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Posted by directhex - Wed 31 Aug 2011 14:44
So long as it works on old non-HDMI consoles.
Posted by s_kinton - Wed 31 Aug 2011 15:13
directhex
So long as it works on old non-HDMI consoles.

I thought you need a HDMI 1.4 cable? At least thats what the PS3 states. Not sure whether other connection types will have the bandwidth for it…hmmm
Posted by Terbinator - Wed 31 Aug 2011 15:15
s_kinton
I thought you need a HDMI 1.4 cable? At least thats what the PS3 states. Not sure whether other connection types will have the bandwidth for it…hmmm

The PS3 doesn't have 1.4 HDMI spec though ;)
Posted by Irien - Wed 31 Aug 2011 15:49
I believe HDMI 1.4 is only needed for the “best” 3D formats (ie. highest resolutions for each of the two frames). Some of the 3D formats (possibly side-by-side, although it is a while since I checked) use the standard bandwidth etc but composite the stereoscopic frames into one frame, resulting in loss of resolution. However, some say this loss is much less noticable than one would think…

These “lesser” formats are possible on older HDMI interfaces, since essentially the output is the same as normal - the TV just has to recognise the format and handle it appropriately.

As for non-HDMI support… I don't believe any TVs support 3D over anything else. I suspect it could be achieved over the non-digital connections (in a similar lossy way as described above) but the TV would need to support that, and I don't *think* any TVs support 3D over analogue. About the only 3D effects possible for analogue inputs are the artificial ones that some TVs support to “3D-ise” 2D content.
Posted by directhex - Wed 31 Aug 2011 16:19
s_kinton
I thought you need a HDMI 1.4 cable? At least thats what the PS3 states. Not sure whether other connection types will have the bandwidth for it…hmmm

Declaring 3D support requires HDMI. Buy you can just send side-by-side images (halving the resolution) down the wire, and set the TV to manual 3D mode. As long as the console can transmit SxS 3D, it'll work over Component. In theory.
Posted by crossy - Wed 31 Aug 2011 16:34
Everyone's talking about using TV's with this, anyone got any ideas on whether “3D capable” monitors would work with this. I'm not that bothered for 3D myself, but my curiosity was piqued as to whether this monitor would work http://www.scan.co.uk/products/23-lg-d2342p-pn-passive-3d-cinema-led-full-hd-hdmi-dvi-vga-1020x1080-250cd-m2-50000001-5ms. Pretty much all the others seem to be reliant on “NVidia Vision”, so I'm guessing that they're PC only, plus LG uses passive glasses, which strikes me as more comfortable than the active ones that Viewsonic etc use.
Posted by directhex - Wed 31 Aug 2011 16:45
crossy
Everyone's talking about using TV's with this, anyone got any ideas on whether “3D capable” monitors would work with this. I'm not that bothered for 3D myself, but my curiosity was piqued as to whether this monitor would work http://www.scan.co.uk/products/23-lg-d2342p-pn-passive-3d-cinema-led-full-hd-hdmi-dvi-vga-1020x1080-250cd-m2-50000001-5ms. Pretty much all the others seem to be reliant on “NVidia Vision”, so I'm guessing that they're PC only, plus LG uses passive glasses, which strikes me as more comfortable than the active ones that Viewsonic etc use.

Good guess. It'll work with this model, but not any NVIDIA Vision models.
Posted by FixedELVIS - Wed 31 Aug 2011 22:16
In order to receive 3D signals, you'll need a 3D capable HDTV, 3D glasses, and a high speed 1.4 HDMI cable. If you use an audio/video receiver, it will have to be able to pass 3D signals. I had to stop using my Pioneer Elite THX receiver because it wouldn't pass 3D signals to my 65 inch Mitsubishi 3D HDTV.I use an Onkyo 3D THX receiver now. Thanks,
Posted by Terbinator - Wed 31 Aug 2011 22:21
FixedELVIS
In order to receive 3D signals, you'll need a 3D capable HDTV, 3D glasses, and a high speed 1.4 HDMI cable. If you use an audio/video receiver, it will have to be able to pass 3D signals. I had to stop using my Pioneer Elite THX receiver because it wouldn't pass 3D signals to my 65 inch Mitsubishi 3D HDTV.I use an Onkyo 3D THX receiver now. Thanks,

:rockon:
Posted by shaithis - Thu 01 Sep 2011 14:11
GDI….I swore I would never play another XBox game and then they announce GoW3 in 3D…

Arrrgghh :censored: