side (or over-under) format (resulting in a lower resolution picture - though having said that, if the user has a passive 3D setup, it shouldn't be any different to any other 3D content they are viewing in terms of resolution)

Personally, I hope they go with both - as I can't imagine watching this any other way after having seen the 48fps presentation.

EDIT:

Just checked out the official Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D specs. Those frame rates are allowed provided that they are in 720p:

Frame rates/sizes

The Blu-ray 3D specification defines a more limited number of frame size and frame rate combinations than standard Blu-ray. The allowable frame size/rates for BD3D are as follows:

* 1920×1080 @ 23.976 fps progressive
* 1280×720 @ 59.94 fps progressive
* 1280×720 @ 50 fps progressive