Edimensional Shutter glasses and Dell 2405FPW
Hi - I upgraded to a new 24" widescreen LCD - but I can't seem to get my Edimensional shutter glasses (bought new earlier this year) working. First, the connectors on the glasses are not for DVI (VGA only), so I hooked up my regular DVI cable to my 6800GT and put the Edimensional glasses on the 2nd port (via a VGA-DVI converter) and then hooked up a VGA cable through this and connected to the monitor as primary (running cloned displays on Nview).

I thought "this is cool, now all I need to play a game is to change from the DVI display to the cr@ppier, grainier VGA display and it should work" - but nothing happens. The medical test picture is just a bunch of messed-up dots, no square-within-a-square. No 3D, nothing. What's the story here, can Edimensional glasses be used with LCD monitors, or not? I saw this other thread whch involves a mirror and another display, but this Dell monitor already set me back an arm and a leg, I have no interest in going to such lengths to get a 3D effect.

Using Nvidia 77.77s (Forceware and 3D Stereo drivers), 6800GT.. other (less relevant) specs are AMD 4000+, 2 gig o' ram, running at native resolution of 1920x1200. Can this be done, or should I just sell my glasses now?
Hi - I upgraded to a new 24" widescreen LCD - but I can't seem to get my Edimensional shutter glasses (bought new earlier this year) working. First, the connectors on the glasses are not for DVI (VGA only), so I hooked up my regular DVI cable to my 6800GT and put the Edimensional glasses on the 2nd port (via a VGA-DVI converter) and then hooked up a VGA cable through this and connected to the monitor as primary (running cloned displays on Nview).



I thought "this is cool, now all I need to play a game is to change from the DVI display to the cr@ppier, grainier VGA display and it should work" - but nothing happens. The medical test picture is just a bunch of messed-up dots, no square-within-a-square. No 3D, nothing. What's the story here, can Edimensional glasses be used with LCD monitors, or not? I saw this other thread whch involves a mirror and another display, but this Dell monitor already set me back an arm and a leg, I have no interest in going to such lengths to get a 3D effect.



Using Nvidia 77.77s (Forceware and 3D Stereo drivers), 6800GT.. other (less relevant) specs are AMD 4000+, 2 gig o' ram, running at native resolution of 1920x1200. Can this be done, or should I just sell my glasses now?

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ cpu | Gigabyte PCI-Express GA-K8NXP-SLI mobo | 2 gb ram | 2x 200gb Seagate SATA hard drives | 1x 200gb Seagate IDE drive | LG GSA-4120B DVD writer | Pioneer DVD-106 DVD-ROM drive | Gigabyte 6800GT PCI-E | 600w Enermax PSU | Dell 24" widescreen LCD monitor | Playstation 3 via 60" 1080p Sony Bravia

#1
Posted 09/01/2005 05:38 AM   
Try downloading ED-activator from ED website, It should also be on the cd that came with the glasses, launch it, right click on the icon in your tray and change viewing method to interlaced. Try the game again. You might want to look at some of the threads about 3D on LCD on this forum. Not too many people have much luck with it. The page flip method will not work on LCD's
Try downloading ED-activator from ED website, It should also be on the cd that came with the glasses, launch it, right click on the icon in your tray and change viewing method to interlaced. Try the game again. You might want to look at some of the threads about 3D on LCD on this forum. Not too many people have much luck with it. The page flip method will not work on LCD's

#2
Posted 09/02/2005 03:41 AM   
Thanks very much, I will give this a try.
Thanks very much, I will give this a try.

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ cpu | Gigabyte PCI-Express GA-K8NXP-SLI mobo | 2 gb ram | 2x 200gb Seagate SATA hard drives | 1x 200gb Seagate IDE drive | LG GSA-4120B DVD writer | Pioneer DVD-106 DVD-ROM drive | Gigabyte 6800GT PCI-E | 600w Enermax PSU | Dell 24" widescreen LCD monitor | Playstation 3 via 60" 1080p Sony Bravia

#3
Posted 09/02/2005 04:59 AM   
[quote name='ohgrant' date='Sep 1 2005, 07:41 PM']Try downloading ED-activator from ED website, It should also be on the cd that came with the glasses, launch it, right click on the icon in your tray and change viewing method to interlaced. Try the game again. You might want to look at some of the threads about 3D on LCD on this forum. Not too many people have much luck with it. The page flip method will not work on LCD's
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Well I got it working eventually, thanks to you, but I wasn't very pleased with the effect. All I have is a huge headache. Maybe I'll have to sell these glasses after all. :( But thanks anyway, the ED-activator certainly got the thing working.
[quote name='ohgrant' date='Sep 1 2005, 07:41 PM']Try downloading ED-activator from ED website, It should also be on the cd that came with the glasses, launch it, right click on the icon in your tray and change viewing method to interlaced. Try the game again. You might want to look at some of the threads about 3D on LCD on this forum. Not too many people have much luck with it. The page flip method will not work on LCD's

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Well I got it working eventually, thanks to you, but I wasn't very pleased with the effect. All I have is a huge headache. Maybe I'll have to sell these glasses after all. :( But thanks anyway, the ED-activator certainly got the thing working.

