Originally Posted By mawnck >>I had a whole box full of VHS movies -- now I have a whole box full of DVD movies -- NEVER AGAIN!!! << <------makes entry in HIS diary. With a really irritating chuckle.
Originally Posted By JeffG >> "The technology hasn't changed since the 1920s except for the method of projection (film vs. digital). Don't believe everything you read." << So your argument is that the technology hasn't changed except for the technology being used? -Jeff
Originally Posted By mawnck Don't be cheeky. Same polarized glasses, same two images, same flat screen, same eyestrain, same headaches, same excuse for lame movies (like Avatar). It "actually works" EXACTLY the same as it did for "It Came From Outer Space" in 1953.
Originally Posted By JeffG To each his own, I guess. I've seen several films in the current digital 3D format and there is no question in my mind that it works dramatically better than any previous incarnation that I've seen, with the exception of true IMAX 3D. That includes the theme park 3D presentations. Yes, the underlying concept is the same, but the digital systems allow for substantially more accurate synchronization and control of the polarized images. -Jeff
Originally Posted By mawnck >>the digital systems allow for substantially more accurate synchronization and control of the polarized images.<< How do you figure? Polarized images are polarized images, and it's the same 24 fps they've had since Steamboat Willie. Slight sync errors make no difference, which is fortunate because the home TV version of 3D uses a different shutter for each eye - when one's open the other is closed. The only legitimate 3D-related improvement digital offers is that you don't need to go through the process of physically aligning and focusing the images from two projectors (and therefore can't screw it up). Doesn't matter anyway. Dying fad. The theaters have bought the digital projectors the studios wanted them to buy. (The real reason for the 3D reintroduction in the first place was to force reluctant theater chains to upgrade to a cheaper distribution format). Once the extra box office stops offsetting the extra production expense, which may have already happened, it'll disappear within a year or two. The next flare-up should be around 2050.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<the animation looks like it's been digitally screwed around with. Even in 2D, the distances front-to-back look artificially exaggerated.>> It looks the same to me, but I'm going strictly on memory. <<It also looks like the colors are way too bright, like they were chosen from the stereotypical kid's furniture colors.>> If your monitor and TV are not calibrated identically, then no comparison can be made.
