I don't know how many out there have a CRT HDTV/HTPC setup, but you can actually use e-dimensional glasses with a CRT HDTV with either a vga to dvi or vga to component scan converter.
Basically, I discovered that if I have one monitor attached to the VGA dongle and sent the other signal out to the dvi input on my Hitachi 46w500, I can output fine at 60 hrz and page flipping can still be used (though interlaced and over/under can't). The problem is that the shuttering of the glasses are receiving a VGA analog signal, and the refresh gets confused, so you see what you would see if a video camera is capturing a computer monitor (but only while looking through the glasses, which is weird).
However, if you have the VGA dongle attached to a VGA to component scan convertor like the one below, then output the convertor to your HDTV, you don't have that problem.:
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The issues with this are already forseen - probably won't work with Plasma, LCD, or DLP, it's only 60hz so your 3D image is going to flicker a hell of a lot, ghosting's going to be a lot more noticable on a 50" screen, etc.
However, in comparison to that VirtualFX convertor, I think there's probably a higher quality - my test allowed me to sit on my couch and watch an IMAX 3d movie for about 10 minutes before the scan problem bothered me too much. Does anyone have a VirtualFX TV convertor and would like to comment on its quality (NTSC here, I hear PAL sucks). Anyway, it's semi-successful way to get the 3d action in on the big screen.
I don't know how many out there have a CRT HDTV/HTPC setup, but you can actually use e-dimensional glasses with a CRT HDTV with either a vga to dvi or vga to component scan converter.
Basically, I discovered that if I have one monitor attached to the VGA dongle and sent the other signal out to the dvi input on my Hitachi 46w500, I can output fine at 60 hrz and page flipping can still be used (though interlaced and over/under can't). The problem is that the shuttering of the glasses are receiving a VGA analog signal, and the refresh gets confused, so you see what you would see if a video camera is capturing a computer monitor (but only while looking through the glasses, which is weird).
However, if you have the VGA dongle attached to a VGA to component scan convertor like the one below, then output the convertor to your HDTV, you don't have that problem.:
The issues with this are already forseen - probably won't work with Plasma, LCD, or DLP, it's only 60hz so your 3D image is going to flicker a hell of a lot, ghosting's going to be a lot more noticable on a 50" screen, etc.
However, in comparison to that VirtualFX convertor, I think there's probably a higher quality - my test allowed me to sit on my couch and watch an IMAX 3d movie for about 10 minutes before the scan problem bothered me too much. Does anyone have a VirtualFX TV convertor and would like to comment on its quality (NTSC here, I hear PAL sucks). Anyway, it's semi-successful way to get the 3d action in on the big screen.
There was some information presented earlier in another post about a dvi to vga connector. It seems as if some connectors have vsync built in while others do not. If you have vsync built in then it works fine otherwise it will not work.
I think this may be your problem when the system loses sync. Anyone else have any ideas on that?
Also, why only 60hz? Shouldn''t you be able to watch at 120 hz since that''s what HDTV is?
There was some information presented earlier in another post about a dvi to vga connector. It seems as if some connectors have vsync built in while others do not. If you have vsync built in then it works fine otherwise it will not work.
I think this may be your problem when the system loses sync. Anyone else have any ideas on that?
Also, why only 60hz? Shouldn''t you be able to watch at 120 hz since that''s what HDTV is?
That's interesting. It may actually be that when I tested this out with the DVI connector I was limited by NVIDIA driver, which will only allow me to output at 60hz. I wonder if the VGA to Component adapter would do the same. I'm being let go from my job in three weeks, so I have to hold off on buying everything.
The DVI output on my 6800 obviously does DVI-D and DVI-A output, but my HDTV only has a DVI-D connection. The NVDIA card recognizes that it's outputting to a DVI-D device, but since I was using the E-D VGA dongle on the other monitor-out, I was seeing an analog sync in the glasses viewed on a digital display. That causes the refresh sync to be off, though the glasses keep up with the IR signal.
