3D

[saleen836]

What is with the tv stations showing films etc in 3D? do they think people just happen to have a pair of 3D glasses at home to watch it?

[mickk]

I think you get the glasses from Sainsburys

[AngryApples]

If you're talking about C4 they have made a big deal of the fact you can get free 3D glasses at Sainsburys?

[Shaw Tarse]

AngryApples said:

If you're talking about C4 they have made a big deal of the fact you can get free 3D glasses at Sainsburys?

I couldn't find 'em

[bigburd]

Drink a bottle of meths, it will give you the same effect!

[Jasandjules]

saleen836 said:

What is with the tv stations showing films etc in 3D? do they think people just happen to have a pair of 3D glasses at home to watch it?

Glad I wasn't the only one who was wondering WTF this was all about.....

[Morningside]

Our nearest Sainsbury store is 20+ miles away. So not much hope of going there! Although I did Sky+ a couple of programmes just in-case I do come across a pair of 3D Glasses. Red/Blue I suppose?

Just like to add that I prefer the old CH4 indent.

[FourWheelDrift]

I have 3d eyes so I don't need the glasses.

[mrsxllifts]

Do you need the two colour type specs? We have the ones from the cinema (dark-type) and they don't seem to work.

[Monkey Tennis]

mrsxllifts said:

Do you need the two colour type specs? We have the ones from the cinema (dark-type) and they don't seem to work.

Yup - the proper old school one red, one green cardboard specs! Bits of it were a little better than i remember seeing in the 80's, however I suspect it's finished now - think it was a '3D week' and started last Monday.

[FourWheelDrift]

mrsxllifts said:

Do you need the two colour type specs? We have the ones from the cinema (dark-type) and they don't seem to work.

They all seem to be different, it's worse than Betamax Vs VHS or Blu-ray Vs HD-DVD.

You need the right match for the right 3d.

The different types of 3d glasses are:-.....deep breath.

Linearly polarized glasses, don't tilt you head or you lose the 3d effect.
Complementary color anaglyphs (the common red/cyan glasses)
Compensating diopter glasses (the red/green glasses)
ColorCode 3D - (uses amber & blue)
Chromadepth method
Anachrome "compatible" color anaglyph

Then you have the technical ones like.
Liquid crystal shutter glasses that work with computer games.

[mrsxllifts]

Thanks for the replies, its all much clearer, or not as the case maybe as we have the wrong sort of glasses! There is a Derren Brown magic thing on in 3D at the moment, C4+1 I think.

[FourWheelDrift]

I kept all the ones given away over the last few years. I kept seeing them in a drawer, but now I can't find them and didn't get the ones from Sainsburys so I can't see any of it