Okay, I have a question and I figured asking it of you fine folks would be the best way to get an answer:
I have a Toshiba Qosmio laptop with the GeForce 460m GPU. Now my lappy's monitor is NOT capable of generating 3D, but the laptop and GPU are capable of outputting a 3D signal to a monitor or a plasma TV. Now, I spoke to someone at NVIDIA tech support, but honestly (and no offense meant) I was not really able to get much info from him. I want to output from my laptop to a Plasma TV.
Now this plasma TV (A Panasonic Viera) has its own 3D glasses, so I am not outputting to a 3D capable monitor using NVIDIA's 3D kit with glasses. I was told by the tech support that I would be able to do this with my lappy, and that because I would not be using NVIDIA's hardware that there is some paid software I have to download.
Can anyone direct me to this software AND instructions on how to do this? I don't believe this is a proprietary issue with my laptop, and if I am not mistaken, I believe it is something that is standard for all laptops with my GPU capable of outputting a 3D signal to a Plasma or LCD TV.
Okay, I have a question and I figured asking it of you fine folks would be the best way to get an answer:
I have a Toshiba Qosmio laptop with the GeForce 460m GPU. Now my lappy's monitor is NOT capable of generating 3D, but the laptop and GPU are capable of outputting a 3D signal to a monitor or a plasma TV. Now, I spoke to someone at NVIDIA tech support, but honestly (and no offense meant) I was not really able to get much info from him. I want to output from my laptop to a Plasma TV.
Now this plasma TV (A Panasonic Viera) has its own 3D glasses, so I am not outputting to a 3D capable monitor using NVIDIA's 3D kit with glasses. I was told by the tech support that I would be able to do this with my lappy, and that because I would not be using NVIDIA's hardware that there is some paid software I have to download.
Can anyone direct me to this software AND instructions on how to do this? I don't believe this is a proprietary issue with my laptop, and if I am not mistaken, I believe it is something that is standard for all laptops with my GPU capable of outputting a 3D signal to a Plasma or LCD TV.
This is actually a pretty simple question and I am surprised our support team didn't answer it.
You can purchase our 3DTV Play software http://www.nvidia.com/3dtv which allows you to connect an NVIDIA GPU to a 3D TV over HDMI 1.4 and experience 3D gaming, photos, movies, etc.
With 3DTV Play software you use the glasses that come with your TV (like your the plasma glasses you are referring to).
This is actually a pretty simple question and I am surprised our support team didn't answer it.
You can purchase our 3DTV Play software http://www.nvidia.com/3dtv which allows you to connect an NVIDIA GPU to a 3D TV over HDMI 1.4 and experience 3D gaming, photos, movies, etc.
With 3DTV Play software you use the glasses that come with your TV (like your the plasma glasses you are referring to).
Two questions: Does it have to be a HDMI 1.4 cable? Also, the phone tech guy said something about a free trial for the software before actually paying for it. IS that true?
Two questions: Does it have to be a HDMI 1.4 cable? Also, the phone tech guy said something about a free trial for the software before actually paying for it. IS that true?
Two questions: Does it have to be a HDMI 1.4 cable? Also, the phone tech guy said something about a free trial for the software before actually paying for it. IS that true?
Thanks again.
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1. Most cables are already HDMI 1.4. Just look for cables that say high speed on the packaging.
2. Yes you can try it free for 14 days, more info here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/3dtv-play-trial-activate.html
[quote name='ChiroVette' date='10 March 2011 - 01:03 PM' timestamp='1299783806' post='1205477']
Thanks Andrew!
Two questions: Does it have to be a HDMI 1.4 cable? Also, the phone tech guy said something about a free trial for the software before actually paying for it. IS that true?
Thanks again.
1. Most cables are already HDMI 1.4. Just look for cables that say high speed on the packaging.
Is there a driver update necessary for using NVidia 3DPlay?
I ask because the PC I have is a Toshiba Qosmio notebook with a GeForce 460m GPU and the version of the driver I have is 8.17.12.5912. Now for some reason, it seems that NVidia makes proprietary drivers for Toshiba's Qosmio lappies, and my driver is from August of last year. I know there are newer drivers, but the last time I tried to download them my PC wouldn't let me update the drivers with anything other than the drivers on their own site. So it doesn't seem to work when I tried a few months ago to update from NVidia's site for my notebook GPU. Will this, in any way, effect my ability to use the software you linked me to? In short, will the software work with my version of the 460m notebook driver?
Is there a driver update necessary for using NVidia 3DPlay?
I ask because the PC I have is a Toshiba Qosmio notebook with a GeForce 460m GPU and the version of the driver I have is 8.17.12.5912. Now for some reason, it seems that NVidia makes proprietary drivers for Toshiba's Qosmio lappies, and my driver is from August of last year. I know there are newer drivers, but the last time I tried to download them my PC wouldn't let me update the drivers with anything other than the drivers on their own site. So it doesn't seem to work when I tried a few months ago to update from NVidia's site for my notebook GPU. Will this, in any way, effect my ability to use the software you linked me to? In short, will the software work with my version of the 460m notebook driver?
[quote name='ChiroVette' date='25 March 2011 - 10:49 AM' timestamp='1301068166' post='1213064']
Andrew, one more question:
Is there a driver update necessary for using NVidia 3DPlay?
