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Stringer: Sony is on the 3DTV train

 

Sony boss Sir Howard Stringer is very keen on 3DTV, and wants all branches of his company to embrace it.

 

His goal is that Sony TVs, PS3 consoles, Blu-ray players and VAIO laptops will all be compatible with stereoscopic 3D by the end of next year.

 

"Today, 3D is clearly on its way to the mass market," the Financial Times expects Stringer to say at a Berlin trade fair, imminently.

 

"As with high-definition a few years back, there are a variety of issues yet to be addressed. But the 3D train is on the track, and we at Sony are ready to drive it home."

 

The Sony televisions will use "active shutter" technology, where special glasses have tiny shutters that open and close in time with the television. Most cinemas use a polarisation technique, but this requires an audience to be sat at a certain angle, making home use unsuitable.

 

Like the struggle between HD-DVD and Blu-ray in recent years, one format has yet to be settled on.

 

Sony, however, is far from a 3DTV pioneer. Samsung and Mitsubishi already sell 3DTVs, although US shops stock far more models than the UK. Plus, the PS3 is already capable of producing 3D images, as Blitz Games boss Andrew Oliver told us earlier this summer.

 

His game, Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao - released last month on PSN and XBLA - can be viewed in 3D by anyone with a telly capable of supporting the image. And the BlitzTech engine can be licensed by third-parties now.

 

Go through the stereoscopic looking glass with Andrew Oliver to find out how the technology works.

 

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/stringer-sony-is-on-the-3dtv-train

 

I would be surprised to see this as the big thing in next gen consoles. The first ever 3D game went up on PSN last week.

 

Does anyone know the difference between 3D TVs that need glasses and the ones that don't?

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Compaison videos

 

So the load times are still pretty bad then? sure 15 seconds quicker but 30 - 45 seconds is still a pretty big load time.

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So the load times are still pretty bad then? sure 15 seconds quicker but 30 - 45 seconds is still a pretty big load time.

Uncharted features an initial load after which all other data is streamed, so it really isn't that bad at all. So long as you watch the cutscenes — data's loaded in the background whilst they play — that's the only load screen you'll ever see. It doesn't require an install, either, so it's far from a half-arsed effort.

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Has anyone experienced previous trouble with 1080p? Whenever I set the PS3 Slim to it white dot start appearing scrambling parts of the screen. 1080i/720p works fine so I am on 720p at the moment, but would like to use 1080 since the TV is supposed to support it.

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If anyone hasn't got me on PSN, please add me.

 

NegativeCharge

 

I have just been looking at the Gamertag/PSN ID thread and noticed I don't have some of the regulars from around here.

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Has anyone experienced previous trouble with 1080p? Whenever I set the PS3 Slim to it white dot start appearing scrambling parts of the screen. 1080i/720p works fine so I am on 720p at the moment, but would like to use 1080 since the TV is supposed to support it.

 

Is your TV 1080p? Check the HDMI cable. Try another and see if it still happens.

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Using my game swapping method I finished Uncharted last night, on my way through hard mode now. Many on G-Faqs are reporting my method works for them, looks like I gave a temporary fix to the 3.0 problems.

 

In other news, Motorstorm 2 and Final Fantasy: Dissidia LE arrived today.

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Brilliant moment on Home just now, won the Buzz tomato hat from the Events space by answering 10 questions right consecutively (tomato lobbing at Buzz himself). So I put it on and went to leave only to find that everyone started doing the running man in a circle around a revolving statue of Buzz... So naturally me and 'Hat joined in with the new tomato attire.

 

I'm now convinced Home can be good!

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Brilliant moment on Home just now, won the Buzz tomato hat from the Events space by answering 10 questions right consecutively (tomato lobbing at Buzz himself). So I put it on and went to leave only to find that everyone started doing the running man in a circle around a revolving statue of Buzz... So naturally me and 'Hat joined in with the new tomato attire.

 

I'm now convinced Home can be good!

Because you ran around a buzz statue with tomato gear on?

Wow, really fun...

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Doesn't read discs. Downloadable stuff still works, and anyway I'm on your PSN!

 

And Diageo, was probably a be-there moment. I just found it hilarious as there were quite a few doing it so I tagged along for a minute.

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Exactly Daft! I was going to say epic as well but... Reception probably wasn't going to be great.

 

Oh, and I think that trailer is downloadable from the Gamescom videos on the Store. Yeah it does look pretty cool. Funny knock at the Natal; 'Gone are the days where you just stand and wave your arms around'. Although maybe it's explaining the Eyetoy shortcomings.


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