It's official. Projectors are obsolete 750" OLED coming this fall from Sony! - Page 7

Be even cooler once a 4K comes out

Did you even read the link I posted? Most Sony headphones have a considerable drop-off below 100Hz and do miserably with the square-wave tests. Compare their results to something like the Audeze LCD-2.

http://www.innerfidelity.com/headpho...heet-downloads

Relevant, as these have built in headphones which may not be removable, or let you fit high quality IEMs under them comfortably. (depends how tight the fit is)



There are several companies manufacturing OLED panels right now, and Zeiss have been showing off prototypes for this longer than Sony have.

Even if the panels are the same, the optics will be entirely different (Zeiss' goals are completely different than Sony's) and signal processing is half the picture when it comes to image quality.

I have long considered Sharp's LCD technology to be bad, but when Sony used their panels last year, why opinion completely changed.

The Cinemizer glasses are not going to have features like super bit mapping, and will probably not have accurate color reproduction either. Depends what the native gamut for a white OLED display is.


FOV is not the important factor herethe Zeiss glasses create a 45" image viewed from 2m away. The Sony glasses recreate a large image from a good distance. It's the distance that is the exciting thing about this HMD. Sony aren't just trying to create a portable HDTV, they're trying to create a virtual cinema.

One important thing to remember is that this device is not portable. It runs on ac line voltage and comes with a rather large input output and power supply box.

Yup, pretty much like LCD shutter glasses during VHD days inthe '80s.

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This is from last year.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/06/c...sion-still-no/

That'll change in a hurry...Think I'll wait for the portable model...

well is a portable device IMO.
i mean for example you can put the glasses and the other stuff on a bag or in a case and use them in a vacation house xD

Those images are of the Cinemizer OLED, not the Cinemizer Plus, which I don't believe uses OLED panels. I think Zeiss basically held the product back and changed it at the last minute, to the current version which uses 720p OLED panels - it was supposed to be out last xmas, not this xmas.


We'll see. I don't know that portability is Sony's goal, even if it's only pulling 15W. The optics would have to change to bring the viewing distance and image size down (if not, I can't see them being much thinner) and the image processing would probably have to be downgraded. My guess would be no super bit mapping, possibly no color management (if necessary) and it would maybe lose the surround sound processing.

Perhaps long-term, but I'm not sure that's the sort of change you would see from a second revision. I think they'd be more focused on weight reduction, possibly improving the optics (perhaps just to make the image bigger) and various other tweaks from user feedback if it does well enough. They have been really great at taking user feedback from their NEX cameras lately, far better than a company Sony's size usually is.

Normally camera improvements are fairly incremental, but as someone that bought a NEX-5 last year when they came out, I'm already thinking about upgrading to the new one as a result of the changes they've made due to user feedback.



It's a portable device in that regard, but you won't be using it on the flight over to your vacation home, or on the train on a commute to work etc. I think that's what people mean when they say portable.

The Cinemizer OLED is portable, but there are clear compromises they've had to make to it compared to the HMZ-T1 as a result. It's not like you're comparing two TVs together, it's like comparing a television to a portable DVD player. It might be the best portable DVD player ever, and great on a journey, but it's not the same thing as a TV when you're sitting at home to watch a film.

The title to this thread is absurd...This toy in no way shape or form will make an awesome home theater obsolete...At best, when it's eventually made portable, it will be a nice toy to use during travel or excercise. Let's all get serious here...

It will never replace projectors as a social viewing experience, but if they get it right, I have no interest in a projector any more.

• Large image size
• Works in any room.
• Works in the daytime
• No motion blur (LCD/LCoS is pretty bad)
• No panel misconvergence (3 chip is so bad)
• No heat & noise.
• No bulbs to replace, filters to clean.
• No rainbows
• Much higher contrast than a projector
• Perfect 3D: zero crosstalk, full brightness
• Power consumption an order of magnitude lower than a projector.
• Cost a fraction of a good projector setup.
• No flicker. (my old SXRD flickered subtly, as did my DLPs)
• No dynamic iris
• 720p resolution that's perfect for 1:1 mapped gaming.
  I realise this is a downside for most people, but there are no high-end 720p screens for gaming on, and 3D gaming is limited to 720p due to the HDMI 1.4 spec.

