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apart from some of the goofy 3d popout scenes, i thought HAROLD & KUMAR looked wretched. The colors and over look of the filmed looked like a made-for-tv movie, and as a fan of the first two movies, i found it offensively unfunny!!!

I saw Harold and Kumar 3D in theater and wasn't impressed with its 3D. Based on recommendations here I have Madagascar 3D coming to me from the 3D Bluray rental place

I don't see much blown-out contrast images but then I don't use a high power screen. I have heard that about screens with gains above 1.3. I use a matte white 1.0 screen. While not as bright, we find if comfortable in a dark room and the image is the most natural looking. My screen is also a variable AR and is sized for the film's AR. This also helps improve contrast in a more natural look. It has something to do with how your eyes adjust to the screen image by being properly bordered by pure black framing. But these features limit the ability to project in a lighted room. That's why I plan to add a 4K LED panel behind my roll down screen for daytime viewing.

I had a 1.3 gain screen before this, and it just didn't do the job for 3D--not bright enough, but then again it was a 142" screen. I decided based on other reviews to go even bigger, but also brighter in the process with a 159" High Power, and wow, what a difference. I was able to reduce the blown-out contrast somewhat, but on certain movies it still shows up now and then--probably my projector more than the process. After switching to the bigger brighter screen, I rewatched all my 3D movies with a whole new fascination--Avatar was jawdropping on the bigger screen as was Titanic, and very natural looking. Plus I get that mysterious apparent resolution boost from 1080p 3D (ala each eye blending a different set of pixels creating double the pixels in your brain) making images quite transparent when there is little grain in the images. When there is grain it does ruin the 3D illusion somewhat--e.g. Top Gun. I also use a Darbee now and it adds some additional detail as well.

threed123-

I think you are a candidate for the new Sony VPL VW1000ES. I saw this on a 165" screen at CES and it was impressively bright ( 1.3 gain) Plus with 4k the detail was not absent.

FWIW- my screen is much smaller at 92" width. 110" Diag. with full height on some AR programs. Not sure which dimension you use but regardless it is much bigger screen than mine. Since getting new theater seating last Christmas, I added a two seat row in the center of my room so we not sit at 1:1 screen width distance too.

I tried some detail enhancement in my own productions ( Photoshop and Sony effects enhancer ) where I could control it and decided not to use it. I think the Darbee is just a detail enhancer in real time. Just don't think that look is pleasing.

If I start saving my pennies now, I should be able to afford a VW1000ES in 10 years--by then it should be around $1000 . My screen is 159" diagonal, 16:9 screen. I sit back about 19 feet, and 1080p resolution is great. I was always skeptical of enhancement devices until I owned the Darbee, and, as others have said, it lifts the veil from less expensive projectors. The added detail and contrast (looks a lot like unsharp mask in real time), is quite amazing, but also subtle. The High Power screen is probably the max size for 1080p at the distance I sit, but a world of difference over other screens I've had, especially the added brightness and clarity. 4k--it will be even more impressive, but for now, I'm totally satisfied with my setup

will a darbee help the picture quality on a viewsonic 5133? Very pixelated up close, but I sit 15' away so it looks fine.

The 5133 has 800x600 pixel resolution, so you will see pixels close up, especially on a large screen. The Darbee will not help with that. It can only sharpen the image (might make it even more pixelated looking) and is most effective for 1080p resolution (1920x1080 pixels).

thanks for the quick update.

Best director Ang Lee, Best Cinematography & Best Visual Effects.... Looking forward to "Life of Pi" to make this list in a few weeks!

I watched Monsters Inc. last night and the roller coaster door scene was awesome. The 3D was really well done for an older movie.

I was a little let down by the 3D in UP, despite a few really cool scenes. I feel like there were a lot of missed opportunities if that makes sense. The movie itself was awesome however. I'll be checking out The Adventures of Tin Tin soon and Kung Fu Panda 2

Holy crap, watched Life of Pi last night, the best 3d effect that I have seen in a movie yet! I'm not kidding on my 5010 there was zero crosstalk and I mean none, there was no artifacts I.E. strange double effects with foreground objects such as grass. Everything from the foreground to background was perfect 3d and the clarity was amazing.
I didn't know the 5010 was capable of projecting a totally crosstalk free 3d image, but it seems so and believe me I was looking for it and this was from a SBS version of the movie.
Even the other half, who never comments on things like that as she wouldn't know HD from VHS, asked what I'd done to the projector to make the 3d so good. I told her nothing it was the movie itself.

Thanks for the recommendation. I had that title in my Netflix queue (2D) and just deleted it and rented it from the 3D BluRay rental place. I have an Epson 6010 and LOVE it (especially when I paired it with a Darbee).

Mine should be here Tues. from Amazon Prime. Looking forward to it!

Ed

Rented Madagascar 3 from the 3D Bluray rental place based on recommendation here and LOVED it. Very cute/funny movie, gorgeous use of color and the 3D effects were very good, I actually found myself noticing some cleverly used 3D effects throughout the movie, great recommendation! Next up Life of Pi in 3D based on recommendations here...

There was a trailer for Rise of the Guardians 3D on the Madagascar 3 disc and it looked like it would have pretty good 3D as well.

I watched the full disc of Life of Pi...great movie and amazingly clear 3D as the above poster stated. Rise of The Guardians is also a great 3D movie.

Ditto for both, ROTG and Life of Pi are both great 3D (watched ROTG just tonight).

Anyone see the Cirque de Solei Worlds Away 3D Bluray? The 2D trailers for it looked very interesting, am curious to hear from people who have seen the 3D Bluray...

I've never heard of this. We've been to many Cirque shows over the years. It could be a good birthday gift idea . . .

Worlds Away is actually a compilation of the variuos Cirque Du Soleil shows in Las Vegas, acts from each. As usual they are great but some are too dark. The 3D is fine.

Worlds Away looked and sounded great to me last night, had no problem with darkness at 110" ...

Just saw Sammy's Adventure on Netflix. I don't have the 3D option yet, so I converted from 2D to 3D on my LG LED and on my Samsung Plasma. It was pretty good. My question is... if you had to make an educated estimate, how much better is the 3D quality if I order the 3D bluray? A little bit better? 2x better? 3x better?

There is NO comparison! You are not seeing real 3D. It's a joke and I don't even know why manufacturers put that on there.

Get the real 3D version and you'll be blown away. You can also rent it from Vudu.

Agrree...it's not really 3D but more of an gimmick (I know, I know...that's what somw people say about 3D in general). However, I do use the 2D>3D sometimes, just for fun, and I'm glad it's included...even though some mfrs (such as Samsung) have removed it from newer players).. It certainly was fairly effective on a movie like SUCKER PUNCH.

www.unblock-us.com is a DNS service for $5 per month. If you sign up there, you can watch Sammy's on Netflix in 3D (provided your Netflix app is 3D capable). I used $5 credit and purchased it on VuDu for $12, but a week or two later, I started using Unblock....and can watch Sammy's and a few other titles in 3D as much as I want. Highly recommended if you want Netflix 3D now.

Edit: the Netflix 3D version is 720p but still great.

What about opendns which is free?

OpenDNS is not connected to the Netflix Open Connect servers. Furthermore, it doesnt have a "Region Switcher" which allows you to watch Netflix is many different countries.

Anyone checkout The Hobbit 3D Blu Ray yet?

I PAID to see it in Imax 3D - High Frame rate and it was the biggest waste of money in my book all year