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UK's Channel 4 To Broadcast In 3D
fatnickc writes "The UK's Channel 4, from the 16th of September, will be broadcasting a few programmes in 3D, the full list of which can be found here. While the likes of a 3D Miley Cyrus concert aren't exactly groundbreaking, this will give 3D viewing at home much more publicity, paving the way for even more interesting projects in the future. In partnership with retailer Sainsbury's, Channel 4 are producing free 3D glasses so that as many people as possible can watch them, although it's unclear which of the various types they'll be. "
I don't believe it! Miley Cyrus is wooden one dimensional, never mind 2 or 3. This has to be a hoax.
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Why is this tagged BBC? Channel 4 is independent of the BBC and runs adverts.
They're not the first in the UK to screen a show using this system ; Virgin 1 screened an episode of "Chuck" in this system. I tried to watch it using my red / cyan glasses without knowing this first. They included the glasses with one of our TV guide publication and Virgin 1 has much lower ratings than Channel 4 so I doubt many people saw it in 3D.
Channel 4 are having a major supermarket chain hand out the glasses free and are much more watched so it could gain some traction.
From what I can tell blue / orange is supposed to reduce the colour problems that red / cyan has by reducing the luminance in one eye a lot and using it effectively just for depth cues.
Monochrome telly with none of the headaches that this 3d nonsense gives the rest of us!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulfrich_effect
unfortunatly, for that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutti_Frutti_(1990_TV_series)
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I picked up a pair in Sainsburys yesterday. They are blue and yellow.
if they transmit a 3D boxe match, remember to stay very far from the TV screen, or you will be seriously injured.
This sort of thing has been done before, and in the past hasn't exactly set off a golden age of 3d television. The BBC broadcast several 3d shows in 1993, among them a Dr. Who special, but the experiment didn't catch on then. Discovery Channel did a 3d Shark Week a few years ago, also.
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"it's unclear which of the various types they'll be"
It has in fact been clear what type they'll be for several months, since this was announced mid-August in fact: ColorCode blue and amber anaglyph filters. Even clearer since you could pick them up from Sainsbury's yesterday (and possibly before). http://www.t3.com/feature/channel-4-to-begin-3d-broadcasts-this-autumn
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Yay! Goodbye brainless 2D crap, hello brainless 3D crap and migraines!
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Sooo, presumably the downside is greatly reduced quality and increased annoyance. Almost certainly there will be a large number of viewers without the glasses, or who strongly dislike wearing them (for instance, glasses wearers whose glasses are incompatible with the distributed 3d glasses); for these people, the effect is a fuzzy almost unwatchable program.
Given that in the vast majority of cases, 3d is essentially a tacky gimmick with little real benefit, what on earth are they thinking?!
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hear hear! Who shops in Sainsbury's in this financial climate either?
People who can no longer afford to shop at M&S or Waitrose.
(I shop at Sainsbury's. The alternative is Asda. Whereas Lidl cut costs by not having enough staff and not stocking much range, Asda seem to cut costs by selling poor quality tasteless food.)
Yes, 3D in cinemas is impressive, quite stunning in fact, a far bigger, better improvement to film than HD and probably the most important change to film since colour in fact- I'd argue it beats surround sound for sure.
But from what I understand they use special lense caps on the projectors and this technique can't be imitated on TV panels. Instead they're still using this crappy old technique that never really worked and that has flopped numerous times.
Why is it that because the new technique in use at cinemas is impressive and works they think this shitty old version that never really worked well will take off?
In fact, I'm not even convinced living room TV wants 3D terribly often, I think having to find your glasses to watch certain programs would become an annoyance after a while even if you don't mind it for the odd film.
I avoid 3D movies, and I'll avoid 3D video. Generally the 3D technology is only used for "gag" effects in children's and horror movies anyway. And regardless of how good the effect is, I am not wearing any moldy 3D glasses out of the 1980s for any reason.
>>>American produced Dr Who special really doesn't deserve to exist
Okay I'm sick of hearing this again-and-again-and-again over the last two decades.
Yes it aired on FOX, an american network, but it was written by a BBC writer, starred a BBC actor, was funded almost-entirely by BBC money, and first aired on BBC TV. If you don't like that mid-90s series pilot, fine, but don't blame americans since it was largely the BBC in charge of it.
ALSO: remember it was the British that produced the abomination that was the spoon-playing bumbling idiotic fool known as the seventh doctor - that is the second-lowest point in Who universe (the lowest point being the year that never happened-1985). Anyway blaming Americans for the BBC-written, produced, acted 90s-tv-pilot is as colossally stupid as if you tried to blame us for the ~100 pound TV tax. It makes no logical sense to blame us for BBC actions.
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Try watching something with them. The blue side's so dark it causes a big shift in what you're seeing. The result is very monochromatic and not very believable to boot.
The whole concept of ColorCode glasses is that they allow for better quality color to come through the pale yellow eye than red/green where both eyes have their color screwed up.
Unfortunately, I think ColorCode perceived quality may be different depending on your eye dominance. If the yellow one is over your dominant eye, it probably looks great. If the dark blue one is over your dominant eye, it probably looks monochrome.
It's stereo.
Similar to stereo audio not being binaural audio.
Because there is only one fixed viewing angle and focus plane. Which is also the reason for the additional eye strain.
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