I ask because the PC I have is a Toshiba Qosmio notebook with a GeForce 460m GPU and the version of the driver I have is 8.17.12.5912. Now for some reason, it seems that NVidia makes proprietary drivers for Toshiba's Qosmio lappies, and my driver is from August of last year. I know there are newer drivers, but the last time I tried to download them my PC wouldn't let me update the drivers with anything other than the drivers on their own site. So it doesn't seem to work when I tried a few months ago to update from NVidia's site for my notebook GPU. Will this, in any way, effect my ability to use the software you linked me to? In short, will the software work with my version of the 460m notebook driver?
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Hi
You need to use R260 or higher drviers. Your driver is R256. Can you try the latest Verde driver for Notebooks posted today?
[quote name='ChiroVette' date='25 March 2011 - 10:49 AM' timestamp='1301068166' post='1213064']
Andrew, one more question:
Is there a driver update necessary for using NVidia 3DPlay?
I ask because the PC I have is a Toshiba Qosmio notebook with a GeForce 460m GPU and the version of the driver I have is 8.17.12.5912. Now for some reason, it seems that NVidia makes proprietary drivers for Toshiba's Qosmio lappies, and my driver is from August of last year. I know there are newer drivers, but the last time I tried to download them my PC wouldn't let me update the drivers with anything other than the drivers on their own site. So it doesn't seem to work when I tried a few months ago to update from NVidia's site for my notebook GPU. Will this, in any way, effect my ability to use the software you linked me to? In short, will the software work with my version of the 460m notebook driver?
Hi
You need to use R260 or higher drviers. Your driver is R256. Can you try the latest Verde driver for Notebooks posted today?
[quote name='ChiroVette' date='25 March 2011 - 01:59 PM' timestamp='1301079567' post='1213152']
I can try it, but I have the feeling my laptop won't accept it. I'll give it a shot, though.
You don't per chance have a link to the page with the new driver, do you?
Thanks, Andrew! My lappy took the updated driver, surprisingly enough, because it rejected all the previous updates from NVidia's site. Anyway, I ran a DxDiag and now my video driver is:
[b]8.17.12.6776[/b]
I am curious about something, though: You said I need the R260 driver and that mine was R256, but I could not find any reference to those numbers either on the page you linked me to that I downloaded the driver on or in my DxDiag. I assume that is irrelevant because it looks like this driver was released last week, so lol, I don't think we can get much more current than that. /wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />
Thanks, Andrew! My lappy took the updated driver, surprisingly enough, because it rejected all the previous updates from NVidia's site. Anyway, I ran a DxDiag and now my video driver is:
8.17.12.6776
I am curious about something, though: You said I need the R260 driver and that mine was R256, but I could not find any reference to those numbers either on the page you linked me to that I downloaded the driver on or in my DxDiag. I assume that is irrelevant because it looks like this driver was released last week, so lol, I don't think we can get much more current than that. /wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />
Hey there again! I was hoping to get some more help, so thanks in advance!
I downloaded the trial version of the [i]3DTV Play [/i] software on my gaming laptop, and set it all up, but I have no idea how to make the 3D display kick in. I plugged the laptop into the 3D Panasonic Viera TV using a high speed HDMI cable and the output is fine except no 3D, not even the "blur effect" you expect when not wearing the glasses. We checked the same input on the TV with my Dad's Blu-ray player and that outputs fine using the same HDMI cable and TV input. So the TV is working for full 3D.
I tried Just Cause 2 and Batman: Arkham Asylum and neither of those games had that characteristic screen blur so no 3D. I went into my NVIDIA Control Panel and all I could find is "Manage 3D Settings" but there didn't seem to be anything in there that would help me. Additionally, none of the 3D compatible games I tried had any settings within their video options that said anything about 3D.
The Free Trial software is installed so what am I doing wrong?
Oh, additionally, in the "Manage 3D Settings" menu, I see Batman: Arkham Asylum and a bunch of other games listed, but why is Just Cause 2 (which is also an "NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready" game not listed in the "Select Programs To Customize" drop-down menu in the "Program Settings" tab?
I called tech support, but we had a crappy connection and they said they would have to call me back, but could not give me a time.
Here is something else interesting! Norton keeps picking up a high level threat from this file whenever I try to install.
It says something about TagLoader_tmp.exe in my Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp directory. I assume that is a false virus message.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Hey there again! I was hoping to get some more help, so thanks in advance!
I downloaded the trial version of the 3DTV Play software on my gaming laptop, and set it all up, but I have no idea how to make the 3D display kick in. I plugged the laptop into the 3D Panasonic Viera TV using a high speed HDMI cable and the output is fine except no 3D, not even the "blur effect" you expect when not wearing the glasses. We checked the same input on the TV with my Dad's Blu-ray player and that outputs fine using the same HDMI cable and TV input. So the TV is working for full 3D.
I tried Just Cause 2 and Batman: Arkham Asylum and neither of those games had that characteristic screen blur so no 3D. I went into my NVIDIA Control Panel and all I could find is "Manage 3D Settings" but there didn't seem to be anything in there that would help me. Additionally, none of the 3D compatible games I tried had any settings within their video options that said anything about 3D.