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ cpu | Gigabyte PCI-Express GA-K8NXP-SLI mobo | 2 gb ram | 2x 200gb Seagate SATA hard drives | 1x 200gb Seagate IDE drive | LG GSA-4120B DVD writer | Pioneer DVD-106 DVD-ROM drive | Gigabyte 6800GT PCI-E | 600w Enermax PSU | Dell 24" widescreen LCD monitor | Playstation 3 via 60" 1080p Sony Bravia

#4
Posted 09/02/2005 11:36 PM   
LCDs are rubbish for stereo with shutterglasses. Although one person I've seen post on another forum was adamant that a flight sim game he had running was perfect on one, that is the only account I've heard of someone actually satisfied with the result of shutterglasses and an LCD.

Edimensional are full of BS, with their crappy ATI drivers and LCD support claims.

I'd keep your glasses though, and buy a nice CRT (which are getting really cheap now). High refresh rates (100hz+ at your desired resolution) combined with the nVidia stereo driver and you will be stunned.
LCDs are rubbish for stereo with shutterglasses. Although one person I've seen post on another forum was adamant that a flight sim game he had running was perfect on one, that is the only account I've heard of someone actually satisfied with the result of shutterglasses and an LCD.



Edimensional are full of BS, with their crappy ATI drivers and LCD support claims.



I'd keep your glasses though, and buy a nice CRT (which are getting really cheap now). High refresh rates (100hz+ at your desired resolution) combined with the nVidia stereo driver and you will be stunned.

It better be.

#5
Posted 09/03/2005 05:23 AM   
[quote name='bigtabs' date='Sep 2 2005, 09:23 PM']LCDs are rubbish for stereo with shutterglasses.  Although one person I've seen post on another forum was adamant that a flight sim game he had running was perfect on one, that is the only account I've heard of someone actually satisfied with the result of shutterglasses and an LCD.

Edimensional are full of BS, with their crappy ATI drivers and LCD support claims.

I'd keep your glasses though, and buy a nice CRT (which are getting really cheap now).  High refresh rates (100hz+ at your desired resolution) combined with the nVidia stereo driver and you will be stunned.
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Well I already had a nice newish Philips 19" CRT and the 3D effect was stunning (yep 100hz, nowhere as harsh on the eyes as it was on the LCD which has a fixed refresh of 60hz). I sold that monitor to a friend. I'm not very keen on getting another CRT any time soon as desk space is a premium here. I'm enjoying the pleasures of gaming on a widescreen monitor - to go back to something smaller now would be like going back to dialup. I'm reluctant to sell the glasses but I'm hoping perhaps some better technology is around the corner..like maybe a 30" version of this in a few years time: [url="http://www.dti3d.com/Products/dti_2018xlc.htm"]http://www.dti3d.com/Products/dti_2018xlc.htm[/url] - I'm certain 3D should be an integral part of our gaming future, but there's currently too many trade offs - either we want a nice LCD.. or 3D - but we can't have both. :( A total immersion 360 degree helmet would be ideal.
[quote name='bigtabs' date='Sep 2 2005, 09:23 PM']LCDs are rubbish for stereo with shutterglasses.  Although one person I've seen post on another forum was adamant that a flight sim game he had running was perfect on one, that is the only account I've heard of someone actually satisfied with the result of shutterglasses and an LCD.



Edimensional are full of BS, with their crappy ATI drivers and LCD support claims.



I'd keep your glasses though, and buy a nice CRT (which are getting really cheap now).  High refresh rates (100hz+ at your desired resolution) combined with the nVidia stereo driver and you will be stunned.

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Well I already had a nice newish Philips 19" CRT and the 3D effect was stunning (yep 100hz, nowhere as harsh on the eyes as it was on the LCD which has a fixed refresh of 60hz). I sold that monitor to a friend. I'm not very keen on getting another CRT any time soon as desk space is a premium here. I'm enjoying the pleasures of gaming on a widescreen monitor - to go back to something smaller now would be like going back to dialup. I'm reluctant to sell the glasses but I'm hoping perhaps some better technology is around the corner..like maybe a 30" version of this in a few years time: http://www.dti3d.com/Products/dti_2018xlc.htm - I'm certain 3D should be an integral part of our gaming future, but there's currently too many trade offs - either we want a nice LCD.. or 3D - but we can't have both. :( A total immersion 360 degree helmet would be ideal.

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ cpu | Gigabyte PCI-Express GA-K8NXP-SLI mobo | 2 gb ram | 2x 200gb Seagate SATA hard drives | 1x 200gb Seagate IDE drive | LG GSA-4120B DVD writer | Pioneer DVD-106 DVD-ROM drive | Gigabyte 6800GT PCI-E | 600w Enermax PSU | Dell 24" widescreen LCD monitor | Playstation 3 via 60" 1080p Sony Bravia

#6
Posted 09/03/2005 09:50 AM   
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