BIG Question - lines while viewing 2d! A Samsung video, part of its marketing campaign to market Active 3D (as opposed to Vizio's passive 3D), has claimed that when watching normal 2d TV on passive 3d TV's, they still have horizontal on them. Is this true? Will watching 2d on passive 3d tv's make the picture worse?Thank you in advance =] BIG Question - lines while viewing 2d! A Samsung video, part of its marketing campaign to market Active 3D (as opposed to Vizio's passive 3D), has claimed that when watching normal 2d TV on... » Read More BIG Question - lines while viewing 2d! A Samsung video, part of its marketing campaign to market Active 3D (as opposed to Vizio's passive 3D), has claimed that when watching normal 2d TV on passive 3d TV's, they still have horizontal on them. Is this true? Will watching 2d on passive 3d tv's make the picture worse?Thank you in advance =] « Show Less
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Thanks you :) that's all I needed to know. It's almost $600 on Amazon and $450 on Walmart, so I'm definitely going to buy it from there!
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You can use in 2d and show anything unless its formatted for 3d. It shows normal hd channels in great picture do not need glasses unless you choose to upscale to 3d
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It depends upon the signal, or seems to. There is an option for it, but it does not seem to work well, or at all, on some shows. It will not make every 2D show into a 3D one.
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This is not necessarily true of the new passive TV's. I agree that there are limitations of the active glasses I own, primarily that your ability to lay down and watch 3D is restricted, but the image quality seen from these passive 3D sets is primitive at best. I had taken consideration in waiting for a new passive 3D set until viewing them in-store. These new sets of passive 3D have a lesser sense of depth than their active 3D competitors as well as there inability to produce a 3D image in 1080p. Their 1080p resolution is limited only to 2D image production and on larger screens, appear very grainy. This is not to say that the next generation of passive 3D will not show improvement in these areas, but I am thrilled with my XBR-55hx929 and dont feel like waiting a likely 2 more years before passive can match this experience.
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Passive 3D is a plus, imo. Besides the lighter/cheaper/no-recharge glasses, the image is brighter. And it appears just as smooth/hi-res as the active 3D because each eye sees a picture 100% of the time and the eye interpolates, whereas shutter glasses have each eye closed half the time. No weird flickering or fatigue with the passive 3D,and (on my 42" Vizio) the 3D really pops and looks pretty nice.
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When watching broadcast tv. You have the option for the tv to digitally alter the standard 2D image to appear as 3D when wearing the glasses. It doesn't always look that impressive. However when you attach a 3D Blu Ray player to the set and use the supplied glasses.. The 3D looks pretty good. TITANIC translated really well. You have the option to view images in 2D,or by pushing a button on the remote control.. Enjoy 3D. Hope this answered your question?.. All 3D tv's have the same options. (Best for 3D is a set with 120hz processor minimum. 240hz is better. But 60hz still works satisfactory)
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This is one feature of the TV that I have not used in a while. I personally think that it is just a novelty. I still have the 55" TV I bought and it is still working fine. I chose the passive 3d because you can use the glasses from the 3d movies you would watch in theaters. The active 3d shutter glasses are expensive and needs to be recharged.
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That sounds strange to me. Mine does none of that as far as I can tell. Perhaps I'm not as perceptive as others. So I may be wrong. But when I play 3D movies or games and others are sharing the experience I've never had anyone complain, and they are all over the room at various angles. If mine were doing those things I would not be happy at all. I also own an LG passive 3D led television. It has none of those issues either. I hope that you can find some resolution. Good Luck.
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Hi, always, as a general rule, to view the 3D effect it is required a 3D capable TV, if you use a 3D Blu Ray movie with a non-3D TV you will only see a normal 2D Blu-Ray. So to answer your two questions, yes and yes. As a final comment, I don't recommend this player, look for Sony.