The Free Trial software is installed so what am I doing wrong?
Oh, additionally, in the "Manage 3D Settings" menu, I see Batman: Arkham Asylum and a bunch of other games listed, but why is Just Cause 2 (which is also an "NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready" game not listed in the "Select Programs To Customize" drop-down menu in the "Program Settings" tab?
I called tech support, but we had a crappy connection and they said they would have to call me back, but could not give me a time.
Here is something else interesting! Norton keeps picking up a high level threat from this file whenever I try to install.
It says something about TagLoader_tmp.exe in my Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp directory. I assume that is a false virus message.
[quote name='andrewf@nvidia' date='03 April 2011 - 04:14 PM' timestamp='1301861669' post='1218703']
Plasma 3D TVs only support gaming at 720p60 which is 1280x720. So you must run the games in that resolution for 3D to start.
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Here is the odd thing, Andrew: I spent an hour on the phone with tech support on Saturday, before you had replied, and they had me go through a bunch of things. One of the things was I went into the televisions menu and it was apparently set to auto-detect 3D input. When I changed that and cycled through the choices (one was side by side and several other choices) I found the one choice that made the screen characteristically "blurry" without the glasses and then with the glasses it was clear, so we chose that one. Now what you are saying might be true, because the truth is I was NOT impressed with the so-called 3D, BUT not knowing what you posted, I was also running the game in 1080p not 720. My question, however, is why would it "seem to work" at least somewhat with the changed settings and the resolution too high. Next time I go over his house I will try this again only this time running my games at 720.
By the way, you never answered my Norton question. Why is my new laptop telling me that there is a virus or malicious program in the NVidia 3DTV Play driver whenever I run the install? The tech on the phone had no idea, but he had me run it a half dozen times and in each time I got the virus message Suspicious.cloud.5) and also the other strange message at the same time about Windows NOT being able to find "TagLoader_TMP.EXE" in [b]C:\Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp[/b].
Any ideas what's up with that? This is a laptop which I just re-formatted with Norton installed, and I haven't been to any suspicious sites. This is the first time Norton has complained about a suspicious file since the OS re-install. Oh and the tech on the phone had no clue what was going on with this and never heard of either the potential virus (or false positive) issue or the missing file issue.
[quote name='andrewf@nvidia' date='03 April 2011 - 04:14 PM' timestamp='1301861669' post='1218703']
Plasma 3D TVs only support gaming at 720p60 which is 1280x720. So you must run the games in that resolution for 3D to start.
Here is the odd thing, Andrew: I spent an hour on the phone with tech support on Saturday, before you had replied, and they had me go through a bunch of things. One of the things was I went into the televisions menu and it was apparently set to auto-detect 3D input. When I changed that and cycled through the choices (one was side by side and several other choices) I found the one choice that made the screen characteristically "blurry" without the glasses and then with the glasses it was clear, so we chose that one. Now what you are saying might be true, because the truth is I was NOT impressed with the so-called 3D, BUT not knowing what you posted, I was also running the game in 1080p not 720. My question, however, is why would it "seem to work" at least somewhat with the changed settings and the resolution too high. Next time I go over his house I will try this again only this time running my games at 720.
By the way, you never answered my Norton question. Why is my new laptop telling me that there is a virus or malicious program in the NVidia 3DTV Play driver whenever I run the install? The tech on the phone had no idea, but he had me run it a half dozen times and in each time I got the virus message Suspicious.cloud.5) and also the other strange message at the same time about Windows NOT being able to find "TagLoader_TMP.EXE" in C:\Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp.
Any ideas what's up with that? This is a laptop which I just re-formatted with Norton installed, and I haven't been to any suspicious sites. This is the first time Norton has complained about a suspicious file since the OS re-install. Oh and the tech on the phone had no clue what was going on with this and never heard of either the potential virus (or false positive) issue or the missing file issue.
[quote name='ChiroVette' date='04 April 2011 - 11:43 AM' timestamp='1301935435' post='1219112']
Here is the odd thing, Andrew: I spent an hour on the phone with tech support on Saturday, before you had replied, and they had me go through a bunch of things. One of the things was I went into the televisions menu and it was apparently set to auto-detect 3D input. When I changed that and cycled through the choices (one was side by side and several other choices) I found the one choice that made the screen characteristically "blurry" without the glasses and then with the glasses it was clear, so we chose that one. Now what you are saying might be true, because the truth is I was NOT impressed with the so-called 3D, BUT not knowing what you posted, I was also running the game in 1080p not 720. My question, however, is why would it "seem to work" at least somewhat with the changed settings and the resolution too high. Next time I go over his house I will try this again only this time running my games at 720.
[/quote]
Trust me, leave the TV in auto mode and run your games at 1280x720. That is the HDMI 1.4 mode intended for gaming. You can always consult our user guide here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO-98478.html
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By the way, you never answered my Norton question. Why is my new laptop telling me that there is a virus or malicious program in the NVidia 3DTV Play driver whenever I run the install? The tech on the phone had no idea, but he had me run it a half dozen times and in each time I got the virus message Suspicious.cloud.5) and also the other strange message at the same time about Windows NOT being able to find "TagLoader_TMP.EXE" in [b]C:\Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp[/b].
