Ewww Plasma...Zero_epyon
Plasmas offers, hands down, some of the best black levels on the market. The only picture I consider better is projection, to the point where I don't think I could ever watch a movie again outside of a dedicated theater room.
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Anyway... I was actually looking today to upgrade my projector to a 3-D Ready projector. nVidia has a piece of software out now to output games in 3D over HDMI 1.4 meaning I could purchase a 3D projector and glasses and play Starcraft 2, Crysis 2 and Portal 2 in 3D theater. The problem I ran into is that nothing, and I mean nothing, is really standardized yet. Different sets use different 3D glasses, different projectors and displays are using different ways of working with the 3D glasses, and the standards for future 3D Blu-Rays (such as Avatar) aren't nearly as clear as I initially believed.
Add-in that a few display manufacturers are working on sets that use cheaper glasses, or don't use glasses at all, and it seems risky now to invest in 3D. I'm actually not all that opposed to gadgetry here (I am, after all, talking about throwing away a high-end 1080p projector that's barely over a year old just to play a few games in 3D) but I don't want to deal with things being incompatible or have to muck around with "fixes" to get things to work. I did that far too much in the early days of HDTVs (before GPU manufacturers thought "man, our GPUs should just work with your HDTV perfectly") and it was a mess.
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At this point, I'm looking to upgrade my home theater by May 2011. At that point I should be moving anyway, so I'll just rebuild the theater room from the ground up, get a new set of mirages and be done with it. I should point out for people who want a "Deal", you can get ridiculously low prices on some 3D ready equipment online. HOWEVER, that is when you will run into the compatibility issue. The "cheap" yesterday set isn't compatible with anticipated future 3D technology, but the current set that costs five times as much isn't either! Crappy...
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