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    3D Bluray Questions

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jsailorca2002, Jul 31, 2010.

  1. jsailorca2002

    jsailorca2002 Notebook Consultant

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    Is 3-D Bluray the same format as 2-D Bluray?

    Would a graphic card that satisfy 2-D Bluray not able to handle
    3-D Bluray? Is 3-D Bluray that much more graphic intensive?

    Any idea when the first 3-D Bluray notebook will come out?

    Thanks.
     
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    trvelbug Notebook Prophet

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    toshiba, asus and sager have 3d bluray laptops
    i dont know what you mean exactly by 2-d bluray but if you are referring to normal bluray then 3d bluray is different, for 3d you will need 3d glasses and a special (120hz?) screen for the 3d effect.
     
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  3. jsailorca2002

    jsailorca2002 Notebook Consultant

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    do you know any specific models from toshiba or asus?


    I apologize for the confusion as I am new to the standard. What I mean 2-d bluray is normal bluray.

    Yes i understand the special requirement for viewing 3D.
    However, my question is more directed at the graphic card requirement let say for playing or rendering 3-D bluray. Is it a lot more graphic intensive that make the requirement for playing the 3-D format?

    For example, let say I have integrated graphic card with >2GHz Core 2 duo for the processor laptop. Would I be able to play 3-D format thru the HDMI to a 3-D HDTV? How about an older quad core intel with 512MB Nvidia graphic card? Would that be sufficient?
     
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    trvelbug Notebook Prophet

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    Asus G51J 3D Blu Ray laptop
    toshiba a665
    i think both have the an nvidia discrete gpu

    if you want to play through a 3d hdtv you will still need a discrete gpu and a program that supports 3d bluray playback like total media theatre 3 platinum or powerdvd 10.
     
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