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Geek Culture / watch blu-ray 3D as 2D?

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mr Handy
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Posted: 5th Apr 2014 22:10
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Hello, this post is not mine, but it says what I want to know very clearly:
Quote: "While trying out my new TV this week, I noticed that my 3D version of Disney's A Christmas Carol was incredibly clear and looked "normal" (turns out I was having problems getting my PS3 to output in 3D) without glasses. I know very little about 3D right now as I just haven't bothered reading up on it that much. But I thought 3D blurays would look blurry or at least different. I didn't know it was possible to play a 3D bluray in a 2D player and have it play like a normal disc. Today I came across an article on 3D's final specs, and it stated that 3D discs will be backward compatible with existing 2D players and will still have full 1080p output. If that's the case, then why put out 2 different versions of a movie? Why have the standard bluray and 3D bluray available separately? I bought the 4 disc Disney's A Christmas Carol when it came out, and I only got the 4 disc version with the 3D disc because it ended up being cheaper than the 3 disc because of the coupon I got from Disney's site. But why even have a 4 disc? Is it so companies like Disney can charge extra for a "more disc" version? Or perhaps is it because of the little extra that 3D takes up on the disc there's not enough room for extras?"

I can watch 3D and 2D with PowerDVD, it allowed me to watch Hobbit 1 3D in 2D mode - but with some rare artifats.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 6th Apr 2014 05:52
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3d video takes up twice as much space assuming full 1080p video. On 2d players I would imagine only one eye is displayed or perhaps there's a 2d version also encoded?

Any artifacts you saw were probably your player or a defect on the disc.

There's two versions so they can charge more for 3d

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Barry Pythagoras
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Posted: 6th Apr 2014 06:03
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If you watch the Time Machine it is in 4D!!!
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mr Handy
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Posted: 6th Apr 2014 14:07
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Some bluray's have 3D+2D version on same disc, it is called "2D+delta" (~150% instead of 200% space and cable bandwith used for 3d), those BDs have "2D+3D" on the cover. And some have "pure" 3D stream.

For example, I want to buy Startrek 2. Editions:
1. 2D $20
2. 2D + 3D (2 BD) $50
3. 3D only $30

Currently I don't have 3D BD player and 3D TV, I have only 3D monitor. So if I knew that 3D BD player can play 3D on 3D TV as 2D, obviously I will not buy any 2D version.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 6th Apr 2014 17:04
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Every player I've come across always asks if you want to watch in 2d or 3d.

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mr Handy
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Posted: 6th Apr 2014 17:39
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You mean 3D-only BD?

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bitJericho
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Posted: 7th Apr 2014 03:35 Edited at: 7th Apr 2014 03:35
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According to the internet they do. This reminds me of the people I talk to about 3d tvs, they're always convinced they can only watch in 3d so they don't even consider a 3d tv

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mr Handy
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Posted: 7th Apr 2014 15:12
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Now I am planning to buy Cyberlink PowerDVD with 3D BD support - it should have revert-from-3D function, right?

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Barry Pythagoras
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Posted: 7th Apr 2014 17:14
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Some of My Blu Ray movies are 3D, but I don't have a 3D TV. They play just the same. I bought them in 3D because they were cheaper in 3D.
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bitJericho
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Posted: 9th Apr 2014 01:39 Edited at: 9th Apr 2014 01:39
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Don't get cyberlink. Instead get Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre. It integrates better with Windows 7/8, works incredibly well. I bought it, I love it.


You can also get a good discount on it if you google around.

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mr Handy
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Posted: 9th Apr 2014 19:48
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I have ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre 6 in my region only digital. Boohoo. Anyway I'll try the demo!

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Phaelax
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Quote: "Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre"


That's what I got, came with my usb tv tuner. And yes, I do get weird looks when people see the rabbit ears on my monitor.

http://zimnox.com
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bitJericho
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Posted: 10th Apr 2014 01:08 Edited at: 10th Apr 2014 01:09
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by the time you get the CD it would be out of date anyways I got rabbit ears but I can only pick up one station lol.

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