Arsenal v Scum in 3D

[Kenneth]

"The good news is that all Sky+HD customers already have the set-top box they need to enjoy 3D, meaning they simply need to buy any new 3D TV, all of which will work seamlessly with Sky's ground breaking new service."

Yep, simply go out and buy a brand new TV after you've just spent the best part of a grand on the new HD TV that Sky kept telling you that you needed.

Good news indeed.

[Gray]

I'll have 2 please. cocksuckers

[Taxi]

kin ridiculous, ******s.

Last 5 years under sky:-

Sky HD box £200
Plasma/LCD £800
Sky package + HD channels £50pm

= £4000

Now add new 3D TV £1000

Sky 3D package £10

robbing *******s

[joyno]

I would think it will be in Sports Cafe/Walkabout style establishments, which are mostly full of cocks anyway.

cocks in 3d now there's a thought never saw that coming

[johnp]

Last 5 years under sky:-

Sky HD box £200
Plasma/LCD £800
Sky package + HD channels £50pm

= £4000

Now add new 3D TV £1000

Sky 3D package £10

robbing *******s

And when 4D comes out you'll be paying a hefty premium again

[spanky]

but didn't they already show shrek3d recently

[Exiled_red]

Did anyone watch the match in 3D? Was it any good? (Result aside)

[frank the tank]

imagine 3d porn......class

[Marky]

WTF's this 3D ****e all about? Sky are frying my head once again.

Why can't they just keep the ****ing thing simple? Tossers.

[red g]

Sky 3D TV kicks off, and we were there
As we first reported on Thursday last week, Sky here in the UK today made television history today with the world's first live screening of a major sporting event in 3D.

The match they chose was a tense top of the Premier League affair between Arsenal and Manchester United, at Arsenal's Emirates home in North London.

Your correspondent was, of course, there, resplendent in 3D glasses and the obligatory thick jacket and woollen overcoat.






If you ever wondered what the London technology press looks like with 3D glasses on, I hope this picture answers your question.

As for the coverage itself, well, for a first attempt you've got to say it was impressive.

Sky craftily uses graphics to tweak the images into 3D life, with its 3D logo contstantly coming at you out of the screen.

The demo was done using passive 3D technology with polarising lenses rather than the more expensive active glasses favoured by the likes of Panasonic. Sky's 3D programming will support both active and passive systems.

First impressions are that the active system, which uses lenses that open and close in sync with the signal at speeds invisible to the human eye, provides a smoother feeling overall than the one on display today.

As a spectacle wearer, my eyes itch when I first put the passive glasses on, though the feeling subsides after 5 minutes or so. The 3D glasses themselves are less of a barrier than I'd feared. Since everyone was wearing them, no one felt stupid, and there wasn't even any pointing and laughing.

Coverage of the match itself I will leave to our impeccable sports department, but I will say this.

What's noticeable about the coverage is how much lower to the pitch the camera needs to be to produce the full HD effect.

When we swoop away for the traditional top down view, you'd hardly know you were watching in 3D.



Standout moments come with the likes of corners and goalkicks. Here, with the ball static and the player approaching the camera, it's hard not to ooh in admiration at the feeling of presence, being there that the lower camera angle produces.

In the 13th minute, when Andrei Arshavin shaved the post with a shot, it looked to be coming right at you on the instant reply. I suspect that Sky's directors will have to work hard to switch cameras to try and make those moments happen live as much as they can.

On balance, though, this experiment was a success. Though nothing can ever replicate the feeling of being in a stadium, this – with the lights off and a huge TV screen – comes close.

Oh, and the added dimension does not make Wayne Rooney any prettier, beautiful though his goal may have been

http://timesonline.typepad.com/technology/2010/01/sky-3d-tv-in-uk.html

[Tee]

Does not appeal to me at all. Once they have the technology to watch 3D without wearing a pair of Orbisons, then I might be interested.

[Tatterdemalion]

I'd rather watch the game in good old 2d, but cheaper tbh.

But then again I'm an old fart. I'd rather the BBC were covering it. I wish Sky would **** off.