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[–] lupos ago 

I've got a 3d TV and I love it. It ironic people still go to 3d movies in theaters with shitty passive glasses when the active shutter ones at home are soooo much nicer. Now I can't buy a non3d movie ticket and can't buy 3d blu rays. It's the worst of both worlds.

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[–] GreatDrok ago 

My Panasonic UHD set has active glasses but they seem to have gone for brightness rather than clarity so while the image still looks pretty bright with the glasses running, there's a fair bit of bleed through from each channel to the wrong eye. For test cards this is very obvious, but for movies it is less so. Some like Man of Steel look great but that is quite a dark movie with little pop. Others such as animated films like Despicable Me are virtually unwatchable due to the crosstalk.

I've calibrated and gone through every setting to get it looking as good as possible but the crosstalk is still there. I've looked at plenty of other sets in stores and they all have a degree of crosstalk. Passive sets are better in some respects but have issues with the optimal seating position and if you're off axis the crosstalk comes in worse than an active set. For active, there are issues with flicker and then the LCDs can be too slow so the lag as the pixels change can't keep up with the image and you get crosstalk. OLED should fix that but every one I've seen has been curved and I don't want a curved TV. In the end, my projector needed an upgrade anyway so I bought a full HD DLP 3D job and that uses active glasses too but because it runs at a higher refresh rate than the LCD TV there's no perceptible flicker and the crosstalk is completely missing. Image brightness is definitely an issue with 3D and for my projector I had to carefully calibrate to get a good natural image but once that was done, there's no tiring issues and the films look so natural you forget it is 3D because you're pulled into it so much.

I saw Star Wars 7 at the cinema last week in 3D and the passive glasses were letting quite a lot of crosstalk through, especially on the screen edges. Worst I've experienced at a cinema, but it was mostly just when there was a bright object on a dark background. My TV can do that too, but it also does it when there's a dark object on a light background and that's worse. My projector does neither and is simply fantastic for films. Dead 3D with the DTS MA blasting and a screen that fills your wall is worth every penny. Just how long we will be able to buy 3D blu rays is the main issue. There's no shortage of new films coming out in the format currently but the selection of back catalogue stuff is poor at most stores and I have to buy the films when they come out or run the risk of missing out although Amazon is a good option for picking up those hard to find titles at reasonable cost.

The sad thing is, 3D on a good projector really is great and the market is rejecting the crappy 3D on TVs for good reason but both require the same media so the death of one will likely kill the other. We'll see if the new 4K BD format supports 3D or not I guess.