Lets start this with 1 thing
Im NOT going nvidia 3d vision.
Their technology is technically flawed and is going to be killed by the major companies (like hd-dvd was by blu ray).
After several hours of reading up and searching...
This places me in an awkward position of finding a screen capable of passive 3d with circular polarisation (to allow head tilting without the 3d "bleeding" between viewpoints).
I have found that a company (iz3d) produces a screen capable of this but i dont believe its currently supplied in Europe and their software is known to be glitchy.
Secondly their monitor is 22" not full hd bad contrast and looks Fugly.
but then i found the zalman have jsut started a new line of 3d monitors.
I am looking at getting the 24" one here : http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/gaming/trimon
As you can see the spec is all good and its a nice design.
The technology used is similar to that in a cinema using polarised glasses, but it does not require the computer to render at 120FPS, or even a multiple of 60.
In theory (if youve seen a 3d movie youll know what im talking about) it should fix the cinema problem where the image is kinda jumpy, as that is just down to cinema using a lower frame rate, and with the monitor operating at 60 hz this shudnt be a problem.
That montor comes with 3d glasses 2 btw (2 pairs i believe, 1 for if you already wear glasses desgined to hold and cover them without discomfort).
A little background on non nvidia 3d vision 3d gaming.
Ati have had stereoscopy enabled now since 10.3 of catalyst if my research is correct, and have left it to game developers / 3rd party devs to create 3d drivers to create the 3d effect.
There are 2 main companies that do this, iz3d and DDD with their Tri-something software that does the same job.
It works with most games including WoW, CSS, MW2 and generals.
Looking at this technology rather than getting a low quality 120Hz panel should result in less eye strain and improved overall performace compared to 3d vision in demanding games where 60 Hz x2 cant be maintained.
another benefit of passive 3d is the glasses are cheap and do not need charging up and do not require an infra red transmitter (imagine going to i40 and having 2 otehr people with the ir transmitters in range - it would make the system worthless - a big oversight on nivdias behalf).
Just wanted your input as to what you think or if you have any otehr reccomendations or think ive looked over something.
If your about to post to say "i dont believe in this 3d nonsense" or something to that effect, please dont bother.
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