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I'm starting this thread specifically for those of us who have tried 3D setups with the PS3 to exchange their experiences. There are a couple other 3D threads regarding research and theory, but I'm hoping to keep this thread specifically for those of us who have setup their own 3D rigs: what equipment they used; how well it worked; picture quality; all that good stuff.
My first attempt at 3D on the PS3 was with the Samsung PN50C490 50" 720p 3D Plasma TV. This can be found with 2 sets of 3D glasses for just under $1000. It was inexpensive enough that I decided to give it a try. I returned it to Best Buy 2 days later.
Under no circumstances can I recommend purchasing the Samsung PN50C490 for your PS3 for the following reason: It is not actually a 720p display, and it lacks a 1:1 pixel mapping mode. It looks absolutely awful, horrible, seriously nasty on the PS3 because of this.
A more detailed review follows:
Like many current HD TVs this is NOT a 720p display, it is instead a display with 1366x768 pixels. This wouldn't be a huge problem except that it also does not offer a 1:1 pixel mapping mode. Thus ALL content is always scaled to fit this incorrect "720p" resolution. It still looks OK for blu-ray movies, but for any other content the picture is so awful it is essentially unusable. For example, even the menus on the PS3 were terrible looking. Every game looked absolutely horrible. When spitting 1080p to the display, instead of downsampling to 1366x768 (which, if done correctly would look great), it instead appears to downsample to 720p and then upsample that again to the incorrect 1366x768 resolution. I never even got to the point of trying the 3D functionality because the picture was so awful.
On a side note, I hooked it up to my Mac in both Mac OS X and Windows XP and ran it at 1360x768 pixels (which was close enough that it did not apply pixel scaling). When running at the native resolution of the screen the picture was nothing short of stunning. It was absolutely beautiful, and watching an HD movie in iTunes in this mode looked far better than a blu-ray did with the pixel-scaling that is built into the screen. Why any company would build something with the potential to look so good and then cripple it is beyond me. Don't buy this product unless they release an updated model that offers either a true 720p screen or a 1:1 pixel mapping mode (this is when you get the proper 1280x720 pixels with a small black bar on all sides. You can google this issue for more information if you want.) As far as I'm concerned this product is broken right out of the box...
I'm looking forward to hearing about the setups that other people here have tried, either successfully or not. It would also be nice to hear approximately how much the various setups cost.
My first attempt at 3D on the PS3 was with the Samsung PN50C490 50" 720p 3D Plasma TV. This can be found with 2 sets of 3D glasses for just under $1000. It was inexpensive enough that I decided to give it a try. I returned it to Best Buy 2 days later.
Under no circumstances can I recommend purchasing the Samsung PN50C490 for your PS3 for the following reason: It is not actually a 720p display, and it lacks a 1:1 pixel mapping mode. It looks absolutely awful, horrible, seriously nasty on the PS3 because of this.
A more detailed review follows:
Like many current HD TVs this is NOT a 720p display, it is instead a display with 1366x768 pixels. This wouldn't be a huge problem except that it also does not offer a 1:1 pixel mapping mode. Thus ALL content is always scaled to fit this incorrect "720p" resolution. It still looks OK for blu-ray movies, but for any other content the picture is so awful it is essentially unusable. For example, even the menus on the PS3 were terrible looking. Every game looked absolutely horrible. When spitting 1080p to the display, instead of downsampling to 1366x768 (which, if done correctly would look great), it instead appears to downsample to 720p and then upsample that again to the incorrect 1366x768 resolution. I never even got to the point of trying the 3D functionality because the picture was so awful.
On a side note, I hooked it up to my Mac in both Mac OS X and Windows XP and ran it at 1360x768 pixels (which was close enough that it did not apply pixel scaling). When running at the native resolution of the screen the picture was nothing short of stunning. It was absolutely beautiful, and watching an HD movie in iTunes in this mode looked far better than a blu-ray did with the pixel-scaling that is built into the screen. Why any company would build something with the potential to look so good and then cripple it is beyond me. Don't buy this product unless they release an updated model that offers either a true 720p screen or a 1:1 pixel mapping mode (this is when you get the proper 1280x720 pixels with a small black bar on all sides. You can google this issue for more information if you want.) As far as I'm concerned this product is broken right out of the box...
I'm looking forward to hearing about the setups that other people here have tried, either successfully or not. It would also be nice to hear approximately how much the various setups cost.
