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     Anonymous Rating: N/A |
Check it: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20031211/tc_usatoday/12065365 | ||
| BOPrey Rating: N/A |
This is a review of the product. Pay a bit more attention to the middle of the article. Effectively, Sharp charges you another $1,500 for a monochrome barrier screen behind the regular LCD which only worth less than a hundred dollars. Note. I said monochrome barrier screen instead of monchrome LCD because a barrier screen is less expensive and complicated than a LCD screen in a factor of 10. Make up your mind before you bug. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1389527,00.asp | ||
| BOPrey Rating: N/A |
Oh, I forgot to memtion that when you are in 3D mode, you resolution gets cut in half, and not to memtion that the LCD native resolution is only 1,024-by-768. | ||
| StereoGamer Rating: N/A |
Just to balance this out a little, I have seen the RD3D laptop up close and personal and it looks pretty good. These specs are not bad considering this is a flat panel. Yes the res. gets cut in half, but thats the only way to do stereo on an LCD and at 1024x768 running games and such it's not really noticable. Compare this to other stereo LCD solutions and you'll see that it's a good choice. Of course it can't compete with $40 shutters, but that's not an apples to apples comparison is it? Cheers. | ||
| BOPrey Rating: N/A |
StereoGamer, Most of us here haven't see the RD3D. Do you mind giving a small review? How wide is the sweat spot? | ||
| Anonymoose Rating: N/A |
I've seen the RD3D. The sweet spot gives you about an inch or so of sideways movement. Cross talk looked much higher than that seen with shutter glasses or on another autostereo display that was set up nearby. One of the article writers seemed to be alluding to that when he noted that with some game scenes he kept seeing double images. One disadvantage of this laptop is that the battery life is only 1.5 hours or so. Supposedly, the reason for that is the 3D system absorbs twice as much light as a normal LCD even when in 2D mode(i.e. when the 3D barrier is turned off). This is compensated by much brighter than normal power hungry backlight. There are a small number of autostereoscopic monitors on the market at lower prices (though still expensive). Some can switch between 2D and 3D. If you want something without glasses you could buy one of those and spend the money you save on a decent desktop PC (or Mac  ). | ||
| BOPrey Rating: N/A |
Thanks for the heads up. An inch or so of sweet spot is about as big as this type of tech can do. As for the "cross talk", that has to do with the way the picture was taken or rendered. Most people need a little bit a adjustment time for looking at stereo images on flat screens. Too much stereo seperation might post a problem for most viewers, but at the same time create great stereo effect for expert viewers. As for the battery life, that is a none issue since that unit is not designed as laptop, but rather a desktop replacement. |
