Nvidia Announces 3D Blu-ray Format For 2010

Barence writes "Nvidia has announced that 3D Blu-ray movies will begin appearing in 2010. A spokesman confirmed that the Blu-ray Association — to which Nvidia is a contributor — had settled on the 'proper parameters [for] what constitutes a 3D Blu-ray' and claimed the first 3D Blu-ray films would hit the shelves 'towards the end of Summer 2010.' Nvidia will support the standard through its 3D Vision technology, using bit rates of around 60Mbits/second — twice that of a standard movie — although HDMI 1.3 'should have sufficient bandwidth' to ensure smooth playback. New files will be encoded using the MVC-AVC format, which is based on the AVC format currently used by Blu-ray movies.' Update: HotHardware has some additional details, including images of demo hardware.

Comments

Remind me why we need (or even want) this?

[Overzeetop]

Is there some wicked cool technology that's going to work on my existing (brand new) TV without glasses? Will the directors stop putting in just-for-the-effect, in-your-face scenes meant only to remind you the film is "in 3d!" I've watched a couple of modern 3D films at home and - honestly - they're pretty annoying. Then again, maybe I'm just too old.

Re:Remind me why we need (or even want) this?

[abigor]

That's because you see bad movies. There are many good ones released each year. Hope that helps.

Re:New players AGAIN?

[DebianDog]

HA my procrastination pays off AGAIN!

Re:Color? Why?

[MooseMuffin]

I don't need to wear special glasses to see color tv.