3D?

Each time I go to the cinema to watch a movie in "3D", I'm a bit disappointed. First you have to put those heavy active glasses, and it's not always easy if you already wear glasses. Then… well, the picture is bad. I recently watched a bit of an animation movie made for 3D on one of those big 3D LCD screens, and it's not better, I think it's even worse.

If the picture is not moving a lot, the 3D effect is quite good (that's the only good point I see). Otherwise, the picture flickers, there are some "ghost" images (maybe due to LCD remanence), when the picture moves, it's not fluid (maybe because the frame rate drops from ~24 pictures per second to 12…) and the 3D effect mostly disappear.

It seems to me that this technology is far from being ready yet, and in fact it looks like a scam to me since the technology I have seen is very old. I can't believe they haven't found a way to make it better. All this 3D buzz is surely just a marketing thing to sell more screens.

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  • From Nats ·
    I so agree with you. I'm fed up with all those 3D features invading the screens. As you say, it's not very comfortable to wear the glasses (especially when you already wear a pair) and the effects are not very good, and sometimes, it almost gives me a headache!