Active or Passive 3D? 720 vs 1080p and New Blu-ray Releases! - HD Nation

When is 1080p worth the upgrade from 720p? Which is the better 3D tech: active or passive? And our favorite Blu-ray releases for July 5th, 2011!

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[Tramix666]

00:00 Active or Passive 3d?

4:29 720p vs 1080p

5:26 Blu-ray releases

7:39 Netflix ad

8:29 Credits

[AustinKing09]

why so short?

[Robertdub2006]

it doesnt matter about being 1080p in 3d as far as im concerened it matters how good the image looks and it looks so much more real on passive + it does`nt flicker at all, in real life i dont see any flickering so thats how i want my screen to look, flickering is going back in time when monitors were unpleasent

[SeanMCMLXVI]

BS... its not exactly half. The vertical res is half. The horizontal is full res. I've had both and prefer passive by a MILE. I have a cheap Vizio 3D passive TV and have noticed a LOT LESS ghosting (rarely see it) VS the two previous high-end Samsung active 3D plasma TVs I had. It depends on the viewing distance but if a reasonable distance from the screen the res loss has not been an issue at all for me. Decide for yourself, but active (in its current form) WILL go away. Be assured.

[hairgel5]

@TheCrazyfruitbat i agree m8, i tried out the underwater demo with LG using passive and was very impressed, i did have a slight eye strain when i was trying to focus on a fish in the foreground but it was my first 3d experience

[BedShaker0909]

@XBlashyrkhX Are you using Kindergarten analogy? How can you see FULL HD when each eye can only see HALF of the Resolution? Each eye should be getting a FULL HD image for the brain to process a FULL HD image.. Unless ofcourse with the exception of Cross-Eyed people.

[BedShaker0909]

@SethVid How can we take you seriously if you weren't such a foul-mouthed prick?! I've been in the Showrooms recently shopping and comparing TVs.. LG has currently the best Passive 3D available in the market today however, it is TRUE that I can see the Interlaced picture when watching at certain distance and angles and suffers from ghosting. But I've seen Active 3Ds with LESSER ghosting. Although Both Active and Passive 3Ds have their own Cons, Consumers should compare them side by side.

[TheCrazyfruitbat]

I was big on active 3d but when I tried passive 3d in curry's I was amazed by how the 3d really popped out of the TV. Just wish LG made the TV look as cool as the Samsungs.

[TheCrazyfruitbat]

Passive has half resolution to each eye and ya brain puts it together to give you full 1080p. From what I read, if passive really is half the res? You wouldn't get sharp clear text on screen (which you do) infact you get a sharper picture on passive. You have no flicker, larger viewing angles more comfortable and fraction of the cost. I've noticed you get a much convincing 3d effect with passive.

[TheCrazyfruitbat]

Active 3d has 1080p in both eyes but also has more crosstalk, less viewing angles with more blur.

[XBlashyrkhX]

LG passive is way better than any other active. (only Philips have better active 3D but LG is the same almost.) Regarding the resolution: in Both active or passive you see full HD . in active it looks like that L=1080+R0=1080p. in Passive you get L540p+R540p=1080p. thats all.