3D is an exciting new feature for the home theater market. Could be dramatic for some movies or soap operas, 3D seems out of place. But for sports, action movies, etc. 3D makes so much difference between color vs. black and white. And consider the new 3D technology is the 3D system, which is used in cinemas.
The commercial successes of recent 3D films like "Beowulf" "Meet the Robinsons" and "Journey To The Center Of The Earth", is sparking interest with the film studios to producemore 3D content material. Disney, Universal, Philips, Samsung, Sony, Thomson and IMAX are currently exploring the potential 3D HDTV market. Disney said it would start to all computer-animated films in 3D. According to Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, all major studios have run through 3-D projects. There are more than 2,500 theater screens equipped with Digital 3D technology by end 2009. All this content will be available to the home theater market. The BigQuestion: Will the 3D market ubiquitous enough for large networks, especially the sports portion, in 3D program?
3D distribution
It is likely that satellite TV companies like DirecTV and Dish Network, the 3D versions of the first HDTV programming distributed. 3D movies should have the same bandwidth as the others take 120 fps (frame per second) high def movies. The satellite broadcast companies have sufficient bandwidth to support niche markets (do the cable companies tonot), and now 3D HDTV is a niche market.
"Satellite will not be restricted as much as many channels as they, how many they can get," said Bob Scherman, Satellite Business News carry.
By 2010 it is projected that 60% of TV receivers in the United States, a satellite signal, will use from 15% in 2002.
3D HDTV Home Theater Systems
Because of the high frame rate for 3D, and the need for synchronization LCD screensgenerally incompatible with advanced 3D. However, Phillips has been in preproduction of $ 20,000 shows up, and this technology does not require glasses. The Phillips-optical technology is very complicated. In contrast to electronics can not be assumed that the price will come down.
Manufactured by the end of this year (2008), more than one million 3D-ready DLP HDTV, Mitsubishi and Samsung have sold in the U.S. The technology works by applying a 60 Hz signal toeach eye (equivalent to a total of 120 Hz). These HDTV sets can display standard and are compatible with 3D material. Some source material is available for download from 3D and Blu-Ray discs are always available. "Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" was the first 3D Blu-ray disc.
The glasses: Field Sequential 3D
Special glasses are used with the DLP-3D system. The system is) as "Field Sequential 3D" or HQFS (High Quality Field Sequential. ThisTechnology uses electronic shutter glasses instead of red and blue lenses, we have used in the films. The effect is superior in any case. Our eyes see a slightly offset view of a scene. The two slightly different views are combined by the brain to result in our ability to see in 3D. Field Sequential 3D simulates the experience with shutter glasses. The shutter is not mechanical, but an LCD filter, this vision, if the other eye is shown the view blocks.
An HDTV set with 120Hz refresh rate for 3D TV is recommended. The 3D system uses half of the total information for each eye. If we have a TV function, with a total of 60 Hz refresh rate, it would be only 30 Hz for each eye issue, and the frame rate would be visible) (Flicker.
In developing a 3D system with earlier 3D technologies, we have a choice between two equal bandwidth signals transmitted with full information, the effective signal bandwidth, or the signal is doubled, so that either the horizontalor halved vertical resolution, one half for each eye. Doubling the bandwidth would be a problem, since the HDTV signal bandwidth capacity is already at a premium. With the same range as non-3D material means that we can use the technology with the latest HDMI or DVI interfaces.
Cut The alternative to dissolution is not interesting because we worked so hard to improve our system to high definition, let us not willing to compromise. Through the use of alternative framework for each eye, weFlicker a high-definition signal without.
Two sets of wireless shutter glasses, with a control transmitter (infrared (IR), the same technology as the TV's remote control) costs about $ 100.
"Hang-Ups" Holding up DLP
Many consumers have a fascination with the idea to hang their new big screen HDTV on the wall like a painting. It is worth noting that most LCD and plasma big screens never really get to the wall. It is a great challenge formount something that weighs 60-150 pounds on the wall, and once installed, it is a constant challenge for the maintenance (eg, a 50-inch Pioneer PDP-5070HD weighs 128 pounds).
According to the NPD Group, only 13 percent of the current LCD TV owners and 25 percent of plasma TV owners have their device mounted on the wall.
DLP is very popular with those who want larger screens high image quality at affordable prices. For the money, DLP simply offers the highest quality-size value.An LCD of the same size and the price is not about the picture quality of DLP. DLP is also available in larger screen sizes then LCD televisions.
However, it is a DLP rear projection TV a few inches thicker than an LCD or plasma screen. LCD screens are typically 7-10 cm thick, DLP sets are typically 12-17 cm thick. Because of the fascination with the mounting kit on the wall, then this difference of a few centimeters, the decisive factor for purchasing decisions of many consumers.
TexasInstruments, which the DLP chips produced in a foundry in South Korea, sees potential for new technology that uses tiny mirrors on a semiconductor. The new LED light engine called Phlatlight "(manufactured by Luminus) replaces the arc lamp and color wheel design of previous DLP HDTV. Samsung has had its own proprietary LED lamp for a few years ago. The LED light engine rarely need to be replaced (unlike the cold-cathode fluorescent lamps, which had to be replacedevery few years).
DLP HDTVs with an LED engine are more energy efficient than comparatively large flat panel displays, and the lack of a moving color wheel in the development means that they perform with less noise. The DLP chip is faster than any other HDTV technology, with the mirrors switching on and off moving more than 15,000 times per second an image without blurring for fast images like sports delivered.
DLP HDTV equipment will be a very wise choice for most people, butselective. Many of the high definition TVs in the shops yet no major technologies like LED backlighting.
The reconciliation will be examined for 3D-TV is the search for an entrance on the back of the unit, with "3D Ready".
Home theater PC (HTPC)
An important trend in home theater is the integration of the personal computer (PC) with the home theater. Integration of a PC in your home entertainment center has many advantages in addition to3D video allows. Downloading movies is one of the advantages. The HTPC should be) a video card with DVI (Digital Video Interface. Both XP and Vista supports Microsoft products for home theater.
HDTV and 3D video is computationally intensive, which means a high-performance computers. For 720p video is a dual-core microprocessor is required, 1080p or 1080i video need a quad-core microprocessor for smooth playback. Video files are very large (!), So that the larger theDisk, the better.
DirectX 9 graphics need drivers (software) are installed, if it does not already exist. To your current version, click on "START" and then click Run from the Windows desktop. Enter "dxdiag" in the "Run" box.
Software is available from various manufacturers, "Stereo" (version 1.3.4) is available from 3DTV.at. Purchase of the stereo is about $ 50. While you are at the 3DTV.AT Download GPL MPEG-1 / 2 decoder. Alternatives to a stereo system areDynamic Digital Depth (ddd.com), "Stereoscopic Player" and "Tridef Visualizer.
Abstract
3D technology has become a major force in Hollywood. It is likely that the repetition of this trend in home theater. CRT and DLP work best with 3D technology, but also plasma systems are available. DLP offers better value for large screens with HDTV, not just 3D-HDTV.