3D Blu-ray and HDMI 1.4 support

[flamingeye]

Feb 18, 2010 15:35:43 GMT -5 Mike Ronesia said:

Now when they figure out 3d without the glasses then I'm in.

So I take it no one here wears sun glasses in the summer for more then a few seconds so that`s why you wouldn`t want to wear glasses for 2 hours I guess , I have to wear glasses to see so I already wear glasses to watch TV so it`s not a big deal to me are the millions that already wear glasses and before you say it no putting 3D glasses on with my glasses is not a problem and besides if and when I go 3D there is a place for $60 will make me 3D prescription glasses witch works for me , I watch about 2 movies a week so that would be 4 hours a week that I would be wearing the 3D glasses not much of a inconvenience if you ask me and if this does take off then will see grassless 3D sooner then later which will be later way later if it doen`t take off now like I`ve said before I`m not getting any younger so I hope people embrace this other wise it will develop at a snails pace and I will be bead and wont care then
note; I`m not singling you out Ronesia I`m just using you as a spring bored for this

[satow]

Feb 22, 2010 18:01:28 GMT -5 jeffreymercado said:

Engadget posted this about the sony blu-ray players, so an upgrade might be possible:

Surprisingly, Sony has announced that they’re going to be sending full 1080p 3D signals over existing cables. Of course, that’s not the whole story.

Sony revealed recently that their new players are capable of a lot more than we thought. Mainly, they're able to process a 1080p 3D signal.

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There’s been a lot of confusion with the advent of 3D and HDMI 1.4, and the initial word was that HDMI 1.3 just couldn’t handle 3D in 1080p. As Sony pointed out though, that’s not really the case. Their new Blu-ray players can hack a 1080p signal using your existing HDMI cords.

So what’s the deal? Well, there are two real factors here. First off, while Sony’s new player doesn’t bear the HDMI 1.4 branding, it sounds like it will still be HDMI 1.4 compatible. As a Sony rep said, “The players and theater systems support the HDMI 1.4 spec for 3D playback, but may not support all of the qualifications of spec.”

So the players won’t support everything required to get HDMI 1.4 branding, but you’ll still be able to get the 3D benefits of HDMI 1.4 while using an HDMI 1.4 cord. The player doesn’t work with the other features of the new spec though, such as an audio return channel, which means it doesn’t get HDMI 1.4 branding.

The second thing, and perhaps the most important, is that HDMI 1.3 will indeed carry a 3D signal at 1080p. It can’t handle 3D at sixty frames per second though, only thirty. Of course, while watching movies on most Blu-ray players, the output is set to 24fps, which HDMI 1.3 can handle just fine.

I think the issue is specs vs. reality. I'm a network admin so I've done a lot of cabling projects. Normally if you want to do Gig ethernet, the standard is using Cat 5E or Cat 6 specs. However, we have found that Gig ethernet will run fine over short distances using just Cat 5. Also, I've seen the same thing with 100 mb/sec over short runs of Cat3. Of course you would want to use the correct specs for cabling - for less noise, longer runs, etc.;

Electricalwise, I've seen really nutty setups like using jumper cables to pirate electricity out of locked out meter boxes from business parks and mini-malls so people could run their weed growing lights and not have to pay for the electricity. Of course everything is out of spec, but it still works.

It might be that HDMI 1.3 adapters can electrically handle 1.4 signals. Maybe not perfectly, but who knows until you try it.

The capacitor formulation which was stolen years ago from Japan was faulty, but the capacitors worked for a number of years before they blew out.