ESPN and 3D - excited?

I heard about this!  I wonder if sports bars will begin to hand out 3-D glasses for big game days!

Actually I was talking to some friends about that last night - how will it work exactly? Do you need a special TV to do it plus an upgrade on your cable package? Sounds awesome!

You need a special 3D TV, glasses, don't think an upgrade to you cable though...As long as you don't feel sick when you watch 3D - you will enjoy a lot!

I wonder too...I doubt it - those glasses are PRETTY expensive and imagine giving them to a bunch of intoxicated people:-) GOOD INVESTMENT? LOL!

I don't understand why one would need to get a 3D tv. Last year's Superbowl had several 3D commercials and when we wore the glasses we were watching in 3D too...  is there something special about the 3D tv?

Ehhh sounds more like a gimmick.

not exactly excited for this or the channel Sony and Discovery announced. 

Its a good thing Avatar was so successful otherwise in-home 3D would already be dead. 

I don't think i can handle watching my sports, or TV for that matter, in 3D.  I would be afraid that I would start seeing everyday life in 3D.  Which would be cool for a minute and then really annoying.

Direct TV is suppose to be adding 3 3D channels in the next 6 months.  I can only wonder how much those are going to cost.

Before the end of this year, holographs will be added to televisions

buying into 3D will be expensive, sadly for those who already bought 3D ready DLP/Rear projection tvs, as of now they are saying the tech wont work properly with current 3D standards

Alright!

3D Comedy Central...

No?

@mykids   This is a totally different 3D technology that doesn't require you to see everything in red and blue. This technology does not alter the colors of the image you are viewing, so see the movie/show the way it was meant to be seen.

When I first heard about this, I thought that it was rediculous.

Then, as I pondered on this further, I came to the conclusion that watching NBA basketball in ESPN 3D will be awesome.

I dont think long continuos programming will work out to well with 3D displays. A movie generally ends after 90mins. Some people watch ESPN all day.

Sounds too much like a gimmick at this point!

3d tv's will not require glasses, thats a fact i have researched, secondly i don't think watching sports in 3d is going to be exactly, awesome. Now dont get me wrong football, baseball, golf, tennis, cricket, jumprope, tag, hide and seek any sport would be fabulous to watch in the lowest resolution of 3d tv lol jk but seriously the most innovative part about this is watching movies and playing video games which brings you more into the tv and use those preferences as an interactive sense, not just screaming about your team dropping the ball and losing every game lol no pun intended Longhorns

MasterVader said…

3d tv's will not require glasses, thats a fact i have researched, secondly i don't think watching sports in 3d is going to be exactly, awesome. Now dont get me wrong football, baseball, golf, tennis, cricket, jumprope, tag, hide and seek any sport would be fabulous to watch in the lowest resolution of 3d tv lol jk but seriously the most innovative part about this is watching movies and playing video games which brings you more into the tv and use those preferences as an interactive sense, not just screaming about your team dropping the ball and losing every game lol no pun intended Longhorns

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Uhhh I would continue your research because every 3D tv that is launched in 2010 will all require glasses to actually watch 3D tv, and only two models one from Sony and one from Panasonic will provide the glassed with the tv, for all other 3D tv models you will have to purchase the glasses seperately.

Intel did show off a 3D tv display at CES that did not require glasses but this was a prototype and not ready nor being brought to production. Not sure what you read nor from where but you should look a bit deeper.

Go to CNET.com and look at their CES 10' coverage.

 

GenJones32 said…

Uhhh I would continue your research because every 3D tv that is launched in 2010 will all require glasses to actually watch 3D tv, and only two models one from Sony and one from Panasonic will provide the glassed with the tv, for all other 3D tv models you will have to purchase the glasses seperately.

Intel did show off a 3D tv display at CES that did not require glasses but this was a prototype and not ready nor being brought to production. Not sure what you read nor from where but you should look a bit deeper.

Go to CNET.com and look at their CES 10' coverage.

Philips has revealed an impressive three-dimensional television at its annual presentation of corporate research. The television can show 3D video to the naked eye without the need for special glasses to pull off the effect.

The prototype, called WOWvx, works by combining slightly different angles of the same image to produce video with different depths. Tiny lenses are placed over each of the millions of sub-pixels in the screen which project light at one of nine angles through the front of the display. This process sends slightly different images to the left and right eyes to create the effect and can do so regardless of the angle you're watching it from.

Philips will initially be selling a 42″ version to retailers who can create 3D ads that will grab the attention of shoppers passing-by. The television cannot take off, however, until sufficient content is developed, so Philips are working on technology for automated 2D to 3D conversion as well as for dedicated 3D creation.

Also at the presentation, Philips showed models of a low-energy water purifier (aimed at developing countries) plus a flat light that until turned on, is transparent like ordinary glass.

Photo credit: Philips from the web site markstechnology.com

if i were you geny boy i would stay away from cnet.com, alot of their sources are from amatuer websites

Keyword!! prototype, that means its not set for the retail environment yet, (similar to what Intel showed off) while everyone else is actually launching 3D tv models they are showing off prototypes, of a product they hope retailers will push for them. Wont happen Phillips isn't even considered a major manufacturer anymore LG basically put them in the bottom feeder category while they were in their joint venture, now Phillips has pulled out and is all on their lonesome and hopes to sell tvs to people who know nothing about them. 

Samsung already has 2D to 3D conversion tech being launched in current models in the Q1. Looks like Phillips is behind again. :(