ssddx :
i'll have to go with ricardois here...
even a true 3d effect (not like the fake paper over paper effect of 3d movies) is not worth a reduction of 50% in your resolution. at least not to me. the only way this might be acceptable is if using a 2560x1920 monitor.
@chanshin
what you are talking about is the coating they put on the screens. often the glossy finishes are more bright and vibrant but reflect quite a bit of glare into your eyes. anti glare finishes often have a sparkly finish to them which might irritate some people and the colors are more subdued. matte finishes dont have an anti glare coating or a glossy coating to increase color vibrancy. of all the types of panel finishes this takes the cake for being the best. trouble is you might have trouble finding plain matte finishes.
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Gotta go with you and ricardois.
Just went through 3 separate 3d TV purchases/exchanges of active/passive and plasma/led TVs for movies and pc gaming.
Plasma TV: - dark movie scenes especially in 1080p 3D are damn near invisible even with window shades - returned TV
Passive Glasses: - I like the cheap and light 15-20 gm glasses but:
Vertical resolution going to 540p sucks.
EVEN WORSE is the lack of an interlace solution NEEDED for those 540 gross dark horizontal lines. And NO!, my landlord and me agree, they DON'T disappear with one, two or even three eyes open! Marketing bullshit! = Returned TV.
Until you're far enough from the TV that you can't resolve 540 lines anymore, the same distance as an old fashioned 1950's style 525-line TV! Sucks!
But that's where a lot of people watch their TV from because of store propaganda. And since they mainly watch 720p TV, those 540 lines from passive glasses are close to acceptable.
Don't believe those store idiots. Judge yourself!
Starting close enough to see screen pixels, back up to where YOU yourself start seeing precious image details disappear and make the decision yourself. It would surprise most people how much they are really missing in 1080p, not so much the photographic realism, but the wide angle aperture it affords. Don't watch life through a straw and end up with "immersion envy".
If you can't see those 540 lines, you don't need a 1080p TV. You don't even need 720p! Stay with the old fashioned 1950's style TV and save your money.
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And very very light ACTIVE 3D glasses are now available, Panasonic the lightest, but my 29 gram Sony titanium glasses are a far cry from the 75 gram monsters most people are familiar with at the store.