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[Blu-Ray 3D President]

I would love to see these classic Asian films into 3d.

- The Hero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p2p8OAdxro

- The House of Flying Daggers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLkedDMb8vI

- Kung-Fu Hustle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyWhVUCXY1A

[Jimmy Smith]

Saw The Matrix real time converted in real-time and it looked awful. What 3D was there just looked all wrong and completely unatural. The Matrix looked much better in 2D then in real time converted crap.

[kitfisto92]

Dark Knight looked pretty good. I've watched it so many times that it was nice to watch it in a different way. Recommended

[denodan]

I have the latest 42" Panasonic 3DTV and the latest Panasonic 3DTV now have the 2D-3D conversion also. Does not do much for me, not enough depth.

The only movies that I found worked well thoughout most of the movie was the last X-men movie, worked well.

Found it worked with mixed results, the odd tv progam worked others did very little.

Worked in some parts of Starwars, but most of it, did not work.

Avatar, 2D, tried it worked very little, some parts in 3D, but again not much use.

[Blu-Ray 3D President]

Supergirl!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9GXEpgQwm0

[Blu-Ray 3D President]

Not necessarily movies but would be nice to have 3D candies. Right now we have Gemma Arterton and Milla Jovovich. Olivia Wilde will come in April.

I wish for more. I wish to have a Diana Meneses singing compilation in 3D for 2 hours. Never mind she's off key at times and me not understanding the words.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBXuy7B_r0k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61tMq...eature=related

[Blu-Ray 3D President]

Originally Posted by Blu-Ray 3D President

Ok, this is going to be a work-in-progress for me. For now, off top of my head :

1) Phantom Menace
2) Attack of The Clones
3) Revenge of The Sith
4) Sunshine
5) Original Sin
6) The Exorcist
7) Forrest Gump
8) Godzilla
9) Sin City
10) Speed Racer
11) What Dreams May Come
12) Predator
13) Aliens
14) The Fountain
15) 300
16) Starship Troopers
17) Hollowman
18) House of Flying Daggers
19) The Perfect Storm
20) Goo Goo Dolls Live in Buffalo

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[Derezzed]

I'm not a big fan of 2D to 3d.

Instead for some certain movies, I run them at 60FPS as opposed to 24FPS.
I love " SW Revenge of the Sith" for example. General Grievous comes
right off the screen.
Two other great movies at 60FPS are "Two Lane Blacktop: Criterion Collection" and the original " Vanishing Point " with Barry Newman.

[seregloth]

Just got through my first full 2d-}3D converted movie experience- I do have a bit of a headache, but the new release of Peter Pan (2004) is wonderful with just that added bit of depth.

[domper9]

An interesting use of the 2D->3d conversion is during concert videos.
I've watched parts of Shakira's Oral Fixation Tour, U2's 360 Rose Bowl concert and Within Temptation's Black Symphony.

During close-ups of the singers, the conversion falls flat on it's face. There just is nothing in the image for the chip to work on. But whenever the camera makes swooping moves across the audience or with a skewed angle along the stage, the volume of the concert space comes really into view.

At the same time, some of these concert videos also show off some horrible mistakes: for instance, during the U2 concert if often seems as if the upper rows of the stadium somehow arch over the lower rows. Making it look like a really cool, but really dangerous way to seat an audience.

Another good tip are the Wonders of the Solar System/Universe BBC series. Sure, Brian Cox looks a bit like a cardboard cutout and as always close-ups loose the 3D effect. But most of the series consists of wide landscape shots of whatever place on Earth they have ended up at this time, combined with CGI footage of the planets. Those scenes benefit a lot.

[kwrobbins]

Just watched Robots, the converted 3D was excellent!! Best one yet.

[rmartin_69]

The F-18 scene from Behind Enemy Lines is pretty kicking up converted with the surround sound going.

[Coach81]

Originally Posted by Bravia3D

Alright, let me get this thread going some more... I enjoy testing all movies I have using the 2D-3D conversion and like others have found some look great and some don't. I however am using a Sony Bravia LX900 and not a Samsung.
So let me post some of my favs,

Back to the Future 2 - Looked great at times
Star Wars - Any one of them is cool in 3D, space scenes have much depth
Finding Nemo - Some open shots looked great
Shrek - I have watched all and some scenes look cool converted to 3D
Lord of the Rings - Once again watched all, open scenes have great depth!

I highly suggest people really test some movies and try because you may be surprised how great some look, don't bad mouth something till you actually try! It also helps to use movies without much film grain. I noticed movies with to much film grain kinda ruin the 3D (for me anyways, film grain annoys me anyways)

Have not bought the LOTR Blu-ray set yet.. but when I do.. I may give this a try, thanks.

Originally Posted by Lovemy3D

You're welcome.

I was thinking about trying The Lord Of The Rings too, because of all the scenery. I'm going to put in Star Wars and watch the final battle for the death star in 3D, and see how it looks. I look forward to getting the series on blu-ray too. But aren't' they being made for 3D? I'm not sure I want to buy the entire series again in 2D, and then yet again down the road on Blu-ray 3D.

So happy SW is coming out for blu-ray!!!

Originally Posted by snappahead

For me personally, conversion just isn't worth anything. I know some people are getting something out of it, but I think it's simply because of a lack of content. If there was real content out there, no one would even be bothering with conversion. Once more content is available, we'll all probably forget about it.

Yes for more content!!!

Originally Posted by kitfisto92

Dark Knight looked pretty good. I've watched it so many times that it was nice to watch it in a different way. Recommended

This will be one that I will be trying out soon, thanks!

[seregloth]

So, the best thing I've found as of now for conversion is playing the DWA short films that were released on dvd, Shrek 3-d and Bob's Big Break. as they were made with anaglyph 3d in mind, the conversion feature could almost always figure out what to do pop-out and added depth on. on my sammy with conversion they looked almost as good as their bluray 3d feature film counterparts. not as good, but close.
plus the dvds are supercheap to buy as a set on ebay.

I'm gonna try some other old anaglyphs if they have a 2d play option- anybody know of others that give you the choice?

[u_nick]

Hmm, I cant say for sure, but now that you mention it, I'd like to really give that a try with the Arkham Asylum GOTY edition.

[kenny3001]

well i got an LG cinema 3D 55 inch last Friday so a played with some conversions on CG moves only

9- looked well done

Wall-e - also looked really good too

[indiansbsa]

Kind of cool this thread is still helping people. Ironically for other quality issues I no longer have my Sammy and the Panny I have cant even do 2D to 3D conversion

[Brightstar]

Originally Posted by Sanctum3D

It would be incredible to see some of the classic 3D films. Hopefully 3D doesn't fade away, at least for home video, so that we can see some of those classics... you got me salivating for Dial M For Murder and the Creature from the Black Lagoon films..

Back to the future in 3D

[here]

titanic blu-ray 3d is on the way.

[wvl]

Star Wars in 3D
Star Trek in 3D
Wizard of Oz in 3D
Indiana Jones in 3D
Battle Beyond the Stars in 3D
E.T. in 3D