There is a TV that can convert conventional 2D signal to 3D.. They said it worked pretty well but improvement is always appreciated.. Read up here, brought to you by CNET..

http://news.cnet.com/3d-tv-faq/?tag=mncol;mlt_related

Still can't be confirmed yet but Sony already said that their home computer entertainment system aka PlayStation 3 will be able to support 3D via firmware update that might arrive in unison this June with Sony's 3D TV sale/launch..

Don't forget that the glasses is battery operated and bluetooth connected to the TV.. and each costs usd150... but some 3DTV provide 2 glasses for free. ( I don't think it's really free, I think the price is included when buying the tv..)

Here is a link to help your knowledge better about 3DTV:

http://news.cnet.com/3d-tv-faq/?tag=mncol;mlt_related

If you visit sony's website, go and look about their latest TV products. They will explain to you how you will be able to see a frame on your left eye, and another frame on your other eye with the help of the glass..

This is what I know:

Your battery-operated 3D glasses will be synchronized with the TV via bluetooth. What does the glasses do is blocking your left eye by displaying black ink on the left glass, and vice versa. If you couldn't imagine that, have you seen FOSSIL watches with changeable background colors? Basically it's like that. SO, when the black ink is on your left eye, the TV is displaying images for your right eye and vice versa. All of this happens so quickly and you won't notice them just like how you didn't notice the cinema's flashing light behind the films reel.. And that's why 240 hertz is required for displaying 3D.. Btw, it seemed like HDMI 1.3 is able to handle 3D coz the Sony PlayStation 3 will be having an update to enable support for 3D even though the PS3 is using a HDMI 1.3... So, I don't know why people said that HDMI 1.4 is needed to display 3D..

And I guess you know that this glasses will not come with one red glass, and one blue/green glass.. That method we used to watch 3D elements was called anaglyph but it distorts real color of the images.. So this is not the case with this new 3D TV.. Imagine Uncharted 2 or Little Big Planet in 3D.. or maybe Transformers 2 or IronMan 2.. Oh my!! (Incase you didn't know, some TV brand provides a feature for 2D to 3D conversion.. Watch everthing in 3D!)

When they were filming the movie, they were using a high quality and expensive film reels. I don't even think they were thinking about the possibility of having a high resolution display and getting ready for the future. It just happens that the film enables high quality recording/filming. When they convert the film into digital, they find out that it really fits the current high definition format display resolution of 1920x1080.. FYI, the pictures you have taken with a film a decade ago are able to be converted into Full HD resolution. Regarding 3D conversion, I totally have no idea. Maybe software enhancement.

Er, I'm not too sure. Maybe some of them.

I know it's there but it's not there for us (consumers) so personally I don't prefer to talk about something that is far beyond reach. (Except something that has been announced for surely to come soon like the PS Move). But of course, it's really interesting to think of the freedom and possibilities (but not the price).

This post has been edited by lowyard: Mar 24 2010, 03:10 AM

Laa.. I thought it was something really big like a home console.. Well, it was a hand-held called Nintendo 3DS. It was the next generation of the DS series where people have dubbed them as DS2. The 3DS will be providing 3D visual effects without the need to wear any special glasses.

For more info, please click the link below.

http://geeksmack.net/industry-news/1178-ne...-called-the-3ds

Yeah, like looking at an alternating cartoon images on a toy. You look at angle A, cartoon eyes closed. Look at angle B, cartoon eyes opened. Get what I mean?