Any ideas what's up with that? This is a laptop which I just re-formatted with Norton installed, and I haven't been to any suspicious sites. This is the first time Norton has complained about a suspicious file since the OS re-install. Oh and the tech on the phone had no clue what was going on with this and never heard of either the potential virus (or false positive) issue or the missing file issue.
[/quote]
This is the first i have heard of this and will need to investigate.
[quote name='ChiroVette' date='04 April 2011 - 11:43 AM' timestamp='1301935435' post='1219112']
Here is the odd thing, Andrew: I spent an hour on the phone with tech support on Saturday, before you had replied, and they had me go through a bunch of things. One of the things was I went into the televisions menu and it was apparently set to auto-detect 3D input. When I changed that and cycled through the choices (one was side by side and several other choices) I found the one choice that made the screen characteristically "blurry" without the glasses and then with the glasses it was clear, so we chose that one. Now what you are saying might be true, because the truth is I was NOT impressed with the so-called 3D, BUT not knowing what you posted, I was also running the game in 1080p not 720. My question, however, is why would it "seem to work" at least somewhat with the changed settings and the resolution too high. Next time I go over his house I will try this again only this time running my games at 720.
Trust me, leave the TV in auto mode and run your games at 1280x720. That is the HDMI 1.4 mode intended for gaming. You can always consult our user guide here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO-98478.html
By the way, you never answered my Norton question. Why is my new laptop telling me that there is a virus or malicious program in the NVidia 3DTV Play driver whenever I run the install? The tech on the phone had no idea, but he had me run it a half dozen times and in each time I got the virus message Suspicious.cloud.5) and also the other strange message at the same time about Windows NOT being able to find "TagLoader_TMP.EXE" in C:\Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp.
Any ideas what's up with that? This is a laptop which I just re-formatted with Norton installed, and I haven't been to any suspicious sites. This is the first time Norton has complained about a suspicious file since the OS re-install. Oh and the tech on the phone had no clue what was going on with this and never heard of either the potential virus (or false positive) issue or the missing file issue.
This is the first i have heard of this and will need to investigate.
[quote name='ChiroVette' date='04 April 2011 - 11:43 AM' timestamp='1301935435' post='1219112']
By the way, you never answered my Norton question. Why is my new laptop telling me that there is a virus or malicious program in the NVidia 3DTV Play driver whenever I run the install? The tech on the phone had no idea, but he had me run it a half dozen times and in each time I got the virus message Suspicious.cloud.5) and also the other strange message at the same time about Windows NOT being able to find "TagLoader_TMP.EXE" in [b]C:\Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp[/b].
Any ideas what's up with that? This is a laptop which I just re-formatted with Norton installed, and I haven't been to any suspicious sites. This is the first time Norton has complained about a suspicious file since the OS re-install. Oh and the tech on the phone had no clue what was going on with this and never heard of either the potential virus (or false positive) issue or the missing file issue.
[/quote]
Hi
Just some comments on Norton.
Activation software can trigger false alarms. Please ask user to exclude <program files>NVIDIA Corporation\3dTV folder (where 3DSerialize.exe is). We are definitely testing our internal code to ensure there are no viruses
[quote name='ChiroVette' date='04 April 2011 - 11:43 AM' timestamp='1301935435' post='1219112']
By the way, you never answered my Norton question. Why is my new laptop telling me that there is a virus or malicious program in the NVidia 3DTV Play driver whenever I run the install? The tech on the phone had no idea, but he had me run it a half dozen times and in each time I got the virus message Suspicious.cloud.5) and also the other strange message at the same time about Windows NOT being able to find "TagLoader_TMP.EXE" in C:\Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp.
Any ideas what's up with that? This is a laptop which I just re-formatted with Norton installed, and I haven't been to any suspicious sites. This is the first time Norton has complained about a suspicious file since the OS re-install. Oh and the tech on the phone had no clue what was going on with this and never heard of either the potential virus (or false positive) issue or the missing file issue.
Hi
Just some comments on Norton.
Activation software can trigger false alarms. Please ask user to exclude <program files>NVIDIA Corporation\3dTV folder (where 3DSerialize.exe is). We are definitely testing our internal code to ensure there are no viruses
[quote name='andrewf@nvidia' date='04 April 2011 - 05:15 PM' timestamp='1301951743' post='1219266']
Hi
Just some comments on Norton.
Activation software can trigger false alarms. Please ask user to exclude <program files>NVIDIA Corporation\3dTV folder (where 3DSerialize.exe is). We are definitely testing our internal code to ensure there are no viruses
[/quote]
No problem and THANKS for the responses, Andrew!
As I said in the first post above about this virus warning, I pretty much assumed that it was a false warning, but what scared the crap out of me is that the tech guy on the phone never heard of it. One would think that I am not the only guy using Norton who installed this software, lol, so had the tech just found out what was going on and said, "Ah, yeah, don't worry, it is a false positive," I would have just laughed it off. Norton reports false positives, as you mentioned, but when the person at tech support never heard of this happening with THIS SOFTWARE, I think you can understand why I became a little worried. lol
I will go over to my Dad's this week and try the resolution settings you recommended and report back what happened. Thanks again!
