Super Bowl in 3-D?

Athena — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:51:43 GMT

I'm holding out for the hologram broadcast so we can all play along at home.

Super Bowl in 3-D?

Tom Murray, Mt Horeb, WI — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:01:43 GMT

Which of these technologies enable viewing in color? The old one did not.

Super Bowl in 3-D?

Rich Emery, Hamilton OH — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:32:14 GMT

Correction -- back in the short-lived 1950s boom in 3-D movies, the preferred system used for all major movies was NOT, repeat NOT, the anaglyph system that utilizes glasses with red and blue lenses. 3-D movies of the 1950s in fact used polarized filters and glasses (developed, naturally enough, by the Polaroid Corp.). Somehow, because of the predominance of the anaglyph system for magazines, comic books and other still photos since then, it's become an urban legend that movies of the time used the same anaglyph system.
They did not. Yes, outside of formal 3-D movie festivals, all current public showings of classic 3-D movies use prints prepared for anaglyphic presentation and viewing. I've personally seen "Dial M for Murder" and "Creature from the Black Lagoon" in the Cincinnati area over the last ten years, and these were in fact anaglyphic -- but these films WERE NOT in their original presentation.

Super Bowl in 3-D?

jabril negeb,peoria,illinois — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:40:33 GMT

who cares we are in a recession that could turn into a depression and you guys are concerned about a dumb football game. a bunch of over paid ego maniacs; who carry guns into night clubs and accidentally shot themselves. I'm tired of these overpaid pumped up, steroid injecting idiots. It is immoral what our society pays these guys just run up and down a football field hitting and smacking one another all in the name of sports and entertainment, Then you hear about all the crap these over paid morons get into steroids and other drugs, inflated egos, cheating on wives with groupies, gun tooting, gangster wannabes.These guys should do more to help in the community instead going around flouting their money,cars,and women.

Super Bowl in 3-D?

David, Harford, MD — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:10:18 GMT

I love the concept of 3D. However, I am colorblind and I am not able to view 3D graphics using the current glasses technique. I just hope the directors are keeping this in mind when they are filming 3D comercials, tv shows and movies. I'm not alone in this situation. I've red that 5% of americans are colorblind and most of them don't even know it.

Super Bowl in 3-D?

Phil Gray, San Francisco, Calif. — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:34:02 GMT

Picked up the glasses at Safeway;s, went to colorcode3d website which has a sample of both photos and videos (in three sizes no less) and found the new yellow/blue version of anaglyph a, well, disappointing process that shows little improvement over the older red/cyan version. The colors are still off and the blue portion of the glasses are so dark compared to the yellow portion it started giving me eyestrain within a minute. This will only add a negative attitude to the people who will watch this without having seen imax 3d or the new, and exceptional, digital 3d in a theatre.

And to clarify a major error by the author Alan Boyle, House of Wax was not originally released with the "iconic" red-blue glasses. It was filmed and projected using two distinct left eye-right eye prints that were melded into one with the use of polarized lenses. The problem with that process was mainly aligning the two projectors correctly so that the prints stayed in sync. One frame off, as often happened, caused chaos and discomfort with the 3d process and eventually killed any chances of it becoming a viable theatrical process. The red-blue glasses popped up in the 70s and 80s as a cheap way to try and deliver 3d to television. It was disastrous and guaranteed a 2nd round of failures for 3d.

True 3D television is probably where HD stood about 15 years ago. A plethora of processes are being demonstrated, and some are already in production. With no conformity to one standard I'm afraid 3d will spend another couple of decades as no more than a hope for process that hasn't been a success.

Super Bowl in 3-D?

DJ, Roselle Park, New Jersey — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:08:46 GMT

3D is useless to those of us who have only one eye to see with.

Super Bowl in 3-D?

John Doe, Seattle, Wash. — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:40:15 GMT

wow...the things we come up with nowadays.

i think everyone in the world is doing a very good job. no things aren1't perfect, but together we can try to make it perfect.

Super Bowl in 3-D?

Asheville Jack — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:49:08 GMT

This is what great salesmanship is all about. Create a buzz that has everybody scurrying about to find 3D glasses to watch a TV commercial for a product. I can hear all these ad execs laughing their asses off now. So, be a chump and run out and get these 3D glasses pronto.

Super Bowl in 3-D?

Steve, Washington D.C. — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:43:11 GMT

Do you need a 3D capable TV (such as the recent Samsung DLP's or plasmas)? Or would any recent HDTV work?

Super Bowl in 3-D?

Linda Robinett, Ridgecrest, CA — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:28:29 GMT

As a person with one extremely weak eye, who has only seen 3-D in one place in my entire life, the now defunct Captain Emo exhibit at Disneyland, I hope this stuff is viewable by those who cannot use the glasses. Disneyland uses the polarized glasses and those even worked for me. The red and blue colored ones never did.

Super Bowl in 3-D?

Rob - Seattle — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:26:26 GMT

In agreement w/ Linda, saw Captain Emo YEARS ago and the final scenes where the little creature dance out of the screen and 1/2 way to the back of the theater was AMAZING. If Speilberg starts filming with this tech be prepared for re-emergence of a movie theater boom.

Super Bowl in 3-D?

