[mythtv-users] Projector and Frontend upgrade advice

[Andre Newman]

On 3 Mar 2015, at 09:51, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:

> Damian <myth at surr.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> 3D is all new to me as I've never had a need to look into it before. Thanks for the tip on the Mede8er 800X3D media player. Is there no software method to play 3D rips? I wasn't looking to by an extra piece of kit just to watch the occasional 3D film.
> 
> I wouldn't bother myself.
> I've seen several films in 3D at the cinema, and also tried out my mates new 55" Panasonic plasma. I'm not greatly impressed - well that's the polite version !

It’s very variable, there are good scenes where the 3D is used subtly and effectively but mostly there are in yer face ooh look at the 3D scenes that are just annoying but the in yer face stuff seemed to be all audiences talked about in the early days so I guess we got what we asked for :-(
> 

You do need a big screen, I found Gravity a little uninspiring on a friend’s 65” Plasma, he sits too far away but at home Gravity on a 3D DLP projector at ~110” looks pretty good, the 144hz refresh you get with DLP makes for a lot less flicker too.

> In both Avatar and the new Star Trek reboot, stuff that's not the focus of attention is blurred. That's necessary to stop you focussing on the wrong thing in 3D - I particularly noticed it in a scene in Star Trek when the young Kirk is having a dialog with someone at headquarters. I was trying to look at the all the screens behind them - but they were blurred out. In the old 2D films, the screens in the background were works of art in themselves.

That’s hardly an 3D thing, shallow depth of field has been used in cinematography for almost a century. In fact it’s over used recently by the DSLR shooting crowd, because they can. This is a common moan when people get HD at first, the why isn’t everything pin sharp comments.


> And don't get me started on the stupid way (in the same scene) they kept switching cameras (over the shoulder of one person, to see the face of the person speaking) which I could only see as a means of showing off the 3D.

The over the shoulder thing is annoying I agree.


> 
> So IMO, if you get 3D "free" then fine. I personally wouldn't pay a penny extra for it - and I'd rather the directors would concentrate on making the 2D versions "right" rather than naffing them up for the sake of 3D.

That’s a serious problem, I recently discovered that they also grade the film differently for the 3D version, so that detail isn’t lost in shadows on home 3D screens. There aren’t even many films made in 3D, the majority are post converts, not too surprising that people get headaches from 3D.

I find this useful:

http://www.realorfake3d.com


> 
> That's my 2d worth.
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