Category Archives: 3D

3D Filming

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Reader James emailed me a link to this video ‘review‘ of one of the stereoscopic rigs used by James Cameron in Avatar. I see that has been used in a number of other movies, including The Final Destination and Journey … Continue reading →

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Crosstalk – 3D and audio

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I have reviewed five different 3D TVs. All five of them had noticeable problems with crosstalk. Crosstalk is a word that has been used for decades in regard to consumer electronics. It is used to label a legitimate signal ending … Continue reading →

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Will MPEG4 AVC become the dominant Blu-ray video codec?

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

I’m just wondering because the only Blu-ray 3D codec is MPEG4 MVC, which is an extension of MPEG4 AVC. The likes of Warner Bros which has pretty much entirely used VC1 will have to use MPEG4 MVC for any 3D … Continue reading →

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Cloudy with a chance of three dimensions

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Yesterday Sony sent me the Blu-ray 3D version of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, last year’s animated feature. I have now done a fair bit of analysis of the disc and posted it here for those interested .

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File list complications?

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Pixar Blu-ray discs typically have the main content spread over lots of files in order to facilitate the delivery of different on-screen text languages. 3D discs typically have multiple files to support the format. They use a regular *.m2ts file … Continue reading →

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3D Escher

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

One possible artistic use of 3D display technology would be to represent the impossible. Imagine: you have two objects on the screen, one clearly ‘closer’ to you than the other, as conveyed by the 3D rendering. Now, imagine if that … Continue reading →

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3D and HD

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

It seems that the Playstation 3 is likely to get its Blu-ray 3D firmware upgrade in September. That the PS3 can be upgraded at all for this purpose is something I find quite interesting. My understanding is that the preferred … Continue reading →

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Side by side

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

For those who aren’t in a position to receive any of the 3D TV broadcasts, this is what Simon’s comment to the previous post refers to: The basic TV standards (max resolution of 1920 at 1080i at 50 hertz) can’t be … Continue reading →

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Is Blu-ray 3D BDXL?

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

This is weird, and I don’t yet quite know what to make of it. As I mentioned, I’m looking at the Panasonic 3D TV and its Blu-ray 3D player. With the TV you get two freebie Blu-ray discs: Coraline and … Continue reading →

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Another 3D TV

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Stephen Dawson

Today I received the fifty inch Panasonic plasma 3D TV. Obviously I’m doing reviews, so most of my observations belong to those, rather than here. But I would like to note that using the same test disc, there is much, … Continue reading →

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