um, they are producing 3D televisions now and 3D blu-ray players, AND i just watched some of the masters tournament in full-color 720p hi-deff 3D on my 2024 3D-ready HDTV…3D has been a ‘fad’ for several years now (spy Kids 3D, My Bloody Valentine, Coraline, Monsters vs. Aliens, UP!, Final Destination 4, etc. etc. etc.).

1.) Opening credits on the anaglyph release are in 2D! WTF??? The opening credits are awesome in 3D, but presented here FLAT!
2.) Left/Right eye images are HORRIBLY misaligned. This is what gives people headaches…if you look, you will see that the red channel (left eye) is often stacked on TOP of the blue channel (right eye)…they should be adjacent for 3D to work…stacked atop one another does NOTHING 3D-wise…this is an unbelievably inept release…how expensive could it be for Paramount to hire someone who knows about 3D to make sure the release was done correctly–it’s just NOT that hard! I hope they do better with a blu-ray 3D release.

Unfortunately , the producers of this DVD saw fit to replicate the experience of an 80’s 3-D film down to every last detail-including some of the major problems with the red and blue polarized process.. Where the 3-D falls short is any sequence wherin objects are tossed at the camera. While they do appear to project from the screen, most of the time the objects in question culminate in a rather noticable double image (the worst offender was the old man holding up the eyeball). In fact, the ghost image curse of red and blue 3-D is fairly constant during this one and-as always- the saturation of the 3-D colors renders the images somewhat murky.

If you’re a die hard fan who must have the film in 3-D, any 3-D, you’ll probably be satisfied. As I mentioned, the added depth actually worked quite well, so I don’t consider it a complete washout. However the ghost images and murky colors have me suggesting that if you are not that jazzed about 3-D and already own the previous 2-D release, you should skip this one.

I will say, however, that once we got past the pole early on, there was nothing too incredible… I switched the way the glasses were periodically, and was never that sure which way was the correct way. And this was sitting towards the center, in the middle, seeing it in an actual movie theater (with the old film, too… the show started about a half hour late because it took them extra time to set it up after the prior film let out).

So, comparing it to the DVD version on my 42 incher… they’re about the same. The original 3-D wasn’t that incredible, and this isn’t any better. But, I’m happy to have a home version in 3-D, even if it is using the stupid blue red glasses…

Second, you’re confusing polarized 3D (which is a theatrical process involving lenses) with field sequential 3D (which is a process used to watch 3D films on a home tv). These are two completely different things. Field sequential 3D requires LCD shutter glasses like the ones Razor sells, the converter box, and a tv and player that output in interlaced mode. Some HDTVs can do this and some can’t. Older CRT televisions do.

Japanese 3D players were not laserdiscs, they were VHD. Two totally different things.

Full-on 3D in the home is extremely unlikely, since it’s a short lived fad that’s never lasted more than a few years at a time. Think about it, the first 3D film was made in the 1920s…it’s been off and on since then and people always get tired of it quickly. The only reason it’s being pushed so hard again right now is theatre attendance is terrible and they’re desperate for any gimmick to get people back in the seats.

One last thing, to the guy that was talking about his 3D ready HDTV, that has nothing at all to do with anaglyph 3D like this dvd.

Ignorance is not bliss.

“Please Note: CRT or “Tube” type regular televisions are highly recommended for use with the 3D Video Viewing Systems. These types of televisions refresh their image in a very consistent manner, which makes it very easy for the 3D system to synchronize to the signal. So if you have a regular television read no further and press buy it now for an amazing 3D experience”

“HDTV, Plasma, LCD, and many projection television systems refresh their image in a random manner making it so that many of these televisions are not compatible with 3D viewing systems. Basically some are compatible and most are not.”

So, because of the added expense, and the fact that many people now own flat panel TV’s. Paramount when with the anaglyphic 3-D for this DVD. It is far from perfect, but anaglyphic works everywhere, which is why it’s so commonly used for 3-D on TV.

Japan used to have Laser Disc players that had the 3-D video transmitter device built in, and you plugged the shutter glasses into the player. This was never released in the States. My hope and assumption is, that with 3-D becoming popular again, we’ll see something like this built into Blu-Ray players in the future, utilizing a digital 3-D effect which will work on flat panel HDTV’s.

Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3-D was shot in the polarized or “clear” 3-D format. This requires a silver screen. The Drive-in version was in 2-D, because of the lack of a silver screen.

The polarized 3-D in Part 3 was amazing, probably the best 3-D up until the modern era.

Polarized 3-D is possible at home, but only with special equipment and glasses. This equipment requires a CRT TV, and will not work on flat screen TV’s. This explains Paramount’s decision to go with anaglyphic. (Blue and Red)

The current DVD is passable, but IS NOT the best this will ever look at home. The industry will soon standardize digital 3-D at home for Blu-Ray. When this happens, we will all be able to experience Friday the 13th part 3 as it was intended.

The SuperBowl commercials were NOT in Polarized 3-D. They were in anaglyphic. (Blue and Red)

Patience my Friday friends. this $10 DVD will have to do until the technology catches up. We WILL have our Jason in Hi-Def 3-D eventually.

I dunno if that means I got a defective copy or not?

Immersion into the film seemed impossible because there was a blurriness to most of it. Vertical lines became a jungle sometimes, while the horizontal lines became kind of clear.

The red-filter lens itself was blurry, and there were ghost images all over the place. I wear glasses normally, and my left eye is weaker than my right. My brain is therefore apparently used to semi-ignoring information coming from that side if it doesn’t seem right, and that blurriness was making it discard the information sometimes.

The BIG gags, like the baseball bat poking into the camera didn’t work for me at all, but they did for my stepson and my girlfriend. My girlfriend’s daughter insisted (after watching it for about 15 minutes in the middle of the film) that she couldn’t see any of it.

My set-up was a standard 32″ curved-face tv.

I’m going to try and run it on my computer tonight if I have time, and use a screenshot to make adjustments to my monitor and video card settings to see if there’s a way to maximize the effect.