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avatar on blu ray-3d question

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When avatar comes out on blu ray, why will you need a special TV to watch the 3d version?

I mean, my local theater didn't need a special projector to display the movie(according to a guy I talked to at the theater), and all it appears to be is a series of blurred images that show as a 3d experience when wearing the glasses, so why cant the blu ray player just display the blurred images, we throw on the 3d glasses, and voila, watch avatar in 3d on our sets at home?
 
You will also need a blu-ray player that supports the 3d format which is really new so not many support that feature. PS3 has said they will support the feature with a future firmware update.

In theaters that have already gone digital nothing special is needed.
 
you have nothing to worry, as you won't find Avatar on blu ray for a long time...Titanic isn't even on blu-ray yet, and that movie came out like what 10yrs ago?
 
richardycc said:
you have nothing to worry, as you won't find Avatar on blu ray for a long time...Titanic isn't even on blu-ray yet, and that movie came out like what 10yrs ago?
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Titantic is an old movie.

Avatar will be out on blu-ray the day it comes to DVD. So figure 8-9 months from now or so.
 
Naeeldar said:
Titantic is an old movie.

Avatar will be out on blu-ray the day it comes to DVD. So figure 8-9 months from now or so.
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James Cameron said there will be two separate releases of Avatar on Blu-Ray, first a 2D version, then a 3D release later in the year.

FYI: The first 3D Blu-Ray release will be Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs towards the end of this year.
 
3D movies use 2 projectors (one for each eye), with polorized glasses in order to only the light from each camera to enter one of the eyes. This can be done in a theater because the light is reflected off the screen. Its called orthogonal polarization. Currently one of the best ways to show 3d.

Home 3d is a bit different because polorization isn't an option. Whatever tech they use has to rely on colorcoding, which in general isn't quite as accurate as the polorization method. I hope whatever they choose turns out well, because if it is successful alot of cool things could be made.
 
Yeah I even kept the 3D glasses thinking I would watch it later when it came out on 3D not only do you need a special projector but you need a silver screen...

So, I threw em away a few weeks ago when I heard that. but maybe there might be hope, they may come out with new 3D version with the red/blue glasses.

I guess the effects of Real/3D were pretty good, but I wasn't that impressed I kind of want to watch it with out 3D now. 😉
 
MStele said:
3D movies use 2 projectors (one for each eye), with polorized glasses in order to only the light from each camera to enter one of the eyes. This can be done in a theater because the light is reflected off the screen. Its called orthogonal polarization. Currently one of the best ways to show 3d.

Home 3d is a bit different because polorization isn't an option. Whatever tech they use has to rely on colorcoding, which in general isn't quite as accurate as the polorization method. I hope whatever they choose turns out well, because if it is successful alot of cool things could be made.
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The latest 3D movies no longer use orthogonal polarization, they use circular polarization (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_polarization) which is much nicer since you can tilt you head without the image becoming blurry.

Home 3D is not going to use color coding, it's going to use an active shutter which also has two variations, sequential and side by side (http://hd.engadget.com/2010/01/12/hd-101-the-difference-between-sequential-and-side-by-side-3d/). For either variation, it requires the 3D glasses to be synced to the TV because the lenses will close one eye at a time to mimic two projectors.

Because the lenses need to be synced to the TV, there is a good chance you will need a new TV to watch blu-ray in 3D, unless the lenses could be synced to the blu-ray player and then you would just need a new blu-ray player.
 
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