[quote name='andrewf@nvidia' date='04 April 2011 - 05:15 PM' timestamp='1301951743' post='1219266']
Hi
Just some comments on Norton.
Activation software can trigger false alarms. Please ask user to exclude <program files>NVIDIA Corporation\3dTV folder (where 3DSerialize.exe is). We are definitely testing our internal code to ensure there are no viruses
No problem and THANKS for the responses, Andrew!
As I said in the first post above about this virus warning, I pretty much assumed that it was a false warning, but what scared the crap out of me is that the tech guy on the phone never heard of it. One would think that I am not the only guy using Norton who installed this software, lol, so had the tech just found out what was going on and said, "Ah, yeah, don't worry, it is a false positive," I would have just laughed it off. Norton reports false positives, as you mentioned, but when the person at tech support never heard of this happening with THIS SOFTWARE, I think you can understand why I became a little worried. lol
I will go over to my Dad's this week and try the resolution settings you recommended and report back what happened. Thanks again!
Okay, I have a question and I figured asking it of you fine folks would be the best way to get an answer:
I have a Toshiba Qosmio laptop with the GeForce 460m GPU. Now my lappy's monitor is NOT capable of generating 3D, but the laptop and GPU are capable of outputting a 3D signal to a monitor or a plasma TV. Now, I spoke to someone at NVIDIA tech support, but honestly (and no offense meant) I was not really able to get much info from him. I want to output from my laptop to a Plasma TV.
Now this plasma TV (A Panasonic Viera) has its own 3D glasses, so I am not outputting to a 3D capable monitor using NVIDIA's 3D kit with glasses. I was told by the tech support that I would be able to do this with my lappy, and that because I would not be using NVIDIA's hardware that there is some paid software I have to download.
Can anyone direct me to this software AND instructions on how to do this? I don't believe this is a proprietary issue with my laptop, and if I am not mistaken, I believe it is something that is standard for all laptops with my GPU capable of outputting a 3D signal to a Plasma or LCD TV.
Thanks in advance, folks!
Okay, I have a question and I figured asking it of you fine folks would be the best way to get an answer:
I have a Toshiba Qosmio laptop with the GeForce 460m GPU. Now my lappy's monitor is NOT capable of generating 3D, but the laptop and GPU are capable of outputting a 3D signal to a monitor or a plasma TV. Now, I spoke to someone at NVIDIA tech support, but honestly (and no offense meant) I was not really able to get much info from him. I want to output from my laptop to a Plasma TV.
Now this plasma TV (A Panasonic Viera) has its own 3D glasses, so I am not outputting to a 3D capable monitor using NVIDIA's 3D kit with glasses. I was told by the tech support that I would be able to do this with my lappy, and that because I would not be using NVIDIA's hardware that there is some paid software I have to download.
Can anyone direct me to this software AND instructions on how to do this? I don't believe this is a proprietary issue with my laptop, and if I am not mistaken, I believe it is something that is standard for all laptops with my GPU capable of outputting a 3D signal to a Plasma or LCD TV.
Thanks in advance, folks!
This is actually a pretty simple question and I am surprised our support team didn't answer it.
You can purchase our 3DTV Play software http://www.nvidia.com/3dtv which allows you to connect an NVIDIA GPU to a 3D TV over HDMI 1.4 and experience 3D gaming, photos, movies, etc.
With 3DTV Play software you use the glasses that come with your TV (like your the plasma glasses you are referring to).
If you have any questions, please ask.
This is actually a pretty simple question and I am surprised our support team didn't answer it.
You can purchase our 3DTV Play software http://www.nvidia.com/3dtv which allows you to connect an NVIDIA GPU to a 3D TV over HDMI 1.4 and experience 3D gaming, photos, movies, etc.
With 3DTV Play software you use the glasses that come with your TV (like your the plasma glasses you are referring to).
If you have any questions, please ask.
Two questions: Does it have to be a HDMI 1.4 cable? Also, the phone tech guy said something about a free trial for the software before actually paying for it. IS that true?
Thanks again.
Two questions: Does it have to be a HDMI 1.4 cable? Also, the phone tech guy said something about a free trial for the software before actually paying for it. IS that true?
Thanks again.
Thanks Andrew!
Two questions: Does it have to be a HDMI 1.4 cable? Also, the phone tech guy said something about a free trial for the software before actually paying for it. IS that true?
Thanks again.
[/quote]
1. Most cables are already HDMI 1.4. Just look for cables that say high speed on the packaging.
2. Yes you can try it free for 14 days, more info here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/3dtv-play-trial-activate.html
Thanks Andrew!
Two questions: Does it have to be a HDMI 1.4 cable? Also, the phone tech guy said something about a free trial for the software before actually paying for it. IS that true?
Thanks again.
1. Most cables are already HDMI 1.4. Just look for cables that say high speed on the packaging.
2. Yes you can try it free for 14 days, more info here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/3dtv-play-trial-activate.html
Is there a driver update necessary for using NVidia 3DPlay?