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One of the posters talks about the picture quality while using non-HDTV. I think he said he has it in a trailer, so no HDTV. Also, this unit doesn't have an S-Video connection, which is what is needed to get the best quality standard def. picture (at least that's my understanding). Which tells me that this unit is really not intended mainly for standard def viewing. Vizio, Sharp, and Philips make some units still with S-video connections. Maybe some others do, too, but so far I've found only those three brands. And if I had to guess, I would guess that eventually they'll all stop putting in S-Video connections, as more and more people start subscribing to HDTV. One of the posters talks about the picture quality while using non-HDTV. I think he said he has it in a trailer, so no HDTV. Also, this unit doesn't have an S-Video connection, which is what is needed to get the best quality standard def. picture (at least that's my understanding). Which tells me that this unit is really not intended mainly for standard def viewing. Vizio, Sharp, and Philips make some units still with S-video connections. Maybe some others do, too, but so far I've found only those three brands. And if I had to guess, I would guess that eventually they'll all stop putting in... » Read More One of the posters talks about the picture quality while using non-HDTV. I think he said he has it in a trailer, so no HDTV. Also, this unit doesn't have an S-Video connection, which is what is needed to get the best quality standard def. picture (at least that's my understanding). Which tells me that this unit is really not intended mainly for standard def viewing. Vizio, Sharp, and Philips make some units still with S-video connections. Maybe some others do, too, but so far I've found only those three brands. And if I had to guess, I would guess that eventually they'll all stop putting in S-Video connections, as more and more people start subscribing to HDTV. « Show Less
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Guys, the glasses and TV's may be cheaper, but passive 3DTV's are at 540 resolution in 3D, compared to 1080 that active TV's offer. This is a huge difference that I was able to confirm myself by trying both at a Best Buy store. Remember that before making a decision.
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I think we're experiencing image burn-in on our 2 1/2-year-old 1080p LCD TV. When an HD show is on, there are now visible vertical lines marking where the sidebars of standard definition programs would be, almost as if a standard size screen were placed over the widescreen. There's also some shadowing in the top half of the standard screen area. This is most noticeable when the picture background is light colored. We had no idea this would happen. We were considering buying the Samsung model you've got, but we spend more than 5% of our TV time watching standard definition programs, and many of our DVD/Bluray movies have black bars on top and bottom. Maybe we'll just get by with our current set until the image burn-in problem is eliminated.
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Yes. You have the options of watching 2D movies in 3D. You can also select to watch 3D in 2D, but that wouldn't look very good. You'd either have a split screen with two images, or a single screen with a fuzzy image, I believe.
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Passive 3D glasses cannot work for an active 3D tvThe above glasses will not work. You need shutter or active 3d glasses.
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LOL, 'fake' is a great term to describe it. Don't return it, it's fine. What you're seeing is sometimes referred to as SOE, or the "Soap-Opera-Effect" because it looks like you're watching some cheaply produced daytime television. It has to do with the way the source material was recorded, how it maps to the refresh rate of your new TV, interpolation and other large words you don't care about. What you do care about is pressing the green Menu button on your remote, selecting the first option 'Picture' and then 'Picture Options' about 9 items down. In this menu you want to change the feature called "Auto Motion Plus" from 'Standard' to 'Clear.' Walter and friends should look a little less fake now. I never understood why Samsung sets it that way by default, it drives me nuts!
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This isn't a 'Smart Tv box' or similar. It takes an HD video signal from whatever source and outputs it to your 2D TV or projector enabling you to watch in 3D. Both Side-by-side or Anaglyph red/cyan type.
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There are active glasses and passive glasses. This TV has passive glasses (like the movie theater) they don't need batteries like active glasses. TV's require one or the other. The picture is very similar with both types. 1080p is the highest resolution you will get with 3D without paying 5000+. So this TV does have good 3D, I bought it brand new in 2011. The only complaint I have is the pixilation occurs once in a while. I paid 2700 for it brand new, so under a 1000, this TV is a good deal. 3D is the same since it came out, the 4k TV's with 3D are the exception and they are expensive. LED is better than plasma, but more expensive. The viewing angle (how far to the right or left) is good with this TV. There are active glasses and passive glasses. This TV has passive glasses (like the movie theater) they don't need batteries like active glasses. TV's require one or the other. The picture is very similar with both types. 1080p is the highest resolution you will get with 3D without paying 5000+. So this TV does have good 3D, I bought it brand new in 2011. The only complaint I have is the pixilation occurs once in a while. I paid 2700 for it brand new, so under a 1000, this TV is a good deal. 3D is the same since it came out, the 4k TV's with 3D are the exception and they are expensive. LED... » Read More There are active glasses and passive glasses. This TV has passive glasses (like the movie theater) they don't need batteries like active glasses. TV's require one or the other. The picture is very similar with both types. 1080p is the highest resolution you will get with 3D without paying 5000+. So this TV does have good 3D, I bought it brand new in 2011. The only complaint I have is the pixilation occurs once in a while. I paid 2700 for it brand new, so under a 1000, this TV is a good deal. 3D is the same since it came out, the 4k TV's with 3D are the exception and they are expensive. LED is better than plasma, but more expensive. The viewing angle (how far to the right or left) is good with this TV. « Show Less