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3D Transmitter lights, 10 or 15. Comments pls.

seboyad — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:30:13 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I have my TMR-BR100 hooked up to my HX803 and I read some posts about the emitters(lights) on the bar having 15 "lights". I tested it by taking a picture with my mobile phone and I see 5 lights, a gap in the centre the size of 5 lights, and then another 5 lights.

The 3D on my TV is OK, but I do notice double images sometimes, and I'm wondering if 10 lights is a fault, meaning my glasses are losing synch occassionally.

Posters on a couple of forums say 10 lights is a faulty batch, 15 is fully working.

Can I please have an official Sony response.

Thanks.

3D Transmitter lights, 10 or 15. Comments pls.

seboyad — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:05:47 GMT

This seems to be a bigger issue with more reports of differences of performance between 10 and 15 light transmitters.

http://www.avforums.com/forums/3d-lcd-tvs/1393416-if-you-have-sony-3d-tv-please-help-me.html

http://www.avforums.com/forums/3d-lcd-tvs/1393862-sony-3d-tv-transmitter-bar-number-leds.html

Any ideas ?

3D Transmitter lights, 10 or 15. Comments pls.

seboyad — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:29:48 GMT

Some more info for those that are interested.

It looks like the more recently manufactured transmitters have fewer emitters.

This is just through observations made by posters in the links to AVForums.

Cost-cutting?

Affects performance?

Reducing the number of emitters by 33% might be viewed as highly likely to affect synching, and seems a very short-sighted piece of penny pinching on such high end TVs.

Comments please, Sony, anyone?

Oh, and can I have my 5 LEDs back please.

3D Transmitter lights, 10 or 15. Comments pls.

seboyad — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:17:42 GMT

tumbleweed......@..@

3D Transmitter lights, 10 or 15. Comments pls.

gentie — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:08:32 GMT

I have 10 on a transmitter which I have just received. Watched a 3d Blue Ray over the week end and wasn't very impressed. Very distinct green and pink colours all over the screen. Do I need the disposable 3D glasses you might get out of a newspaper as well as the Active Shutter glasses?

3D Transmitter lights, 10 or 15. Comments pls.

seboyad — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:39:37 GMT

Hi gentie, I think you've bought one of the old style 3D blu rays where you needed the coloured glasses, not one for our active shutter glasses. Have a read here:

http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2010/06/05/3d-blu-ray-whats-it-all-about/

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gentie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:38:01 GMT

Hi seboyad, thanks for your response and the link. I rent through love film and think you are right. One question I didn't ask Sony before my purchase was 'Is there much 3d content for active shutter glasses around?' I think the answer might be no! However, I found the emulated/simulated effect ok. Do you know where I might get more 3d content from that would work with the shutter glasses?

3D Transmitter lights, 10 or 15. Comments pls.

CheshireWill — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:00:29 GMT

HI,

I have since tested my transmitter using an camera, and it has 15 transmitters on.

(So people know, if you watch a 3D film then use a digital camera screen it will show clearly how may transmitters are on the bar)

My transmitter came as part of a Sony 3D bundle pack from M&S.

3D quality seams OK really. Shame the glasses coudl nto have been lighter.

3D Transmitter lights, 10 or 15. Comments pls.

ibraidwo — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:49:28 GMT

I recently received one from Sony directly and it also has 10 leds.

It would indeed be good to get a response from Sony on the difference, the impact of having only 10 leds and why the change was made.

Is there anyone from Sony who can comment or should we all be raising support calls?

Thanks,

3D Transmitter lights, 10 or 15. Comments pls.

iagibso49 — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:15:39 GMT

Mine is part of an M&S package, and has 15 transmitters. The 3D image is pretty good. It flickers a bit when the light is bright. I recommend Theatre Mode for viewing 3D movies.

3D Transmitter lights, 10 or 15. Comments pls.

gentie — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:07:14 GMT

Out of interest, where are you getting your 3d content from?

3D Transmitter lights, 10 or 15. Comments pls.

iagibso49 — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:39:27 GMT

The M&S pack came with some 3D blu-rays, e.g. Michael Jackson "This Is It" and "Alice in Wonderland" with Johnny Depp.

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seboyad — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 22:03:13 GMT

Hi All,

3D content availability, yep, you're right, there isn't much out there, but these are early days.

I use mine almost exclusively for gaming on the PS3, that's where 3D will take off IMO.

I think 3D movies will remain relatively niche.

If you want to try some clips for demoing I get my stuff from here -> http://www.biohemmet.se/

The video is variable depending on how they've coded it, and some stuff needs to be converted to play on a PS3 directly, but if you're a bit techie you can stream directly from a media server. Google is your friend in these cases. I use mkv2vob to convert .mkv for running on a PS3.

Re. the LED business. Please take a look at the AVForums I linked to earlier, that's the best place for discussions on these sorts of things.

It looks like it's a cost-cutting re-design judging by the manufacture dates on the supplied boxes. Early ones 15, later 10.

Whether it affects performance? I don't think we'll ever know for sure.

All the best.

3D Transmitter lights, 10 or 15. Comments pls.

iagibso49 — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 06:48:43 GMT

play.com seems to have around 51 titles available in 3D.

I don't see content as being a problem. In the past year we've seen an explosion of 3D movies, so when these hit the shelves, things will start to ramp up.

3D Transmitter lights, 10 or 15. Comments pls.

Addojo36 — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:55:52 GMT

Hello,

At beginning of design, 15 LED's were use to ensure good response, but during further research in the design centre, it was concluded that 10 LED's with increased power would give same perfomance and is guaranteed.

Reducing to 10 LED's is also a cost benefit, so it reduces cost without affecting quality.

In the case of 10-LED,

Design increased the output power of Infrared light from each LED to x1.5. So, 15x1=10x1.5. Output is same.

Hope this helps.