Jen, Gibsonia, Pa — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:40:01 GMT

Just went to Target and Walmart. Neither had anything resembling a display for the 3D glasses. So I called the 1-800 number, and after I was on hold for at least 15 minutes, the line picked up but no one was there. I could hear office sounds in the background but no one would pick up the phone. Sounds like a useless scam to me.

[ALAN ADDS: That sounds terrible. I called the 800 number yesterday, just to do the usual check to make sure it worked, and although it rang for a long time someone eventually answered and asked right away for my ZIP code. I wonder if supermarkets are a better bet than the big stores...]

Super Bowl in 3-D?

AAAAANDRE — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:09:00 GMT

Here's a tip for watching the game in 3D...

Use the Pulfrich Method. (look it up)
Take an old pair of sunglasses and take the lens out of one eye and watch the game. When the camera moves right to left or left to right (depending on which lens you remove) it will be in 3D.

Or just squint one eye while watching. Squint the eye on the side where the scene is coming into the screen from.

Wear the glasses during the 2D commercials too, sometimes something will jump out.

Super Bowl in 3-D?

Roger Bolan, Longmont, CO — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:08:34 GMT

I hope the technology has improved. The last time I tried out 3D was to see the movie "Spy Kids 3D". The glasses never worked for me. I struggled with the movie all the way through, and kept flipping the glasses, thinking that maybe I had them on wrong. All I got was a headache from trying to make the 3D work.

Super Bowl in 3-D?

Frank Glover, Rochester, NY — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:08:37 GMT

"who cares we are in a recession that could turn into a depression and you guys are concerned about a dumb football game...."

No, this is about business. Professional football and advertising *are* business.

Merely listening to baseball (what? a bunch of guys hitting a ball with a stick and running around?) got many people through a *real* depression. Would you have most of us (I'm a very mild football fan, the only team I care about isn't in the Bowl, yet I'll almost certainly watch it.) just sit around and be *mentally* depressed over how things are?

BTW, men without two nickles to rub together have also been known to use dangerous drugs, abuse their wives, display their egos, misuse their guns...nothing new there.

Tell us what we *should* be watching for entertainment. (The answer might entertain me, too.)

Super Bowl in 3-D?

Frannk Glover, Rochester, NY — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:10:52 GMT

"3D is useless to those of us who have only one eye to see with."

Yes...and stereo sound is useless to someone that's deaf in one ear. Your point?

Super Bowl in 3-D?

Michael Johnson, Lafayette, IN — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:08:52 GMT

I have access to some high end 3D systems at work used for scientific visualization. The current "holy grail" is to actually use LCD shutter glasses where you use a projector or monitor capable of at least 120hz (120 frames per second) where each frame is shown and glasses shut off either the right eye or left eye for 1/120th of a second creating a near flawless 3D represention.

Super Bowl in 3-D?

JOey WOzniak — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:09:26 GMT

I think it a good idea its not like it will matter if you dont want to see in 3D the SUPER BOWL will be on almost 10 channels

Super Bowl in 3-D?

Jeff Youngstown, OH — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:35:58 GMT

The Only Place I found the glasses was at Giant Eagle supermarkets. Hope this helps some people. One place had them at a display, the other giant eagle kept them behind the service desk and i had to ask for them because people were taking tons of them apparently. They come in a sheet with 4 pairs, a flat cardboard sheet. Hope this helps you guys locate them.

They are the colorcode 3d type, with the amber and blue lens, they are not red/blue or red/cyan if you were thinking of making a pair (which does work to some degree, but not well with anaglyph red/blue pictures. I can't get the films to do anything)

Super Bowl in 3-D?

Jhon Doe, Seattle, Wash. — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:06:54 GMT

were do you get those glasses?

[ALAN ADDS: The paper glasses are being distributed in bins that are placed at retail outlets ... the places where Pepsi and Sobe water are sold. For example, at my local Safeway, there's a bin right at the end of an aisle, up front. Today it was half-full of the glasses, which are basically sheets of cardboard with the colored plastic affixed over the eyeholes. If you can't find them right off, I would ask a sales clerk. To my mind, supermarkets or maybe convenience stores would be the best places to check. Here's a link to more information:]

http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/archive/category/1316.aspx

[Here's some additional info from "Nightly News": You can find them at any of the following stores: Kroger, Ralphs, Frys, Safeway/Vons, Supervalu, Food Lion, A&P, Pathmark, Coburns, Fairway, Fresh Brands, Hy Vee, Nash Finch, Roundy's, Winn Dixie, Dollar General, Meijer (1/31 only), Target (1/31 only)]

Super Bowl in 3-D?

mike freda — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:14:42 GMT

where in massachusetts can i get 3d glasses?

Super Bowl in 3-D?

need glasses — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:16:32 GMT

Where do you get the glasses for the super bowl?

Super Bowl in 3-D?

James,Holbrook,NY — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:55:33 GMT

my only complaint about 3d is well will the designers ever consider making them fit better around regular prescription glasses so that the many people with not perfect sight can see a not so perfect idea!! When thework out that problem they will have a start for my vote!!!!

Super Bowl in 3-D?

cathy, michigan — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:40:24 GMT

You can find them at any of the following stores: Kroger, Ralphs, Frys, Safeway/Vons, Supervalu, Food Lion, A&P, Pathmark, Coburns, Fairway, Fresh Brands, Hy Vee, Nash Finch, Roundy's, Winn Dixie, Dollar General, Meijer (1/31 only), Target (1/31 only)

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