I got a good deal on a Sony 24" Playstation brand 3d display

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I got it off craigslist for 100 bucks and it came with a set of glasses. On the box it says if you have two sets of glasses when playing split screen each person sees a full screen, pretty cool if it works. If anyone has this, is it worth it to get the extra set? Does it work well?
 

tecplayer

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I got it off craigslist for 100 bucks and it came with a set of glasses. On the box it says if you have two sets of glasses when playing split screen each person sees a full screen, pretty cool if it works. If anyone has this, is it worth it to get the extra set? Does it work well?

As far as I know, you -need- two sets of glasses to play two people at once on this one screen if you want to each have a full screen. That's what I remember reading almost a year ago after E3. It'll be like playing on a 48" since both people will play with a full screen. (could be wrong, you should read some more about it)
 

Drako

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As far as I know, you -need- two sets of glasses to play two people at once on this one screen if you want to each have a full screen. That's what I remember reading almost a year ago after E3. It'll be like playing on a 48" since both people will play with a full screen. (could be wrong, you should read some more about it)

It's only a 24" display, so it won't be anything like playing on a 48" display :D
 

magomago

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I wonder if you get the full resolution in that approach, or if you only get 1/2 the resolution. Pretty cool though that it can do that!
 

gorcorps

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I wonder if you get the full resolution in that approach, or if you only get 1/2 the resolution. Pretty cool though that it can do that!

I believe they use the active 3d tech (battery powered glasses) which means it'll have full res. Obviously you won't have two full 3d renders tough, but you will have 2 full regular ones. Neat use of the tech.
 

vshah

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theoretically if the platform supported it and the lcd had a 240hz refresh rate, you could get 2x independent 3d scenes.
 

tecplayer

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It's only a 24" display, so it won't be anything like playing on a 48" display :D

The way I had read it, they were saying that because of the 3d technology two people could play at the same time on the same screen and make use of the entire TV, not breaking it down in the middle so that the two people only get 12", but they'd effectively get the entire screen meaning 24" for each.

So, by that logic, it would be like playing on a 48" tv because each person would have a complete 24" screen to themselves. Whether it works that way or not, I have no clue - just something I read!

(they could quickly alternate images and use the shutter of the glasses to make it work, it's possible, but does the TV have that kind of processing power... don't know)
 

Aikouka

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theoretically if the platform supported it and the lcd had a 240hz refresh rate, you could get 2x independent 3d scenes.

According to Amazon, the monitor in question is a 240Hz monitor.

Although, that makes me question a few things. The monitor uses HDMI to transmit the data. However, HDMI spec has a limited set of 3D resolutions + refresh rates that are allowed. The common ones are 720p50, 720p60 and 1080p24. Consoles are most likely using the middle (720p60) as 24Hz is too low for gaming (I've tried it with my AMD-equipped PC).

Essentially, you're only getting 30FPS per player with this setup.

could quickly alternate images and use the shutter of the glasses to make it work, it's possible, but does the TV have that kind of processing power... don't know)

The TV isn't an issue. If it supports 3D at the specified resolution + refresh rate, then it's fine here. The technology that needs to be adapted are the glasses. I would assume that the glasses fully close when the other player's image is displayed. Although, I wonder if the sudden blackout would be too jarring?

I wonder if they're actually refreshing a lot faster (120Hz instead of 60Hz) and just using interpolation. This gives you twice as many frames and less time spent looking at shuttered glasses.
 

mmntech

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It's a good price for a 3D monitor but apparently it has major glare and reliability issues. Sony hasn't made a good TV since the Trinitron days. I don't like how I can't seem to find the response time for it.
 

mmntech

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They're going for $300 right now so $100 for a used model isn't too, too much of a stretch. Nobody's buying them.
 

Nizzzlle

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They were on sale for $200 with a game the other day... Heard they have horrible picture quality. I've never seen one in person before though.