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+ easy installation + long, single cable allows stand-up operation + somewhat more immersive than shutterglasses + works on any VGA-source + accept almost any VGA-signal up to 1600x1200 (monoscopic) + stereo capable VGA-input + stereo capable NTSC-S-Video-input + good stereo effect (with native stereo sources) + good optics system with distant focus (11ft. - relaxing for the eyes) + no stereo-ghosting + eyeglasses friendly + no calibration of optical system required + good headtracker + no calibration for tracker required (but possible) + high quality headphones + Realimation stereo- and tracking-plug-in + headtracking-SDK for Win 9x/ME available + headtracking for programs not included in the launcher now configurable by user  (Launcher v2.x) + stereo-support for most D3D-games, even if not listed in Launcher + Windows ME compatible

- too heavy - weak immersion (only 35° field of view) - poor image quality due to bad video signal processing (may have improved in newer units!) - displays feeded by s-video signal, not the original VGA-signal - flicker - color bleeding - low resolution (263x480 per eye) - most text is unreadable - stereo mode cuts resolution in half (263x240 per eye)  - no stereo support for input signals above 640x480 - no PAL-video support (external converter available) - only one stereo-format supported on VGA-input: progressive scan alternate line - no page-flipping or above-below stereo-format support - a small stripe on the bottom of the image is missing in stereo mode - noise in the headphones - control buttons hard to reach  - D3D stereo driver (wrapper) v1.65 could be better: similar to 1st generation Wicked and ASUS drivers - D3D driver (wrapper) v1.65 seems to fail on many VGA-graphics-cards/drivers  - no OpenGL support yet (?) - 3D Studio Max plug-in not available yet (?) - driver support for Win NT/2000 not available yet (?) - US$1800 plus extras