What exactly do you need for 3D movie playback?

[Acanthus]

3DTV + Blu-Ray = support?

Do you need a special blu-ray player that supports outputting in 120hz or greater?

Will an HTPC properly support this with a regular blu-ray drive?

Do all 120hz TVs support 3d output or do you need specific hardware in the TV to process the 3d stream? In other words is the "SUPPORTS 3DOMFG" marketing you see on televisions just marketing?

Sorry for all of the questions, it doesn't appear we have had a thread on this yet.

I need to know if Nvidia / ATi cards can supply 3d content via HDMI with a regular blu-ray drive and what exactly the TV needs to support it properly.

Thanks in advance for any info!

 

[tommo123]

well, the ps3 will support it so current BD drives should do as well. tis just data.

as for decoding, it'll just be 2 streams and onboard ATi gpus can handle that afaik.

 

[NoQuarter]

You just need Cyberlink PowerDVD 10, the 3d support is coming in summer. Any blu-ray drive will work, and for GPU you need:
TrueTheater 3D playback: Intel G45, ATI Radeon HD 2400, NVIDIA Geforce 8800GT or above.

For the TV you need a TV that actually says 3d Ready on it. This is because the TV's marketed as 120Hz are not true 120Hz but rather have a 60Hz input and generate intermediary frames to 'make up' 120Hz. Afaik any TV that is true 120Hz has been marketed as 3d Ready.

Make sure to get a 3d Ready TV that comes with the 3d kit and then you can hook it up to your PC easily. Remember blu-ray 3d can be decoded entirely in software so hardware support is pretty easy to meet. If you go nVidia you can use nVidia's 3d Vision glasses instead of the ones the TV comes with. I'm 99% sure the glasses are licensed Samsung 3d glasses so the quality of glasses should be the same.


If you want a standalone blu-ray player that supports it you'll have to find one that claims support or use a ps3.

 

[Acanthus]

You just need Cyberlink PowerDVD 10, the 3d support is coming in summer. Any blu-ray drive will work, and for GPU you need:
TrueTheater 3D playback: Intel G45, ATI Radeon HD 2400, NVIDIA Geforce 8800GT or above.

For the TV you need a TV that actually says 3d Ready on it. This is because the TV's marketed as 120Hz are not true 120Hz but rather have a 60Hz input and generate intermediary frames to 'make up' 120Hz. Afaik any TV that is true 120Hz has been marketed as 3d Ready.

Make sure to get a 3d Ready TV that comes with the 3d kit and then you can hook it up to your PC easily. Remember blu-ray 3d can be decoded entirely in software so hardware support is pretty easy to meet. If you go nVidia you can use nVidia's 3d Vision glasses instead of the ones the TV comes with. I'm 99% sure the glasses are licensed Samsung 3d glasses so the quality of glasses should be the same.


If you want a standalone blu-ray player that supports it you'll have to find one that claims support or use a ps3.

Alright! This is everything i needed to know, thank you.

That explains the 120hz TVs that don't seem to support 3-D as well.