D+D+D = 3D

Who have not watch movie in 3D yet? Raise up your hand~

Well, if you have not watch any 3D movie, at least go to any showroom e.g. Harvey Norman or Sony Centre and give it a try with their 3D TV... and yes, its free~!!

It is either you like it or you hate it..

For me, it is a love hate thing~ because not everything should be watched in 3D....

for example... Avatar, Legend of the Guardian, Transformers 3 (and few others that I could not remember) are the movies that manage to give "LIFE" and immersiveness as if you are in the movie... everything feels kinda natural.

And for animated movies such as Toy Story 3, Despicable Me, etc... is just adding depth to it.

But for some movies such as Smurf, G-Force, Alice in Wonderland, Step Up 3D, Final Destination and many..many more... is totally not worth it as it just over-hype the 3D to pull crowd to the cinema.

Click here for >> list of 3D Films

OK, now for people who have watch 3D movies..... Did you know there are many types of 3D technology being used at different cinema?

They have Active Shutter Glass and Passive 3D

and from that two types of 3D, they can be expanded to IMAX 3D, RealD, Dolby 3D, Xpand 3D.

But I don't want to give more detail on that matter but I just want to tell my thought about 3D tech that I have tried in GSC, IMAX, MegaCineplex and BigCinemas...

GSC, IMAX* and MegaCineplex use Passive 3D

BigCinemas use Active Shutter Glass

TGV... umm, I dunno, never watch 3D there yet.. but I think they use Passive...

* IMAX is no longer available in Malaysia

Active VS Passive

Active - the glass is expensive

Passive - Cheap

Active - Use battery

Passive - does not require power source

Active - Full Resolution 1920 x 1080

Passive - Resolution is 1920 x 540

Active Shutter 3D have superior resolution and edge smoothness because they only use one projector and the images does not overlaps as in passive 3D.

In passive 3D, the image becomes much courser. the black lines which separate the horizontal and vertical polarising strips on the filter create uneven jagged edge. The setup requires two projectors for each eye and overlapping images make the movie have ghosting issue.

Active shutter glasses mostly eliminate "ghosting" which is a problem with other 3D display technologies such as RealD 3D, or Dual projector setups. Active shutter glasses are colour neutral enabling 3D viewing in the full colour spectrum. (WiKipedia)

So which one is better? Active or Passive ?

It is a personal decision, but I would go for Active as it gives full resolution and high quality images and the fact for Passive 3D lacks of clarity.

I think enough of 3D ... cause I am really sure most of you don't really care about the technical aspect of it... right?!

p/s: I am such a geek...