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How about an official 3-D BD designation?

post #1 of 22
9/18/10 at 6:11am
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I am tired of having to guess if a 3-D Blu-Ray is shutter glass or anaglyph; isn't it about time for an official 3-D shutter glass BD designation (not logo)?
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post #2 of 22
9/18/10 at 7:26am
The new 3D format doesn't know if you're using shutter glasses or polarized glasses or an auto-stereoscopic display or whatever. It's not only for shutter glasses TVs.
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post #3 of 22
9/18/10 at 9:21am
From what I could tell, those with the Blu-Ray 3D logo are the ones for 3D tv's, everything that came before was anaglyph.
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post #4 of 22
9/18/10 at 2:50pm
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Originally Posted by OmegaR3D View Post

From what I could tell, those with the Blu-Ray 3D logo are the ones for 3D tv's, everything that came before was anaglyph.

But what if the description is in text, without a logo?
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post #5 of 22
9/18/10 at 2:53pm
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Originally Posted by Joe Bloggs View Post

The new 3D format doesn't know if you're using shutter glasses or polarized glasses or an auto-stereoscopic display or whatever. It's not only for shutter glasses TVs.

Fine; now what shall the official name for the new format be?
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post #6 of 22
9/18/10 at 3:17pm
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Originally Posted by pmalter0 View Post

Fine; now what shall the official name for the new format be?

I shall call it BD3D.
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post #7 of 22
9/18/10 at 4:13pm
I thought 3D Blu Ray not Blu Ray 3D is the official name?
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post #8 of 22
9/18/10 at 4:32pm
I abbreviate it 3DBD but I when I write the complete name I use the correct Blu-ray 3D name.
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post #9 of 22
9/18/10 at 4:53pm
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Originally Posted by pmalter0 View Post

But what if the description is in text, without a logo?

Then its not a 3D Blu-ray. What discs don't have the logo but are in stereoscopic 3D?
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post #10 of 22
9/18/10 at 7:52pm
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Originally Posted by almostinsane View Post

Then its not a 3D Blu-ray. What discs don't have the logo but are in stereoscopic 3D?

E.g.: how do you search in Google or on Amazon, etc. so as to get non-anaglyph BDs?
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post #11 of 22
9/18/10 at 9:41pm
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Originally Posted by pmalter0 View Post

E.g.: how do you search in Google or on Amazon, etc. so as to get non-anaglyph BDs?

You have to wait for the cover art to be posted and the 3D BD logo has to be on the package

This site also helps:

http://www.3dmovielist.com/list.html
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post #12 of 22
9/19/10 at 6:56am
The trademarks are for "Blu-ray 3D" and two logos depicting same (one with the 3D underneath and one with it to the right). Serial numbers for the logos are 77893175 and 77893178 if you wish to confirm.
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post #13 of 22
9/19/10 at 8:16am
The two versions of the official Trademarked logo from the Blu-ray Disc Association use the name "Blu-ray 3D" - see here for the logos:
http://hd.engadget.com/2010/01/06/blu-ray-3d-logo-unveiled/
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post #14 of 22
9/19/10 at 11:34am
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That's all fine and good; but wouldn't it be nice to be able to search Google, eBay,Amazon, etc. for BD 3D and not get loaded with anaglyphs?
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post #15 of 22
9/19/10 at 12:08pm
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Originally Posted by pmalter0 View Post

That's all fine and good; but wouldn't it be nice to be able to search Google, eBay,Amazon, etc. for BD 3D and not get loaded with anaglyphs?

The problem is, the older Anaglyph BDs are 3D. Just not stereoscopic 3D.

You can monitor the 3D BD new release thread as I do keep it up to date as best as possible.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1235684
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post #16 of 22
9/19/10 at 12:35pm
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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart View Post

The problem is, the older Anaglyph BDs are 3D. Just not stereoscopic 3D.

They are stereoscopic, by using anaglyph glasses you get a stereoscopic 3D view of the video.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anaglyph
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a stereoscopic motion or still picture in which the right component of a composite image usually red in color is superposed on the left component in a contrasting color to produce a three-dimensional effect when viewed through correspondingly colored filters in the form of spectacles
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post #17 of 22
9/19/10 at 1:30pm
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Wouldn't it be nice if, for example, the official designation were "3DBD", then we could search for, or list, "3DBD", and avoid the anaglyph issue entirely.
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post #18 of 22
9/19/10 at 1:53pm
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Originally Posted by pmalter0 View Post

Wouldn't it be nice if, for example, the official designation were "3DBD", then we could search for, or list, "3DBD", and avoid the anaglyph issue entirely.

In a perfect world . . .
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post #19 of 22
9/20/10 at 9:33pm
I don't understand the problem. Amazon.com appears to have all the current titles tagged as [Blu-ray 3D]. Since results are sorted by relevance, they're pushed to the top of a search. And you can Google for "Blu-ray 3D" including quotes. What am I missing?

That said, I already ranted about the lack of any official abbreviation in another post so I do agree there.
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post #20 of 22
9/21/10 at 7:15am
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Originally Posted by msgohan View Post

..... you can Google for "Blu-ray 3D" including quotes.

Googling for "Blu-ray 3D" can also be misleading. This search brought up CWACOM and Monster House, but also included a version of Polar Express that contains four 3D glasses. UhOH.

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Bl...ient=firefox-a
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post #21 of 22
9/21/10 at 6:36pm
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Originally Posted by pmalter0 View Post

Wouldn't it be nice if, for example, the official designation were "3DBD", then we could search for, or list, "3DBD", and avoid the anaglyph issue entirely.

yes
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post #22 of 22
9/22/10 at 6:24am
Bestbuy has a Blu Ray 3D selection in the, NARROW YOUR RESULTS BY:, field. Of course there is only 3 movies listed there at the moment.
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