And as far as audio is concerned, I've had 5.1 setups before, and I personally prefer the listening experience from a pair of higher-end headphones. That's why I'm going to be rather disappointed if you either can't detach them and use your own, or at least fit in good IEMs under the existing ones.

agreed with all you've said .. and until we get some user hands on, much of the thread is garbage, IMO

+2 Agreed.
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Yes, I read the link and it confirmed what I wrote regarding specific models. You seem to have a weak understanding of what is and what isn't most important in headphone performance ["Oh no, the square wave test isn't square enough. Oh the humanity!" ], but more importantly I find it disturbing that throughout this entire thread you have exhibited an evangelical fanboy attitude which likes to pigeon hole products and brands, not just headphones, as either "good" or "bad" (often based on company press releases, which obviously are not very objective sources, since neither the 720p Sony nor the 720p Zeiss have even hit the market yet), rather than judging each product on actual non-prototype units which obviously none of us have gotten our hands on yet, in non-trade show environments, to determine their relative strengths and weaknesses, as you ought to.

Please take a page out of Mark's book, especially his last sentence, here, I've underlined for emphasis:

nail head hit ..

I do think that the post number 190 is accurate. My problem is about comments about whether one likes OLED or thinks it sucks and therefore invalidates the product. Some things can be concluded ewithout observation, say if the mother weighed 9 lbs, it would be too heavy but ultimate impressions as to whether the image looks good to someone will have to await the person viewing the thing. Then the relevance of that person's conclusion must be based on how good an observer that person is and his or her viewing priorities. Because someone likes it oir doesn';t isn't by itself useful, no matter the number of such people.

It is next to impossible to retitle a thread. The thread initiator can't even do it and I think he was being just a tad sarcastic. Not that I would ever ever make a sarcastic post.

I don't think many here believe the title to be serious or that the glasses can replace a HQ HT. However, they could be better than a LQ HT especially with bad viewing conditions, an old bulb, visible screen door, poor colors, whatever.

For what it is worth, the post plasy in this forum is much greater than in the sub $3K forum. For the few posts over there, there is considerable more negativity and dismissal.

It's a very telling test for how the headphones perform, aside from just looking at the full frequency response. I have owned several of the higher-end headphones on that list and know how they sound. The measurements Tyll has taken (1, 2, 3) describe the sound as I would expect.

Because the measurements described what I was hearing with my current (and previous) headphones, I then purchased some based on his measurements and have not been disappointed, unlike subjective reviews at places like head-fi, or demoing a pair and finding that I don't like them once I've spent more time at home after buying them; Grado GS1000 being a good example of that.

The "industry standard" Yamaha NS10 found in recording studios is not a particularly accurate speaker, but it is colored in a way that is good for monitoring purposes. In a similar fashion, the Sony 7506 is not an amazingly accurate headphone (certainly not something I would want for HT use) but can be quite good for monitoring purposes. Their new Z1000 are nothing amazing either. Sony just doesn't make great high fidelity headphones in general, and I would not expect anything different from a device like this where the total cost is likely under $800, and the majority of that will not be going into the headphones.


I personally know people that have had access to these, and they loved them.
There are many previews out there from people who have tested previous HMDs, agreed that they were univerally terrible, and have come away loving this.

Sony is using the same technology for OLED viewfinders in three of their upcoming cameras, which have been extensively tested by the photographic community, and have been favourably compared to optical viewfinders by people who have lambasted the LCoS viewfinders used in other cameras, and photographers in general are rather critical of image quality.

I have seen Sony's other OLED displays in person, and they are amazing. (but small)

Furthermore, I am excited about a new product that is a potential game-changer.

Will they be perfect? No. I can already think of changes I'd like to see in a future revision. (but nothing that would stop me buying this)
Will everyone love them? No.

But I think there is a lot of potential here, it's a very exciting product.

I hope people don't think I actually expect these to make projectors obsolete. There is still a definite market for them even if these were perfect. You'd never have guests over and all put on your headset to sit in isolation and watch a film.

But as someone whose HT setup is primarily for personal use, it could eliminate my need for a projector - or at least a high end projector, if the image quality is good enough, as my guests only see the size, not the image quality. They would comment if it looked bad, but once you get past that, they wouldn't notice/care.

If someone already has a good projector setup but is interested in 3D, this potentially avoids an expensive upgrade, and should give a better viewing experience. So far, I have been left unimpressed by any consumer 3D products, including my own 3DTV which never gets used for 3D now.

