3D TV Area

Those who have experienced the sheer magic of witnessing the 3D display of movies like ‘Avatar’ and ‘Monsters vs Aliens’ are bound to search for ways to get more of this mind blowing spectacle of three dimensional image-play. For those who have not yet felt the sensations of 3D viewing, the buzz remains engrossing as ever. Thus, taking into account the mass hysteria that the concept of 3D movies has created, it becomes a very relevant issue to discuss the availability of such stuff on the television. Obviously, the results of fiddling with your TV in order to extract a three dimensional output are not as overwhelming as the theatrical experience, but even fifty percent of that is good enough to make the effort for.

A popular technique of creating a three dimensional viewing experience at home involves the use of what is called a ‘3D shutter glass.’ Thankfully, this device is priced pretty reasonably and readily available in the marketplace. It should not be hard to imagine the sophisticated tools and techniques that are employed by theatres. Specialized projectors and screens form the major part of the equipment. Obviously, the television sets we have at home do not have these features. The above mentioned 3D shutter glasses come to the fore here and form a bridge of sorts between the rather less endowed home television set and the high end theatre equipment. However, the television must fulfill some requirements for the 3D shutter glass to be of any help. Firstly, it must be potent to display 3D images. A thorough search through the operator manual of the television shall suffice in telling you whether the TV has the capability to exhibit three dimensional pictures. Secondly, it must have the necessary sockets to be able to interact with a home computer. You could also try using a cable to make the two ports of the television and the PC compatible with each other. Such cables are easily available and effectively make the TV and the home computer’s monitor compatible with each other. Eventually, the computer is required to serve an input into the television. Once the interfacing is done, the TV should be displaying the desktop screen of your PC.

You can take the help of the user manual of the TV to find out as to which button on the remote needs to be pressed in order for the TV to show the desired display. The shutter glasses open and close at a very high speed (to the tune of as much as 60 times per second) and hence, create two varying images on the screen. Their extreme swiftness of operation is a bit too much for the human brain to process, and this is what ultimately leads to the perception of three dimensional image viewing. The glasses work at a rate that is better than the one at which your eyes blink. They block the left and the right pupil alternatively and successively. This is precisely what creates the impression of a three dimensional image pattern that is true to life. However, you should go for them only after you have confirmed that the television you mean to use for the 3D viewing has the necessary circuitry and ports. For instance, you will need a 3D Sync jack in the TV This is where the ‘emitter’ of the 3D shutter glass plugs in. The emitter comes along with the shutter glass package, which also includes a software. This software plays a vital part in the whole process of creating a three dimensional experience right in your living room. The emitter, once plugged to the television, should be placed at such a spot where it can synchronize itself with the glasses. The ideal place is just below the TV screen; considering you have a tall enough stand for the television and the appropriate tray structure to keep the emitter on. Otherwise, it can also be positioned along the side of the television. All you need to ensure is that nothing obstructs the path between the emitter and the shutter glasses. You now need to switch your television set to the 3D mode.

Once this is done, we come to the software part of the whole process. Obviously, we need some program that changes the cosmetics of a simple DVD movie content to create a 3-D version of the same. This is the purpose served by the software that comes bundled with the 3-D shutter glass package. Insert the software disk in the computer and wait for the installation instruction to come up. Once the interactive dialog boxes start coming up, the process becomes self explanatory. Otherwise, there are pretty elaborate instructions on the disk case as well. The major part of the architectural and software modifications is now over and the recipe is almost ready for you to taste the flavors of 3D movies right at your home. Choose the movie you wish to watch and insert the disk in the computer. You can also use your removable media for selecting the digital content. Once the video starts playing in the computer, the software presents the option to create the three dimensional version of the same content. Click on the relevant option, as offered by the software, and it makes the necessary adjustments to modify the movie into 3-D form. This way, the 3-D shuttle glasses are able to bring the 3-D images right inside your living room. The softwares are able to manipulate the video content in DVD’s in such a way that even non 3-D movies can be viewed with the extra dimension. As of now, the use of these 3-D shutter glasses is pretty much necessary, but the fact that major 3-D television set manufacturers have gone on record saying that the next year is likely to witness 3-D T.V.s that would function even without the need of these glasses is pretty exciting to say the least. This is exactly why some people would recommend you to wait before making a buy, despite the fact that many attractive offers from companies like Panasonic and Samsung are on the shelves. The logic is clear. You can make the home viewing of 3-D movies even simpler by waiting for 3-D T.Vs based on auto-spectroscopy.