[Gae]

As the title states....they will be using the Colorcode 3D anaglyph method...not as good as 3D with polarized or shutter glasses but still might be fun if you can put up with brightness and color distortions followed by the inevitable eyestrain. Hat's off to Channel 4 for at least making an effort though.

Here are some listings.....

Channel 4 - TV Listings - Monday 16th of November 2009

16th Nov

21:00 The Queen in 3D

22:00 Derren Brown in 3D

I'm not a fan of the Queen or magic but I'll be suckered in to watch both in 3D


Channel 4 - TV Listings - Tuesday 17th of November 2009

17th Nov

21:00 The Queen in 3D

00:40 Flesh For Frankenstein 3D

Even though it's an "el weirdo" film, I'm looking forward to seeing the Udo Kier freakshow in 3D. I'm sure the transfer will at least be a better quality than the 3D bootleg version that's available on the net.

No Listings for Wed or Thursday but it's the Queen in 3D again on Friday followed by Friday the 13th part 3 in 3D.

Gae

[metropolis]

where do you get the glasses from ? i'm sure it will look crap but might be fun.

[.stu]

Originally Posted by metropolis

where do you get the glasses from ? i'm sure it will look crap but might be fun.

You can get them free from Sainsburys I believe.

[gavan]

This 3D rubbish seems to come around time and time again. I guess that with the latest Hollywood push for 3D in the quest to maintain profits, they think it's time to give it another go.


I'm all for 3D but only when they can produce a decent sized, fully realistic 'hologram' style image in free space, not some half baked system that involves wearing glasses whether they be coloured, polarised, LCD shutter or whatever and using a normal screen.

[tvbox]

You can go to colorcode website for some sample 3d footage, but it can only be viewed with the sainsburys ones.

[Marc]

i've got some colorcode specs from an old "encounter in the 3rd dimension" imax dvd. They are the best glasses out of all of them, you see things in more or less the correct colours, just a bit darker and with a slight yellowish tint, but the main colours of the source do still get to your eyes!

oh and the 33rd image on the 3d slideshow on the colorcode site is great

[Marc]

Originally Posted by gavan

I'm all for 3D but only when they can produce a decent sized, fully realistic 'hologram' style image in free space, not some half baked system that involves wearing glasses whether they be coloured, polarised, LCD shutter or whatever and using a normal screen.

tell you what, i'll drop you a line when that happens, and you can come and watch a movie with me in my spaceship.

[tvbox]

Do they still have some glasses left?

[Chanser]

I do wish these glasses be in more supermarkets.

[tvbox]

Originally Posted by Chanser

I do wish these glasses be in more supermarkets.

Yeah, and they should be near the tills, not at the entrance where kids pinch bagfuls (really!!!) and sell them on for some tasty profit. That explains why they don't have any left
Also they seem to be stuck together, i asked a freind to bring some and there were two that werent pulled off, just peforated lol

You can make your own from Boxes and quality street wrappers, just get the right shade. You need many layers.

[soundstory]

I managed to grab a couple of pairs at the Victoria branch yesterday......

[Jaycee Dove]

It is rather silly that TV and Satellite Week gave out free ones two or three months ago for one Chuck episode on Virgin and this full series of programmes gets zero support from any TV magazine or newspaper.

Either says a lot about Channel 4s lack of money or TV mags/newspapers faith in them.

But it will badly hit the viewing figures as I have been to our only Sainsbury's twice and neither time have they had any.

[tvbox]

I thought Paul O Grady would be in 3D too? WOW!!!

What, he's going to be doing a record for most objects thrown at camera or something lol.

[Nigelwyn]

None left at my branch. You can't even get any from Channel 4 by post. Fail.

[200p]

Are the glasses red+blue or red+cyan?

[krish]

Rubbish, just hurt my eyes, and to add insult to injury it was the Queen and a bunch of brown nosers

[kmw]

Originally Posted by 200p

Are the glasses red+blue or red+cyan?

You need Amber/Blue glasses.

[Garrett]

Does not look 3D to me, that one on the BBC that did it with moving across the screen all the time was far better.

[tvbox]

It was alright, some parts were better than others. It depends how it was shot. The Magic Tricks show was particularly good

[McNab]

Originally Posted by kmw

You need Amber/Blue glasses.

Whats the point of all these different shades of glasses?

We're gonna end up having a massive box full of hundreds of different coloured glasses and spend the first 10 minutes of each show trying to get the right combination of colour/shades. "Hmm that one's no good, I need a left eye of burnt umber, that one is more of a terracotta..."

