have you had chance to re-measure yet steve ?
Yes, just gonna measure another to see if its consistent.
Sorry not bee around much over the last 10 days, been busy on a major IT project.
This is a response to stuff posted elsewhere as there is shall we say "pot kettle black" and emperors new clothes syndrome going on that does not help people make informed purchasing decisions.
As posted previously I had a real good look at the main 3 HD sets, Panny, LG and Samsung.
Was not impressed with the Samsung mainly due to clouding issues with the screen and 3D crosstalk, also the fact that unless you sit straight the polarization effect of the glasses cause the image to substantially darken if you try to lay down and watch.
The differences in the 3D experience between the LG and the Panny surprised me. I expected the Panny to be vastly superior, it wasn't.
In fact it was about the same, strange as the panny send full HD to each eye where the LG is basically half resolution like sky broadcasts are. So I spent some time understanding why.
Firstly with the Panny its well documented that the glasses are quite uncomfortable on the nose. There is another issues, and that is reflection inside the glasses if any light comes in from behind you, so positioning of the set and where you sit and what external light may hit these things is important. The shop I was in had the set in a dark room but light was coming in from behind & I had to sit with on of my hands against the left hand side of the glasses to stop the reflections.
Now its been reported at beyond TV I believe that the the Panny set halves colour on show in 3D.
Well not sure about that but colour is far from accurate in 3D.
NOW for gaming, this is not an issue, why cuz its not real so colours don't really matter, its the experience here that matters.
But with Films and TV that's a different matter.
I don't think its a coincidence that most of the initial Blu Ray offerings are cartoon based material, again not real so it does not matter. For those of you with normal sets, put a pair of sun glasses on and see what happens to the colour. Preferably one with a yellow/orange tint. That is about what you will see. Same on the Samsung but NOT with the LG. Those are the same bluish tint glasses that you get at the cinema.
Now we get to the really interesting bit. The Panny is a full 3D HD set sending full 1080p to each eye. HOWEVER the glasses mullers detail, now before people get on their high horses let me elaborate. There are some pluses here.
It hides the banding that these sets suffer from, it also masks any noise in the picture. Now again sun glasses to this, and this bit relates to another thread, Pio 9g owners get a pair of sunglasses especially yellow/orange tinted ones, get about 4 inches away form the screen freeze the picture and look hard to see some dithering, then put the glasses on, it masks it.
What does this mean, well IMHO full 1080p with current 3D technology is NOT necessary, I saw NO extra detail between the LG and the Panny with 3D material, in fact I found the LG more pleasing to watch, there were no in glasses reflections going on, the glasses were light and the colour was much better. BUT most importantly, I saw just as much detail in 3D with both sets. You could look around the room with the LG specs and go back to the picture, the Panny if you look away for to long, the glasses shut down and take a second or two to re engage. When you take the glasses off you can see the differences in both sets fine detail but NOT with the glasses on. Sky 3D is only half resolution but in 3D that's enough.
The other issue for me with 3D is this.
With current 3D technology when you look "in" to the image it looks stunning, like looking through a window, PROVIDING its shot in video format. That IMHO is the only time it looks real.
As soon as it moves to being shot on film the sets simply cant handle the motion properly, period.
Also when an object comes "out" of the screen that's where content makers have a lot to learn. The way its presented is simply not natural and that's why your brain finds it hard to process. In real life when something comes towards you then your peripheral vision helps place that object in context with its surrounding, because there is no peripheral vision "markers" and because you are looking at a small screen over the other side of the room, your eyes finds it hard to focus on it that object and your brain simply can't process where the object should be in relation to it surroundings.
3D has potential but its early days. It is virtually impossible to compensate for the colour altering characteristics of the glasses, so colour in 3D is all wrong.
There is still almost ZERO content out there and VERY few people have these sets to gauge any adverse health issues that technology may cause. I have friend who is an optician who is also a keen photographer and he states that the eye is being asked to do very unnatural things and it may well cause long term damage. BUT ITS TOO EARLY TO TELL.
For gaming, if you like the effect 3D is interesting but for film and broadcast, there is much to do IMHO.