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Sony Launching 3D TVs With Free 3D PS3 Games

by Alice O'Connor, Apr 15, 2010 8:34am PDT

Sony has announced that it will launch its first 'Bravia 3D' stereoscopic 3D television set in June with four free 3D downloadable PlayStation 3 games, in Europe at least.

Consumers who purchase the Sony Bravia 3D HX800 launch model or later Bravia 3D TVs will score free copies Wipeout HD, Motorstorm Pacific Rift, PAIN and Super Stardust HD for download from the PlayStation Network, with full free stereoscopic 3D trimmings.

Wipeout HD and MotorStorm Pacific Rift in plain, boring, stupid, rubbish old 2D.

Similar to the technology used in Avatar and other recent 3D movies, Sony's Bravia 3D televisions display two images taken from slightly different angles that are filtered by stylish 3D glasses to create the illusion of three dimensional space.

There's no word yet on whether this offer will also come to North America. Presumably other brands of 3D-enabled TV will work with the games, if you fork out for them yourself.

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"Similar to the technology used in Avatar and other recent 3D movies..."

Wait, these are still shutter glasses right? These aren't actually using polarized light are they?

Polarized light and shutter glasses are not in the same league.

Apr 15, 2010 9:04am PDT

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- There is no way for a 50 inch flat screen TV to polarize light, without making it cost $20,000. Wait 7 y... : The_Turbinator

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Meh. I'm already over this 3D thing and I haven't even put a pair of glasses on.

Get back to me when glasses-less 3D has some more R&D and is a bit more polished. I know, currently that's an unrealistic expectation, but it's not as far off as you might think.

Also, those glasses give me a good and proper headache after a while. Idk about the new fangled ones that cost $100, those are the ones I was talking about when I said I hadn't worn any. I've done the ones with the multi-color lenses.

Apr 15, 2010 8:50am PDT

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Meh. I'm already over this 3D thing and I haven't even put a pair of glasses on. Get back to me when g... : unholydonuts
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  The multi-color lenses are nothing like the new 3D glasses. : ColoradoCNC
  - "...and I haven't even put a pair of glasses on. " meh...ongo : mfAlx
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    CORRECT, the new 3d uses polarization <.< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarized_3D_glasses : lordkosc
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      "Polarized stereoscopic pictures have been around since 1936, when Edwin H. Land first applied it to moti... : swimteampie
      
      The new ones are circularly polarised (z axis) (they don't have the means to do this back then) the old o... : The_Turbinator

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My wife can't wear contacts and 3D glasses on regular glasses = complete fail. We saw Avatar in 3D and although she enjoyed the movie she would rather have seen it in 2D. Anyone else bothered by glasses on glasses? I know so many people who wear glasses I can't believe this will ever take off.

Apr 15, 2010 10:53am PDT

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My wife can't wear contacts and 3D glasses on regular glasses = complete fail. We saw Avatar in 3D and a... : Thund3rball
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I bought the XBR8 because it's image quality is close to perfect (almost combines the strengths of plasma and lcd) but the buzzing is kind of annoying :(

Apr 15, 2010 10:25am PDT

I bought the XBR8 because it's image quality is close to perfect (almost combines the strengths of plasma... : matthaeus

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i dont know why id have to buy a new led tv to get 3d to work. its more than 120 hz, but they will still make me buy a new tv? ill pass

Apr 15, 2010 9:02am PDT

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i dont know why id have to buy a new led tv to get 3d to work. its more than 120 hz, but they will still ... : sanewave
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- Because it's not real 120hz. It can't accept a 120hz input. : Rizob

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The new 3D tech isnt all that great. It usually takes my eyes 15 mins to adjust to the visual weirdness at first. This absolutely ruins the first 15 mins of the movie for me. The glasses tend to make the picture darker too. And fast moving images are a bit choppy...as if I'm playing an FPS game with a shitty frame rate. Oh yeah, and fuck paying $13+ to watch a movie at the theater. HDTV has just caught on with the average consumer in the past 3 years. They arent ready to go out and blow another $2000+ on a new TV again.

Apr 15, 2010 9:45am PDT

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The new 3D tech isnt all that great. It usually takes my eyes 15 mins to adjust to the visual weirdness a... : jarek99
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- 3d tv's are the best thing ever to happen to HDTV........now all the other high end HDTV's are way cheape... : flasher 907

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I don't know about the other games, but Wipeout HD in 3D seems like it would be pretty neat.

Apr 15, 2010 9:16am PDT

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I don't know about the other games, but Wipeout HD in 3D seems like it would be pretty neat. : PointlesS76
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  That it would. I think racing games and simulation games(IL-2, a mechwarrior game, etc) in general could ... : jtthe2nd
  - Definitely need to ditch the glasses first. : deadhorse

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Didn't we already go through this 3D phase and it sucked then?

Apr 15, 2010 8:47am PDT

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Didn't we already go through this 3D phase and it sucked then? : ShXIII
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  You're thinking of the awful ones where the glasses projected 3d images in beautiful monochrome. This is... : TheMongbat
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    I hated how the 3D used in Avatar darkened the image. The effect was awesome, and I might see another mo... : Rape.Farm
    - Also, having seen some of Avatar without 3D, I must say I prefer the normal way. There's a ton of detail... : Rape.Farm
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    Elsa Revelator glasses were shutter glasses, just like this new wave of 3D-in-the-home tech. : Freon
    - Weren't they capped out around 60 hz/30 frames per eye for practical purposes? I thought the locked stan... : TheMongbat

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