David Daniels explained the recently agreed DVB 3DTV specification. Its designed for broadcasters who need to use existing HDTV digital set top boxes (like BSkyB and others). The specification creates an HDTV-like signal, which includes squashed versions of the Left and Right images. The display itself unsquashes the Left and Right images and displays them on the 3D display as two full pictures. The disparity between the objects in the two views are taken by the eye as equivalent to depth in the picture. The specification is surely a milestone in the history of broadcasting, and this presentation was the world’s first. Good to be here to tell grandchildren about.
But how big will 3DTV be? Is it just something for occasional events? What kinds of programmes best suit 3DTV? What do you think?
09/03/2011 at 12:33
Yesterday we spaniards had the pleasure to watch Barcelona defeating Arsenal in a great event surrounded by a lot of people. I cannot imagine the same situation with everybody wearing 3d glasses. My view is that 3DTV will be a success when glasses are no longer needed. It is just a matter of common sense.
10/03/2011 at 15:32
It certainly would be better without glasses, though it would not help the Arsenal.
Personally, I believe that glasses-free viewing on large screens will only come with multi-view, rtaher than two view transmission.
11/03/2011 at 16:51
Hi Justo,
and not long before that I had the pleasure of watching Birmingham City beat Arsenal. I’m a Birmingham boy myself, but I was sat on a sofa with three Arsenal supporters. Their defeat was made even better for me, as they watched in 3D, while Laurent Koscielny and Wojciech Szczesny make a monumental mess of things.
Certainly I’d like something more realistic, but for now I remain unconvinced about autostereoscopic screens, and am happy enough with glass based solutions.