I ask because the PC I have is a Toshiba Qosmio notebook with a GeForce 460m GPU and the version of the driver I have is 8.17.12.5912. Now for some reason, it seems that NVidia makes proprietary drivers for Toshiba's Qosmio lappies, and my driver is from August of last year. I know there are newer drivers, but the last time I tried to download them my PC wouldn't let me update the drivers with anything other than the drivers on their own site. So it doesn't seem to work when I tried a few months ago to update from NVidia's site for my notebook GPU. Will this, in any way, effect my ability to use the software you linked me to? In short, will the software work with my version of the 460m notebook driver?
Is there a driver update necessary for using NVidia 3DPlay?
I ask because the PC I have is a Toshiba Qosmio notebook with a GeForce 460m GPU and the version of the driver I have is 8.17.12.5912. Now for some reason, it seems that NVidia makes proprietary drivers for Toshiba's Qosmio lappies, and my driver is from August of last year. I know there are newer drivers, but the last time I tried to download them my PC wouldn't let me update the drivers with anything other than the drivers on their own site. So it doesn't seem to work when I tried a few months ago to update from NVidia's site for my notebook GPU. Will this, in any way, effect my ability to use the software you linked me to? In short, will the software work with my version of the 460m notebook driver?
Andrew, one more question:
Is there a driver update necessary for using NVidia 3DPlay?
I ask because the PC I have is a Toshiba Qosmio notebook with a GeForce 460m GPU and the version of the driver I have is 8.17.12.5912. Now for some reason, it seems that NVidia makes proprietary drivers for Toshiba's Qosmio lappies, and my driver is from August of last year. I know there are newer drivers, but the last time I tried to download them my PC wouldn't let me update the drivers with anything other than the drivers on their own site. So it doesn't seem to work when I tried a few months ago to update from NVidia's site for my notebook GPU. Will this, in any way, effect my ability to use the software you linked me to? In short, will the software work with my version of the 460m notebook driver?
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Hi
You need to use R260 or higher drviers. Your driver is R256. Can you try the latest Verde driver for Notebooks posted today?
Andrew, one more question:
Is there a driver update necessary for using NVidia 3DPlay?
I ask because the PC I have is a Toshiba Qosmio notebook with a GeForce 460m GPU and the version of the driver I have is 8.17.12.5912. Now for some reason, it seems that NVidia makes proprietary drivers for Toshiba's Qosmio lappies, and my driver is from August of last year. I know there are newer drivers, but the last time I tried to download them my PC wouldn't let me update the drivers with anything other than the drivers on their own site. So it doesn't seem to work when I tried a few months ago to update from NVidia's site for my notebook GPU. Will this, in any way, effect my ability to use the software you linked me to? In short, will the software work with my version of the 460m notebook driver?
Hi
You need to use R260 or higher drviers. Your driver is R256. Can you try the latest Verde driver for Notebooks posted today?
You don't per chance have a link to the page with the new driver, do you?
Thanks again!
You don't per chance have a link to the page with the new driver, do you?
Thanks again!
I can try it, but I have the feeling my laptop won't accept it. I'll give it a shot, though.
You don't per chance have a link to the page with the new driver, do you?
Thanks again!
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Give this one a try.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win7-64bit-267.76-whql-driver.html
I can try it, but I have the feeling my laptop won't accept it. I'll give it a shot, though.
You don't per chance have a link to the page with the new driver, do you?
Thanks again!
Give this one a try.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win7-64bit-267.76-whql-driver.html
[b]8.17.12.6776[/b]
I am curious about something, though: You said I need the R260 driver and that mine was R256, but I could not find any reference to those numbers either on the page you linked me to that I downloaded the driver on or in my DxDiag. I assume that is irrelevant because it looks like this driver was released last week, so lol, I don't think we can get much more current than that.
8.17.12.6776
I am curious about something, though: You said I need the R260 driver and that mine was R256, but I could not find any reference to those numbers either on the page you linked me to that I downloaded the driver on or in my DxDiag. I assume that is irrelevant because it looks like this driver was released last week, so lol, I don't think we can get much more current than that.
I downloaded the trial version of the [i]3DTV Play [/i] software on my gaming laptop, and set it all up, but I have no idea how to make the 3D display kick in. I plugged the laptop into the 3D Panasonic Viera TV using a high speed HDMI cable and the output is fine except no 3D, not even the "blur effect" you expect when not wearing the glasses. We checked the same input on the TV with my Dad's Blu-ray player and that outputs fine using the same HDMI cable and TV input. So the TV is working for full 3D.
I tried Just Cause 2 and Batman: Arkham Asylum and neither of those games had that characteristic screen blur so no 3D. I went into my NVIDIA Control Panel and all I could find is "Manage 3D Settings" but there didn't seem to be anything in there that would help me. Additionally, none of the 3D compatible games I tried had any settings within their video options that said anything about 3D.
The Free Trial software is installed so what am I doing wrong?
Oh, additionally, in the "Manage 3D Settings" menu, I see Batman: Arkham Asylum and a bunch of other games listed, but why is Just Cause 2 (which is also an "NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready" game not listed in the "Select Programs To Customize" drop-down menu in the "Program Settings" tab?
I called tech support, but we had a crappy connection and they said they would have to call me back, but could not give me a time.
Here is something else interesting! Norton keeps picking up a high level threat from this file whenever I try to install.
