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A couple of weeks ago I had the good fortune to be invited to take an exclusive look at a bunch of new Samsung tech that Future Shop will be rolling out over the next few weeks and months.
Of course, the big buzz at the winter Consumer Electronics Show was 3D, so that's what I jumped on first.
Samsung makes 3 lines of flat screen TVs; LCD, LED, and Plasma. In a future post I'll get into the details of the differences between them, but today I'm going to look at one part of the 3D technology that applies to all three types of screens, and likely means the most to viewers; the 3D glasses.
For everyone, wearing glasses is a unique personal experience, especially if you (like me) have basically worn perscription glasses every day of your life. Putting another pair of glasses in front of your daily use ones seem really really odd.
And it is...or was in my case. My first 3D movie in the cinema was Monsters VS Aliens, and it took maybe 3 minutes for me to not notice the extra pair of lenses and really enjoy the movie.
The same held true when I tested the Samsung Active 3D glasses while viewing Monsters VS Aliens on one of Samsung's 63" Widescreen Plasma HDTVs. I simply stopped noticing the glasses after a minute or so.
Now, when you do wear two pairs as I did, unless the lighting in your media room very dim, you may notice extra reflections between the lenses. If you check out the video below, you'll see the room I tested in was NOT a nice dark cinema-style media room -- we had the blinds pulled but ambient light kept bouncing in. And I did notice some slight reflections between the lenses (mine and the 3D Glasses), but not enough to prevent me from enjoying the show. I do want to test 3D with contact lenses some day, just to see if I notice a difference.
Also, if I moved too close to the screen, I could see some 3D fringing or ghosting leaking through the lenses LCD shutters, but by too close I mean uncomfortably close. From normal viewing distances, the ghosting wasn't noticeable to me.
Since I was getting an exclusive look at this new technology, Samsung also helpfully provided me with a guide through this new technology. I spent some time with Jeff Ingram, National Training Manager for Samsung Canada and he walked me through many of the cool features of this tech.
Yes, I have videos -- starting with this one where Jeff overviews the 3D Active Glasses technology.
Of course, the big buzz at the winter Consumer Electronics Show was 3D, so that's what I jumped on first.
Samsung makes 3 lines of flat screen TVs; LCD, LED, and Plasma. In a future post I'll get into the details of the differences between them, but today I'm going to look at one part of the 3D technology that applies to all three types of screens, and likely means the most to viewers; the 3D glasses.
For everyone, wearing glasses is a unique personal experience, especially if you (like me) have basically worn perscription glasses every day of your life. Putting another pair of glasses in front of your daily use ones seem really really odd.
And it is...or was in my case. My first 3D movie in the cinema was Monsters VS Aliens, and it took maybe 3 minutes for me to not notice the extra pair of lenses and really enjoy the movie.
The same held true when I tested the Samsung Active 3D glasses while viewing Monsters VS Aliens on one of Samsung's 63" Widescreen Plasma HDTVs. I simply stopped noticing the glasses after a minute or so.
Now, when you do wear two pairs as I did, unless the lighting in your media room very dim, you may notice extra reflections between the lenses. If you check out the video below, you'll see the room I tested in was NOT a nice dark cinema-style media room -- we had the blinds pulled but ambient light kept bouncing in. And I did notice some slight reflections between the lenses (mine and the 3D Glasses), but not enough to prevent me from enjoying the show. I do want to test 3D with contact lenses some day, just to see if I notice a difference.
Also, if I moved too close to the screen, I could see some 3D fringing or ghosting leaking through the lenses LCD shutters, but by too close I mean uncomfortably close. From normal viewing distances, the ghosting wasn't noticeable to me.
Since I was getting an exclusive look at this new technology, Samsung also helpfully provided me with a guide through this new technology. I spent some time with Jeff Ingram, National Training Manager for Samsung Canada and he walked me through many of the cool features of this tech.
Yes, I have videos -- starting with this one where Jeff overviews the 3D Active Glasses technology.
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