Tag: 3D
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 356 – Projector Mounted
It took a few hours but I finally got the new 3D projector mounted, aligned, and calibrated in our home theater… and it looks great! Not only is the 3D aspect fun, but it’s also a step up from the previous projector in general, as it’s 1080p instead of just 720p. The other projector looked wonderful, but this one is even better. I look forward to watching many movies on it in the new year.
(Anyone want to buy the old one? Still for sale, if the price is right.)
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 354 – New 3D Projector
My new projector arrived today. It’s an Optoma HD33 1080p 3D projector. With it, I bought 2 pairs of Optoma RF 3D glasses and a 25-foot HDMI cable. I didn’t want to take down the old Yamaha 720p projector from the ceiling mount before making sure I wanted to keep this one, so I set it up on a step stool with cables running everywhere, hooked up to the $70 open box buy Blu-ray 3D player I got from Best Buy a couple weeks ago (normally $300-400).
The result: Pretty darn amazing. Tron: Legacy looks STUNNING when blown up to nearly 100″ and displayed in 3D. Like any 3D presentation, I’m still a bit disappointed by how much darker the image is when wearing the glasses, but even big movie theaters have that issue. Short of that, everything about this projector is perfect and I think I’ll be keeping it. I’ll be hanging and calibrating it in my home theater soon to give it a proper evaluation.
It’s pretty amazing to have full HD 3D in my own home. I always thought 2 projectors would be necessary for this type of thing. Hopefully Universal’s Terminator 2: 3D attraction film will be released to Blu-ray 3D some day.
My Yamaha 720p projector is around 6 years old and I think it’s worth around $800 if anyone is interested in buying it from me. It only has around 310 hours on the bulb, so it’s practically new. I originally bought it for around 3 times that amount.
But I think my favorite part of the new projector is the stunned/amazed look on the girl’s face on the box. I wonder what she’s watching.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 346 – Coming soon to a theater near me
This is my home theater projector. 720p HD. LCD. It has treated me well over the last 6 years or so. But now a new one is on the way, with newer technologies built in. It should arrive early next week. I’m not sure if I’ll keep it, but if I do, it’ll be a nice early Christmas present for myself. More to come. (Anyone want to buy my old one?)
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 97 – Hadouken… in 3D!
I don’t have a lot of free time. I like to keep myself busy. But lately I’ve made time to enjoy my new Nintendo 3DS, which I love. I wasn’t planning on purchasing any of the launch titles, but after I rented Street Fighter IV 3D from GameFly, I had to keep it. Even though I own Street Fighter IV already on XBox 360, it’s so much fun to play on the awesome glasses-free 3D screen. Plus, the touch screen has four virtual buttons that can be programmed for special moves and combos. It’s a bit like cheating, but it’s also great fun to send out Hadouken after Hadouken with little to no effort. And, like most new 3D releases, the game came with a fun lenticular 3D card on the box cover, seen below.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 83 – Entering the Grid
I received my review copy of Tron: Legacy and the original TRON today! It’s the 5-disc set that includes Tron: Legacy Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD, and digital copy as well as a disc for the first film. Though I don’t personally own a 3D Blu-ray player or 3D TV, I do have a Best Buy right down the street with plenty of employees who were more than happy to let me watch pieces of the film using their 3D equipment. At home, I watched half of the many bonus features and will soon dive into the movie itself before posting a complete review next week. But I will say that I’m quite impressed with everything I’ve seen so far.