It says something about TagLoader_tmp.exe in my Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp directory. I assume that is a false virus message.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I downloaded the trial version of the 3DTV Play software on my gaming laptop, and set it all up, but I have no idea how to make the 3D display kick in. I plugged the laptop into the 3D Panasonic Viera TV using a high speed HDMI cable and the output is fine except no 3D, not even the "blur effect" you expect when not wearing the glasses. We checked the same input on the TV with my Dad's Blu-ray player and that outputs fine using the same HDMI cable and TV input. So the TV is working for full 3D.
I tried Just Cause 2 and Batman: Arkham Asylum and neither of those games had that characteristic screen blur so no 3D. I went into my NVIDIA Control Panel and all I could find is "Manage 3D Settings" but there didn't seem to be anything in there that would help me. Additionally, none of the 3D compatible games I tried had any settings within their video options that said anything about 3D.
The Free Trial software is installed so what am I doing wrong?
Oh, additionally, in the "Manage 3D Settings" menu, I see Batman: Arkham Asylum and a bunch of other games listed, but why is Just Cause 2 (which is also an "NVIDIA 3D Vision Ready" game not listed in the "Select Programs To Customize" drop-down menu in the "Program Settings" tab?
I called tech support, but we had a crappy connection and they said they would have to call me back, but could not give me a time.
Here is something else interesting! Norton keeps picking up a high level threat from this file whenever I try to install.
It says something about TagLoader_tmp.exe in my Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp directory. I assume that is a false virus message.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Plasma 3D TVs only support gaming at 720p60 which is 1280x720. So you must run the games in that resolution for 3D to start.
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Here is the odd thing, Andrew: I spent an hour on the phone with tech support on Saturday, before you had replied, and they had me go through a bunch of things. One of the things was I went into the televisions menu and it was apparently set to auto-detect 3D input. When I changed that and cycled through the choices (one was side by side and several other choices) I found the one choice that made the screen characteristically "blurry" without the glasses and then with the glasses it was clear, so we chose that one. Now what you are saying might be true, because the truth is I was NOT impressed with the so-called 3D, BUT not knowing what you posted, I was also running the game in 1080p not 720. My question, however, is why would it "seem to work" at least somewhat with the changed settings and the resolution too high. Next time I go over his house I will try this again only this time running my games at 720.
By the way, you never answered my Norton question. Why is my new laptop telling me that there is a virus or malicious program in the NVidia 3DTV Play driver whenever I run the install? The tech on the phone had no idea, but he had me run it a half dozen times and in each time I got the virus message Suspicious.cloud.5) and also the other strange message at the same time about Windows NOT being able to find "TagLoader_TMP.EXE" in [b]C:\Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp[/b].
Any ideas what's up with that? This is a laptop which I just re-formatted with Norton installed, and I haven't been to any suspicious sites. This is the first time Norton has complained about a suspicious file since the OS re-install. Oh and the tech on the phone had no clue what was going on with this and never heard of either the potential virus (or false positive) issue or the missing file issue.
Plasma 3D TVs only support gaming at 720p60 which is 1280x720. So you must run the games in that resolution for 3D to start.
Here is the odd thing, Andrew: I spent an hour on the phone with tech support on Saturday, before you had replied, and they had me go through a bunch of things. One of the things was I went into the televisions menu and it was apparently set to auto-detect 3D input. When I changed that and cycled through the choices (one was side by side and several other choices) I found the one choice that made the screen characteristically "blurry" without the glasses and then with the glasses it was clear, so we chose that one. Now what you are saying might be true, because the truth is I was NOT impressed with the so-called 3D, BUT not knowing what you posted, I was also running the game in 1080p not 720. My question, however, is why would it "seem to work" at least somewhat with the changed settings and the resolution too high. Next time I go over his house I will try this again only this time running my games at 720.
By the way, you never answered my Norton question. Why is my new laptop telling me that there is a virus or malicious program in the NVidia 3DTV Play driver whenever I run the install? The tech on the phone had no idea, but he had me run it a half dozen times and in each time I got the virus message Suspicious.cloud.5) and also the other strange message at the same time about Windows NOT being able to find "TagLoader_TMP.EXE" in C:\Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp.
Any ideas what's up with that? This is a laptop which I just re-formatted with Norton installed, and I haven't been to any suspicious sites. This is the first time Norton has complained about a suspicious file since the OS re-install. Oh and the tech on the phone had no clue what was going on with this and never heard of either the potential virus (or false positive) issue or the missing file issue.
Here is the odd thing, Andrew: I spent an hour on the phone with tech support on Saturday, before you had replied, and they had me go through a bunch of things. One of the things was I went into the televisions menu and it was apparently set to auto-detect 3D input. When I changed that and cycled through the choices (one was side by side and several other choices) I found the one choice that made the screen characteristically "blurry" without the glasses and then with the glasses it was clear, so we chose that one. Now what you are saying might be true, because the truth is I was NOT impressed with the so-called 3D, BUT not knowing what you posted, I was also running the game in 1080p not 720. My question, however, is why would it "seem to work" at least somewhat with the changed settings and the resolution too high. Next time I go over his house I will try this again only this time running my games at 720.
