3D over USB

[matthias]

it simply makes no sense to create 3d content with resolutions below 720, and honestly, if someone does i'll wish him that he has to watch this videos 24/7.

Well, I wouldn't want to watch Active3D 24/7 either :-)
Actually, I'd rather watch passive3D 24/7, because the Passive glasses are much lighter compared to Active glasses.

Regarding the resolution - for a smaller TV, the halfed horizontal resolution is actually fine.
And without a special HDMI 3D Player and source, which does provide 2x1920x1080 (which is still rare afaik), you will have the same "halfed" resolution, even with Active3D

Still, I agree, for 3D, it would probably have been better to make a top-bottom layout "the default" instead of side-by-side,
as this would allow a finer horizontal=depth resolution.
Also, it would better match the line-wise passive polarization from Philips.

Even though, I still prefer passive 3D. I think it's much less straining to the eyes than active 3D.

[matthias]

I had problems with one 3D movie which is in mkv format and everytime I switched to 3D the TV made a clitch sound and restarted. Now how can a simple consumer figure out you have to disable both Pixel Precise AND HD motion so you can view this format in 3D ¿¿

I guess, decoding high-res H264, reordering the image data for 3D and image enhancements was probably too much for the media processor. Or it's a firmware bug.

I also came to understand later on that no other resolutions than 1920*1080 and 1280*720 will work. This means a ratio of ~1,778 . I would really love to hear an explanation as to why this is so. As to my knowledge this only applies to Philips TV.
I hope someone can answer and if it would be difficult to make a fix with a new firmware

I guess, this fixed resolution allows a hardware-accelerated preparation for 3D (e.g. from side-by-side to line-interleaved). Every other rate would require an hardware-accelerated arbitrary resampler, which is available for 2D, but which might not work together with the 3D hardware module, so from my understanding, it's a hardware limitation from the NXP media processor, I guess, but I might be wrong.

I haven't tested, if it possible to change the ratio of a 3D movie with the Format button. But if no, this is probably also due to a hardware limitation, so you're best bet would be to do some recoding and introduce 2 black bars to match the right resolution and ratio.

Update:
Actually, changing the format is possible, even in 3D, which is very good. So you can correct the aspect ratio as you need it.

[klausgraus]

Hi all,
does anyone know when the 2010 models are supported?
I have the 46PFL9705k/02 with the current software 000.140.047.000
3D via DVB-S works fine, via USB, unfortunately do not!

[a_Tom]

hey klaus, as 3d via usb was only comming via upgrade to 2011 tvs i expect no 2010 tv to support this feature, sorry

[bartb]

The resolution must be 1920x1080 or 1280x720.

Is there anyway to bypass this, through a hack or something so the TV always is enabled to do SBS or top-bottom? The reason is that real movie resolutions are not 1080p but rather 1920x800 (21:9).

I'm running into this not being able to play about 50% of the movies which are 1920x800 instead of 1920x1080.

[a_Tom]

hey bartb; no therte is no way, you only can change the resolution on your PC

[tripodzid]

Hi.

It is normal since you have used an HD mode resolution of your screen.

[deadoc3]

Sorry, can i see 3d files from usb with 42PFL4307H/12?
Thanks!!

[deadoc3]

...sorry, or switch 2d in 3d?

[conelly]

Hi Everybody
I have a Philips 47PFL7606T/12 and I want to know if it is possible to play 3D movies SBS from USB device if it is a .mkv file?
And second do I have to make some adjustments before I go to SBS 3D?

[Toengel]

Hi,

1) you need to install the latest firmware (via USB - see support website)
2) image resolution need to be HD (1920x1080 or the 1280x720 - not sure on the latter)
3) MKV is only a container - important are the supported codecs (see codec list) - e.g. DTS is and will not be supported

Toengel@Alex

[niklak]

Hi,

I bought to my parents 42PFL7606K/02, but there is not allowed to view the videos from USB. Could you help me how to enable the 3D from USB. I have read a lot on this thread but I have the latest firmware and there is still some problem. I can't choose the 3D option. Can anyone help me?

Thanks.

David

[Toengel]

Hi,

check:
1) is firmware 14.98 installed?
2) resolutions mentioned above

Toengel@Alex

[conelly]

can you please tell me step by step how to get the SBS 3D to work and where do i change the resolution on the tv?

[Toengel]

Hi,

the movie resolution need to have the width and height mentioned above. Only if this resolution is available, you are able to enable 3D.

Toengel@Alex