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Video: Sony confirms it's 'bringing home 3D' starting in 2010 {Engadget}
Sep 3rd 2009 2:33AM Read the article, it says clearly that "frame sequential display and active-shutter glass systems" are being used, i.e. 120Hz TVs and LCD shutter glasses, NOT polarised light.
Means more expensive glasses, but the 3D pictures are higher quality.
Sony to debut 3D BRAVIA TVs by end of 2010, also eyeing 3D VAIOs, Blu-ray films, and PS3 games? {Engadget}
Sep 3rd 2009 2:27AM That's actually incorrect. Sony's (now announced) system uses "frame sequential display and active-shutter glass systems", i.e. 120Hz displays and LCD-shutter glasses like nVidia's 3D Vision, not polarised glasses.
Polarised glasses are cheaper, but can only be used with specially-polarised displays at half the resolution, or with dual-display systems. This is a better system for cinemas, but LCD shutter is probably a better system for the home.
Video: Sony confirms it's 'bringing home 3D' starting in 2010 {Engadget HD}
Sep 3rd 2009 2:21AM Not necessarily. HDMI 1.4 is the first to officially support 3D, but all that's really needed is the ability to handle a 120Hz signal. According to the spec, HDMI 1.3 supports "beyond 120Hz", and even has enough bandwidth to do it at 1080p.
Sony to debut 3D BRAVIA TVs by end of 2010, also eyeing 3D VAIOs, Blu-ray films, and PS3 games? {Engadget HD}
Sep 1st 2009 9:47PM No, not polarised glasses, active LCD shutter glasses required (like nVidia's 3D Vision).
Shutter glasses are more expensive, bulkier, and have to be recharged - but usually have less ghosting & better quality, and more importantly they work with any 120Hz-capable display, like DLP, plasma and a couple of newer LCDs.
HTC files patent for capacitive stylus with resistive accuracy {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 14th 2009 3:37AM Good confirmation of the capacitive screen reported for the upcoming Leo.
I doubt the stylus is "magnetic" though, probably just conductive in the tip (like a finger).
xyZ autostereoscopic display takes the glasses out of 3D for (relatively) cheap {Engadget HD}
Jul 7th 2009 4:38AM Problem with glasses-free (lenticular) displays is that if your head is not in the right position, the effect gets messed up. This TV apparently can let about 4 people watch at the same time, but only if they're at just the right positions and angles. Also, you get half the horizontal resolution.
Personally, I don't see the problem with wearing glasses, since most people at least wear sunglasses occasionally anyway, and you generally get better quality. Passive-polarised displays are easier to view, though half the brightness, and need only ordinary sunglasses with differently-polarised lenses. Active-polarised displays give the best results but need bulkier LCD-shutter glasses, though these are getting rapidly smaller.
Dyson's Airblade dries hands with 400MPH blast of air {Engadget}
Jun 29th 2009 9:13PM Ah, but was it a 400MPH airblast?
Did you *measure* it??
Acer AspireRevo: the Ion-infused unboxing {Engadget}
Jun 4th 2009 10:18PM I actually get significantly better results (using CoreAVC) from CUDA than from DXVA. Dropped the CPU usage on my old AthlonX2 HTPC from 80-90% down to 10-15%, and it works on a wider variety of formats too, in my experience.
Partygoers ponder the highs and lows of Microsoft's press briefing {Joystiq}
Jun 3rd 2009 12:32AM Face/voice recog is entirely software, not hardware - Microsoft's domain, not Sony's.
Natal hardware is just a webcam with a clever IR cam that senses depth. Everything else is software.
Partygoers ponder the highs and lows of Microsoft's press briefing {Joystiq}
Jun 3rd 2009 12:29AM Trailer? Faked. On-stage demos? Not faked.
Read the reports from journos who've played with it first-hand. They're impressed. Natal does actually work, at least so far.