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Trust me, leave the TV in auto mode and run your games at 1280x720. That is the HDMI 1.4 mode intended for gaming. You can always consult our user guide here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO-98478.html
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By the way, you never answered my Norton question. Why is my new laptop telling me that there is a virus or malicious program in the NVidia 3DTV Play driver whenever I run the install? The tech on the phone had no idea, but he had me run it a half dozen times and in each time I got the virus message Suspicious.cloud.5) and also the other strange message at the same time about Windows NOT being able to find "TagLoader_TMP.EXE" in [b]C:\Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp[/b].
Any ideas what's up with that? This is a laptop which I just re-formatted with Norton installed, and I haven't been to any suspicious sites. This is the first time Norton has complained about a suspicious file since the OS re-install. Oh and the tech on the phone had no clue what was going on with this and never heard of either the potential virus (or false positive) issue or the missing file issue.
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This is the first i have heard of this and will need to investigate.
Here is the odd thing, Andrew: I spent an hour on the phone with tech support on Saturday, before you had replied, and they had me go through a bunch of things. One of the things was I went into the televisions menu and it was apparently set to auto-detect 3D input. When I changed that and cycled through the choices (one was side by side and several other choices) I found the one choice that made the screen characteristically "blurry" without the glasses and then with the glasses it was clear, so we chose that one. Now what you are saying might be true, because the truth is I was NOT impressed with the so-called 3D, BUT not knowing what you posted, I was also running the game in 1080p not 720. My question, however, is why would it "seem to work" at least somewhat with the changed settings and the resolution too high. Next time I go over his house I will try this again only this time running my games at 720.
Trust me, leave the TV in auto mode and run your games at 1280x720. That is the HDMI 1.4 mode intended for gaming. You can always consult our user guide here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO-98478.html
This is the first i have heard of this and will need to investigate.
By the way, you never answered my Norton question. Why is my new laptop telling me that there is a virus or malicious program in the NVidia 3DTV Play driver whenever I run the install? The tech on the phone had no idea, but he had me run it a half dozen times and in each time I got the virus message Suspicious.cloud.5) and also the other strange message at the same time about Windows NOT being able to find "TagLoader_TMP.EXE" in [b]C:\Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp[/b].
Any ideas what's up with that? This is a laptop which I just re-formatted with Norton installed, and I haven't been to any suspicious sites. This is the first time Norton has complained about a suspicious file since the OS re-install. Oh and the tech on the phone had no clue what was going on with this and never heard of either the potential virus (or false positive) issue or the missing file issue.
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Hi
Just some comments on Norton.
Activation software can trigger false alarms. Please ask user to exclude <program files>NVIDIA Corporation\3dTV folder (where 3DSerialize.exe is). We are definitely testing our internal code to ensure there are no viruses
By the way, you never answered my Norton question. Why is my new laptop telling me that there is a virus or malicious program in the NVidia 3DTV Play driver whenever I run the install? The tech on the phone had no idea, but he had me run it a half dozen times and in each time I got the virus message Suspicious.cloud.5) and also the other strange message at the same time about Windows NOT being able to find "TagLoader_TMP.EXE" in C:\Users\My Name\AppData\Local\Temp.
Any ideas what's up with that? This is a laptop which I just re-formatted with Norton installed, and I haven't been to any suspicious sites. This is the first time Norton has complained about a suspicious file since the OS re-install. Oh and the tech on the phone had no clue what was going on with this and never heard of either the potential virus (or false positive) issue or the missing file issue.
Hi
Just some comments on Norton.
Activation software can trigger false alarms. Please ask user to exclude <program files>NVIDIA Corporation\3dTV folder (where 3DSerialize.exe is). We are definitely testing our internal code to ensure there are no viruses
Hi
Just some comments on Norton.
Activation software can trigger false alarms. Please ask user to exclude <program files>NVIDIA Corporation\3dTV folder (where 3DSerialize.exe is). We are definitely testing our internal code to ensure there are no viruses
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No problem and THANKS for the responses, Andrew!
As I said in the first post above about this virus warning, I pretty much assumed that it was a false warning, but what scared the crap out of me is that the tech guy on the phone never heard of it. One would think that I am not the only guy using Norton who installed this software, lol, so had the tech just found out what was going on and said, "Ah, yeah, don't worry, it is a false positive," I would have just laughed it off. Norton reports false positives, as you mentioned, but when the person at tech support never heard of this happening with THIS SOFTWARE, I think you can understand why I became a little worried. lol
I will go over to my Dad's this week and try the resolution settings you recommended and report back what happened. Thanks again!
Hi
Just some comments on Norton.
Activation software can trigger false alarms. Please ask user to exclude <program files>NVIDIA Corporation\3dTV folder (where 3DSerialize.exe is). We are definitely testing our internal code to ensure there are no viruses
No problem and THANKS for the responses, Andrew!
As I said in the first post above about this virus warning, I pretty much assumed that it was a false warning, but what scared the crap out of me is that the tech guy on the phone never heard of it. One would think that I am not the only guy using Norton who installed this software, lol, so had the tech just found out what was going on and said, "Ah, yeah, don't worry, it is a false positive," I would have just laughed it off. Norton reports false positives, as you mentioned, but when the person at tech support never heard of this happening with THIS SOFTWARE, I think you can understand why I became a little worried. lol
I will go over to my Dad's this week and try the resolution settings you recommended and report back what happened. Thanks again!