Chris Blount
09-30-07, 09:17 AM
Yesterday I had the pleasure of seeing the world premier of a 3D HDTV system set up by Mitsubishi. A local high end electronics store (Bjorn's) has been working with Mitsubishi for the past nine months to make this happen and boy, what a treat it was.
Mitsubishi brought in a large truck with all the equipment. 14 visitors at a time entered the trailer to view the 8 minute looping demo containing 3D footage from Meet the Robinsons, Chicken Little, Monster House and other animated titles along with scenes from sporting events.
There was also another room inside the store where they had demos setup by Texas Instruments with 3D displays of a Star Wars EP IV and a football video game.
The system uses a more refined version of Field Sequential technology. The glasses are basically a LCD shutter system that is synced with the monitor. No wires because an emitter from the TV sends the proper signals to the glasses.
I asked the rep about the monitors. He says that the Mitsubishi Diamond line will work along with a few Samsung models. The main thing to look for when buying a compatible monitor is to make sure it has the 3D glasses emitter output on the back. The amazing thing is that the 70" DLP monitor only weighs 98 pounds!
You can buy the system now at http://www.i-glassesstore.com/dlp3d-complete.html. It's computer driven at the present time but a set-top box is not too far in the future. If you already have the proper monitor and the computer hardware, all you need to buy is the emitter, software and glasses at $199.
The computer hardware requires:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or Athlon 64 X2
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon X800
Hard Drive: 100MB free
OS: Windows XP or Vista
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c
DVD-ROM Drive
InterVideo WinDVD or InterVideo XPack
High Speed Internet Connection
The 3D is quite remarkable. Very clear and clean with no flickering. The 3D Star Wars demo in the Texas Instruments room was awesome! It was prepared by Lucasfilm for the demo. I will tell you this much folks, when George Lucas releases the Star Wars movies in 3D, you are going to be amazed. It really does look great. I could swear that the original film was photographed in 3D.
The pictures below show the outside of the trailer, the inside during the presentation, and the outside of the store.
I can't wait for this 3D system to develop into a viable home theater add-on. It's going to be great!
Mitsubishi brought in a large truck with all the equipment. 14 visitors at a time entered the trailer to view the 8 minute looping demo containing 3D footage from Meet the Robinsons, Chicken Little, Monster House and other animated titles along with scenes from sporting events.
There was also another room inside the store where they had demos setup by Texas Instruments with 3D displays of a Star Wars EP IV and a football video game.
The system uses a more refined version of Field Sequential technology. The glasses are basically a LCD shutter system that is synced with the monitor. No wires because an emitter from the TV sends the proper signals to the glasses.
I asked the rep about the monitors. He says that the Mitsubishi Diamond line will work along with a few Samsung models. The main thing to look for when buying a compatible monitor is to make sure it has the 3D glasses emitter output on the back. The amazing thing is that the 70" DLP monitor only weighs 98 pounds!
You can buy the system now at http://www.i-glassesstore.com/dlp3d-complete.html. It's computer driven at the present time but a set-top box is not too far in the future. If you already have the proper monitor and the computer hardware, all you need to buy is the emitter, software and glasses at $199.
The computer hardware requires:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or Athlon 64 X2
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon X800
Hard Drive: 100MB free
OS: Windows XP or Vista
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c
DVD-ROM Drive
InterVideo WinDVD or InterVideo XPack
High Speed Internet Connection
The 3D is quite remarkable. Very clear and clean with no flickering. The 3D Star Wars demo in the Texas Instruments room was awesome! It was prepared by Lucasfilm for the demo. I will tell you this much folks, when George Lucas releases the Star Wars movies in 3D, you are going to be amazed. It really does look great. I could swear that the original film was photographed in 3D.
The pictures below show the outside of the trailer, the inside during the presentation, and the outside of the store.
I can't wait for this 3D system to develop into a viable home theater add-on. It's going to be great!