I've been sitting here watching Darren Brown with blue/red glasses on thinking "This ain't in 3d" Now I know why

[200p]

Originally Posted by McNab

Whats the point of all these different shades of glasses?

We're gonna end up having a massive box full of hundreds of different coloured glasses and spend the first 10 minutes of each show trying to get the right combination of colour/shades. "Hmm that one's no good, I need a left eye of burnt umber, that one is more of a terracotta..."

I've been sitting here watching Darren Brown with blue/red glasses on thinking "This ain't in 3d" Now I know why

I tried with red+cyan and it didn't look very 3d either

[kmw]

Originally Posted by McNab

Whats the point of all these different shades of glasses?

We're gonna end up having a massive box full of hundreds of different coloured glasses and spend the first 10 minutes of each show trying to get the right combination of colour/shades. "Hmm that one's no good, I need a left eye of burnt umber, that one is more of a terracotta..."

I've been sitting here watching Darren Brown with blue/red glasses on thinking "This ain't in 3d" Now I know why

Apparently Amber/Blue improves colour and depth compared to Red/Cyan or Green/Magenta Anaglyphic glasses. I only have Green/Magenta glasses, so I couldn't watch it either.

There's a few different types of 3D glasses and it all gets quite confusing.

[Gae]

I've been sitting here watching Darren Brown with blue/red glasses on thinking "This ain't in 3d" Now I know why

I watched it using the correct ColorCode glasses and it didn't look very 3D to me either.

What a disappointment this was tonight. I don't know if the 3D was just done poorly but this didn't look like any of the ColorCode stuff that I've seen over at ColorCode's official website. Some of the images over there look half decent but apart from the occasional decent 3D shots of the Queen, overall the 3D quality sucked big time. There was just so little actual 3D depth to the image. Quite frankly, I felt embarassed when the likes of paul O'Grady and Derren Brown were hurling things at the screen and nothing was happening....no pop-out or any sense of 3D depth at all. Yes there were some scenes where there was a bit extra depth but nothing worthy of putting the specs on for.
I really hope this doesn't go to put people further off 3D. This isn't proper 3D folks.....!!!!! If you have used polarised or shutter glasses with a 3D monitor you will see that this sort of filtered anaglyphic 3D has always been pretty rubbish.

What a disappointment Channel 4.

Gae

[pure_geordie]

I too thought it wasn't good

[Dave_nt]

Same here, waste of time

[mike7]

Pretty much as I expected with the correct glasses. If this kind of 3D presentation is to work at all it needs a cinema size screen. Even then your eyes are wrestling trying to sort out some kind of colour. It would probably been better if they had stuck to monochrome images. Shame as some of the archieve material was interesting.

If the original film produced two separate pictures then this can at least be transferred to a better stereo viewing system. If the pictures were superimposed in the camera then there is less chance of getting anything better. Missed the technical bit, if there was one. Brian May has just brought out a, very expensive, book on his Victorian 3D picture collection. Some amazing images of village life.

[kbfern]

Total disappointment, with the glasses on the picture was so dim it lacked any pop.

[Gae]

Brian May has just brought out a, very expensive, book on his Victorian 3D picture collection. Some amazing images of village life.

Speaking of Brian May, did he have anything to do with the Queen 3D doc? I saw a "Brian May" listed in the credits and wondered if it might be "THE" Brian May. I know that he is a big stereoscopic fan, especially of Victorian 3D pics.

Gae

[mike7]

Originally Posted by Gae

Speaking of Brian May, did he have anything to do with the Queen 3D doc? I saw a "Brian May" listed in the credits and wondered if it might be "THE" Brian May. I know that he is a big stereoscopic fan, especially of Victorian 3D pics.

Gae

Yes he is 'the' Brian May. Shame about the hair! He's also a qualified astrophysicist. Contributes to The Sky at Night sometimes. Has an asteroid named after him by Patrick Moore. Clever & talented bloke.

[Gae]

Yes he is 'the' Brian May. Shame about the hair! He's also a qualified astrophysicist. Contributes to The Sky at Night sometimes. Has an asteroid named after him by Patrick Moore. Clever & talented bloke.

Yes....he also has a lifelong interest in Stereoscopic pictures ever since he picked up a Stereoscopic Viewer as a kid and felt like he was able to walk into the 3D pictures on display. Could it have been the famous Viewmaster of our childhood that inspired him so much?

Gae

P.S. His 3D book comes out in Feb 2010.