Comments on: Comparing the Nintendo 3DS to Sony’s 3D Efforts http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/09/29/comparing-the-nintendo-3ds-to-sonys-3d-efforts/ Sun, 19 May 2013 02:53:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: EdEN http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/09/29/comparing-the-nintendo-3ds-to-sonys-3d-efforts/#comment-291611 EdEN Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:51:03 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=29432#comment-291611 @derrick: Yeah, actual 3D broadcasts are a tricky situation and since mostly everyone has cable the investment so far isn't there. Also, with current TVs the content needs to be encoded in 3D while the 3DS converts the upper screen from 2D to 3D in real time and for all content shown on the screen which would be the way to go for me to actually buy a TV: Let me see all my content in 3D without glasses. @derrick: Yeah, actual 3D broadcasts are a tricky situation and since mostly everyone has cable the investment so far isn’t there. Also, with current TVs the content needs to be encoded in 3D while the 3DS converts the upper screen from 2D to 3D in real time and for all content shown on the screen which would be the way to go for me to actually buy a TV: Let me see all my content in 3D without glasses.

]]> By: derrickgott007 http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/09/29/comparing-the-nintendo-3ds-to-sonys-3d-efforts/#comment-291604 derrickgott007 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:56:30 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=29432#comment-291604 Alot of tv makers are including 3d glasses in package deals with 3d tvs now. I myself will be waiting before I make the jump to 3d. it's still too niche right now. I work in the cable tv industry and from all reports and info I've seen in the industry, 3d broadcast cable tv is still 2-3 years out. They still don't have a standard of how they will push 3d over existing cable plants (tech term for cable systems). 3d broadcast cable tv takes 14mhz per channel to be useable. Regular analog cable takes 6mhz per channel, and digital takes about .6mhz per channel. There is only so much bandwidth that cable companys can use to provide both Internet and hdcable on coax, so until someone finds a way to encode 3d at less bandwidth, you can only look forward to maybe 1-2 3d channels right now, and that's pushing it. So don't be afraid to wait a few years for 3d tvs to drop in price. Alot of tv makers are including 3d glasses in package deals with 3d tvs now. I myself will be waiting before I make the jump to 3d. it’s still too niche right now. I work in the cable tv industry and from all reports and info I’ve seen in the industry, 3d broadcast cable tv is still 2-3 years out. They still don’t have a standard of how they will push 3d over existing cable plants (tech term for cable systems).

3d broadcast cable tv takes 14mhz per channel to be useable. Regular analog cable takes 6mhz per channel, and digital takes about .6mhz per channel. There is only so much bandwidth that cable companys can use to provide both Internet and hdcable on coax, so until someone finds a way to encode 3d at less bandwidth, you can only look forward to maybe 1-2 3d channels right now, and that’s pushing it. So don’t be afraid to wait a few years for 3d tvs to drop in price.

]]> By: EdEN http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/09/29/comparing-the-nintendo-3ds-to-sonys-3d-efforts/#comment-291594 EdEN Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:42:40 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=29432#comment-291594 @Eddie: It will probably be $249 over here with some software, demos or free 3DSware game. Still, when 3D glasses are $99-199 for each person a 3D handheld doesn't sound that crazy, specially with all the new features (really like how the 3DS communicates and interacts with other consoles even if the game is not in it). @Eddie: It will probably be $249 over here with some software, demos or free 3DSware game. Still, when 3D glasses are $99-199 for each person a 3D handheld doesn’t sound that crazy, specially with all the new features (really like how the 3DS communicates and interacts with other consoles even if the game is not in it).

]]> By: Eddie http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/09/29/comparing-the-nintendo-3ds-to-sonys-3d-efforts/#comment-291559 Eddie Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:54:08 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=29432#comment-291559 <blockquote cite="comment-291510"> <strong><a href="#comment-291510" rel="nofollow">EdEN</a></strong>: <a href="http://www.ps3blog.net/members/shamun/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.ps3blog.net/members/shamun/' rel="nofollow">@Shamun</a>: Not if you buy a 3DS or two instead of a 3D TV.   </blockquote> the 3DS is expensive. Way too expensive actually. Needs to be $199 at most.

EdEN: @Shamun: Not if you buy a 3DS or two instead of a 3D TV.  

the 3DS is expensive. Way too expensive actually. Needs to be $199 at most.

]]> By: EdEN http://www.ps3blog.net/2010/09/29/comparing-the-nintendo-3ds-to-sonys-3d-efforts/#comment-291510 EdEN Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:52:42 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=29432#comment-291510 <a href='http://www.ps3blog.net/members/shamun/' rel="nofollow">@Shamun</a>: Not if you buy a 3DS or two instead of a 3D TV. @Shamun: Not if you buy a 3DS or two instead of a 3D TV.

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