http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/ Engadget Comments for Comcast's 3D Masters broadcast explained http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/Mar 19th 2010 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
The persistence of this scourge is just pathetic. Interlace should never have been allowed in our "new" digital-TV standard.]]>Mar 20th 2010 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
Combine all that with a shitload of compression, and you have a recipe for crap.

They should have accepted the necessity of broadcasting left & right on separate channels. The bitrate on these systems is already pathetic.

This is shaping up to be a crock.]]>Mar 20th 2010 2:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
Get rid of having to have the glasses and then Ill be all for it.

I'll look forward to what people that can view the broadcast think of it]]>Mar 19th 2010 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/3D without glasses is impractical. Has anyone even thought about what that means?]]>Mar 19th 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/

yea, this

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/10/intel-shows-off-glasses-free-3d-demo-now-this-is-more-like-it/

]]>Mar 19th 2010 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
But does anybody actually want 3D on their TV? Seriously?

It's hard not to be cynical and think that this is an industry who have become huge selling flat screens as replacements for old CRTs and who now need a new gimmick to make you replace your old TV, even though you're happy with it, or their production volumes will have to drop.]]>Mar 19th 2010 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
What's a joke is the ATSC, who failed to provide for 3-D in its laughable "standard" in the first place. Then Blu-Ray, repeating the mistake much more recently. Had the standards-setting bodies planned for this in the first place, current TVs could have accommodated it at little or no cost.

Year after year, the committees that govern these technologies demonstrate a sorry lack of aptitude for their very jobs. That's why we still have 1930s interlacing and the ridiculous 1950s 29.97 frame rate.]]>Mar 20th 2010 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/Mar 19th 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/Mar 19th 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
Media Center or TiVo will handle it just fine, only the TV needs to be able to detect the signal and display it properly. This of it like sending 720p content to an old 1080i TV, any set-top will do it, but of course it won't work if the TV doesn't support the input.]]>Mar 19th 2010 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
However I fear if it gets widely accepted, it's going to breed a new medical term kinda like Wii did with 'Wii-itus' , except it will be headaches after watching too much 3D. The International Headache Society (yes they are real) are going to make vestibular migraine a household name to describe headaches caused by too much 3D viewing.]]>Mar 19th 2010 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
Whooo! Exciting!]]>Mar 19th 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/Mar 19th 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
snnnnnnzzzzzzzzzzzzz....Oh, it's in 3D? Wow! Let me wake up! Oh, wait. Nevermind....snnnnnzzzzzzzzzz.]]>Mar 19th 2010 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
Because this one goes up to 11, or 3 in this case. Hopefully this fails. I'm really not on board with the extra bandwidth that will cause more compression of regular HD. And I definitely don't want to buy a new TV and wear glasses.]]>Mar 19th 2010 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
Watching gold on TV is all about watching someone who is the best at something you enjoy doing. But it is nearly impossible to appreciate how difficult the course is to play if you can't see how high the hills are and the pitch of the greens. 3D adds the extra dimension that makes it feel like you are on the green and then you can really appreciate how difficult the course is and how easy the pros make it look.

3D is about making things more realistic, not about throwing things in your face like at the theme parks.]]>Mar 19th 2010 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
I don't know if I care so much about 3D, but there is a huge difference between being on the course and seeing it on TV. Last years US Open venue (Bethpage) made you feel truly small walking around - it was impressive. On TV that feeling is definitely lost. ]]>Mar 19th 2010 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
To hell with that, I wanna see Tiger Woods getting the beat down from his hottie wife in THREE DEE. Ahhh yeah.]]>Mar 20th 2010 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/Mar 19th 2010 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/Mar 19th 2010 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/Mar 19th 2010 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/Mar 19th 2010 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
And that does sound right, TiVO's should record it just fine for playback.

So I guess my stupid question is answered in the "light reading" link:

While only a small number of early adopters that have bought new 3D televisions from Sony Corp., Panasonic , Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and other manufacturers will actually be able to view the programming in 3D using stereoscopic glasses]]>Mar 19th 2010 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/Mar 20th 2010 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/
Still, interesting article. looking forward to the tech coming to the UK,]]>Mar 20th 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/comcasts-3d-masters-broadcast-explained/Mar 22nd 2010 9:14AM