I almost agree. But I disagree re even if you have a single person HT, you can replace it with these. There are times I am sure that one won't want to wear glasses. Where one wants to be able to see and hear things in the room. To pat the dog, to grab the beer, to see the cigar and where the ashes go. One doesn't need anything related to HT, not essential but for many, regardless of how good the PQ of these glasses is, a HQ HT will still be needed. The sound field shaking the room and you. I know you agree and are not saying otherwise.

Oy. Good to see you objectively keeping an open mind, not stereotyping, and heeding my earlier warning......NOT:



And speaking of "not", I'm not really interested in your "words of wisdom" and buying advice, so feel free to pontificate about all your great decisions regarding headphone purchases, etc., to others, if you feel you must, but please, no longer address me about this off topic drivel, I have no interest in your views and simply wont go there.

Done.

Let's move on. Please.

I agree, but if these glasses deliver, they will be an interesting alternative for a number of applications.

But it will make entry level "home theatre" (read: people who own a 50" TV and call their set up as home theatre) obsolete.

+1 to post 200. God. Forum speak. Next thing I know I will be text messaging.

Still a con, even if watching by yourself. You would have to take your headset off to do anything in real life, with a projector you can still pick up the phone, look around, etc.


It's not a VR headset. But the lack of head-tracking is still a con, specially when you consider the price, it's not like putting head tracking on the headset would hinder it's OLED performance for other applications.


800 for 2 small OLED's is hardly a bargain. Sure it's cool, but it ain't no bargain.


Well, most of my gaming i do on my PC... so i already play 3d games at 1080p60, i can't imagine myself playing StarCraft II with anything less than 1080p resolution because the game uses small text boxes a lot, but 720p would be acceptable for lots of other games. and just about all console games at the moment. Bottomline, for a screen that is supposed to be this huge, 1080p would've been really nice. And yes, i realize this is because this is a new product that still has a long way to go, but it's still a good reason not to be as excited about it when a product is not mature enough. Making apologies doesn't make a con a pro, regardless of the reason. Remember, this thread is calming this makes projectors obsolete, so it's fair game to call the lack of 1080p a con.


You realize you get more radiation from an incandescent light bulb than you would out of a WiGig device right? (WiGig only uses 1 watt!)
At 60Ghz radiowaves behave a lot more like light than low frequency radio anyway. This is not even a concern for the much lower frequency microwave oven "WiFi" and a 15 minute cell phone call gives you more radiation than years worth of WiFi.
And more importantly, there's no evidence one way or another that Cell phones cause cancer in the first place.
But if you're really that worried about radiation, i'd try going out at night only, the sun bathes you with it in a far more significant way.

When all is said and done, this would be a PERFECT product to have WiGig with, Add a Cellphone with WiGig and you could use this pretty much anywhere to watch HD video with. The timing would be perfect, since 2012 is going to be have more than a few WiGig capable devices.
For something that is as small as this, making it not so portable is a pretty significant con.

I think people still haven't realized just how awesome WiGig is going to be, once it becomes ubiquitous people are going to wonder why we ever put up with cables. Cell phones will be able to replace all of your set top boxes (at least for your video needs) a lot sooner than a lot of people think.

Just for the two panels, no bargain. But throw in everything else, a street discount, and it becomes a wow without breaking the bank for most. I want it now and I do not think the price is anywhere near a rip off or unaffordable.

That was my point earlier regarding these replacing an HT, but I would think that adding a subwoofer/subwoofers to the system would be an easy thing to do.

And yet people spend thousands on boxes with three small(er) SXRD or DLP chips and a lightbulb in them.


There are no HT-class 3D Vision display devices, and none of the big manufacturers have adopted it.

Also, at lower resolutions, the text will be bigger. It's because you're playing at 1080p that the text is small.


I am not personally concerned, but the general public perception of putting something using 60GHz wireless on your head may not be so favourable, and not a good idea for (essentially) launching a first-generation product.

and then there was brain cancer...

Ganmes like StarCraft / World of Warcraft have fixed sizes for all graphics including text, regardless of the resolution. So you're wrong about that.

As far as projections not being cheap, never said they were. They can get pretty expensive.

Which public are we talking about here? the same public that owns billions of smartphones?

if this gadget offer what say it offer...IMO 600€ is very cheap.
if the IQ is the same as others OLED screen this will beat any projector in the market.
i will wait for this before i buy a projector...if this glasses do what sony say i will not buy a projector for sure. but this 'if' is a BIG if...so i will wait for reviews and users feedback

The suggestion above that makes the most sense to me is to keep the best HT one can manage for 2d viewing (serious viewing), and get one of these units for the fun/novelty of 3d.