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Getting active 3D out of ANY monitor

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velis

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My trusted U2711 is dying and I'm looking into getting me a good new monitor. Preferably with >100Hz refresh, but IPS or VA still. 1440p is a minimum resolution I'm looking at.

For reference, I'm fancying Acer Predator X34bmiphz (its G-sync would go well with my current 970)
However, I may go with Samsung S34E790C if I can't get any 3D out of Acer. 400€ cheaper is nothing to be sneezed at.


I like the idea of 3D and I even indulged in it for a bit with Skyrim when I was playing it. Used the horrible Anyglyph mode then, but even for the fact that I lost all colour, the 3D effect itself was worth it for a day or two.

So now I'm looking into something that might provide a better experience. I wanted a passive solution, but no monitors exist offering that any more. TVs start at 40" and are too large. I HATE to be vendor-locked and 3D-Vision enabled monitors are 1080p anyway. Besides, I hear 3D vision refuses to work under 120Hz.

Is there anything available that could give me 3D with my requirements?
 
velis said:
My trusted U2711 is dying and I'm looking into getting me a good new monitor. Preferably with >100Hz refresh, but IPS or VA still. 1440p is a minimum resolution I'm looking at.

For reference, I'm fancying Acer Predator X34bmiphz (its G-sync would go well with my current 970)
However, I may go with Samsung S34E790C if I can't get any 3D out of Acer. 400€ cheaper is nothing to be sneezed at.


I like the idea of 3D and I even indulged in it for a bit with Skyrim when I was playing it. Used the horrible Anyglyph mode then, but even for the fact that I lost all colour, the 3D effect itself was worth it for a day or two.

So now I'm looking into something that might provide a better experience. I wanted a passive solution, but no monitors exist offering that any more. TVs start at 40" and are too large. I HATE to be vendor-locked and 3D-Vision enabled monitors are 1080p anyway. Besides, I hear 3D vision refuses to work under 120Hz.

Is there anything available that could give me 3D with my requirements?
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3D you say? http://www.digitaltrends.com/virtual-reality/oculus-rift-vs-htc-vive/
 
In theory something like the Asus MG279Q would work here. However none of this stuff is getting 3D Vision certified these days; NVIDIA seems to be done with the tech in favor of VR.

AFAIK no 120Hz+ 1440p IPS monitor has been 3D Vision certified, and as a result it cannot be used. So monitors such as the MG279Q and the Acer XG270HU are out. You'd have to settle for the previous-gen Asus flagship, the ROG Swift PG278Q, but that's a TN monitor.
 
What about passive 3D TVs? Would that possibly work? If I understand correctly this is the Line interlaced (FPR) mode, mentioned in TriDef & iZ3D pages. (Yes I know iZ3D is out of business, the point was that this might be a standard way of doing things with passive 3D)

I don't really feel like shelling out Oculus' kind of money for what is essentially a gimmick right now. But I wouldn't mind some better 3D now & then than what a 2D monitor can offer.
 
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