Put simply, using my test method, my monitor doesn't know that it should V-sync according to the glasses because it's not actually connected to the VGA dongle, it's only taking the output in a Clone display setting (HDTV is set as primary dislay, so that page flipping occurs on the HDTV). If I had the VGA output from the dongle to a sync convertor to output in component to my HDTV, then the HDTV is receiving the sync signal from the dongle.
It sounds sort of confusing if I read this out loud, so if you have questions, I'll be more than happy to explain further.
That's interesting. It may actually be that when I tested this out with the DVI connector I was limited by NVIDIA driver, which will only allow me to output at 60hz. I wonder if the VGA to Component adapter would do the same. I'm being let go from my job in three weeks, so I have to hold off on buying everything.
The DVI output on my 6800 obviously does DVI-D and DVI-A output, but my HDTV only has a DVI-D connection. The NVDIA card recognizes that it's outputting to a DVI-D device, but since I was using the E-D VGA dongle on the other monitor-out, I was seeing an analog sync in the glasses viewed on a digital display. That causes the refresh sync to be off, though the glasses keep up with the IR signal.
Put simply, using my test method, my monitor doesn't know that it should V-sync according to the glasses because it's not actually connected to the VGA dongle, it's only taking the output in a Clone display setting (HDTV is set as primary dislay, so that page flipping occurs on the HDTV). If I had the VGA output from the dongle to a sync convertor to output in component to my HDTV, then the HDTV is receiving the sync signal from the dongle.
It sounds sort of confusing if I read this out loud, so if you have questions, I'll be more than happy to explain further.
I'm sorry ...my English is not so good so I might do some spelling mistakes
I didn't really understood .......finely...is it works ore no....course i'v got almost the same situation .....i have 2 8800 Ultras on SLI with DVI-Analog.......and Samsung LCD monitor...which has only DVI-D input .......So how to make it work..?
I'm sorry ...my English is not so good so I might do some spelling mistakes
I didn't really understood .......finely...is it works ore no....course i'v got almost the same situation .....i have 2 8800 Ultras on SLI with DVI-Analog.......and Samsung LCD monitor...which has only DVI-D input .......So how to make it work..?
Basically, I discovered that if I have one monitor attached to the VGA dongle and sent the other signal out to the dvi input on my Hitachi 46w500, I can output fine at 60 hrz and page flipping can still be used (though interlaced and over/under can't). The problem is that the shuttering of the glasses are receiving a VGA analog signal, and the refresh gets confused, so you see what you would see if a video camera is capturing a computer monitor (but only while looking through the glasses, which is weird).
However, if you have the VGA dongle attached to a VGA to component scan convertor like the one below, then output the convertor to your HDTV, you don't have that problem.:
[url="http://shop1.outpost.com/product/2881834?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG"]http://shop1.outpost.com/product/2881834?s...CH:MAIN_RSLT_PG[/url]
The issues with this are already forseen - probably won't work with Plasma, LCD, or DLP, it's only 60hz so your 3D image is going to flicker a hell of a lot, ghosting's going to be a lot more noticable on a 50" screen, etc.
However, in comparison to that VirtualFX convertor, I think there's probably a higher quality - my test allowed me to sit on my couch and watch an IMAX 3d movie for about 10 minutes before the scan problem bothered me too much. Does anyone have a VirtualFX TV convertor and would like to comment on its quality (NTSC here, I hear PAL sucks). Anyway, it's semi-successful way to get the 3d action in on the big screen.
Thanks!
Basically, I discovered that if I have one monitor attached to the VGA dongle and sent the other signal out to the dvi input on my Hitachi 46w500, I can output fine at 60 hrz and page flipping can still be used (though interlaced and over/under can't). The problem is that the shuttering of the glasses are receiving a VGA analog signal, and the refresh gets confused, so you see what you would see if a video camera is capturing a computer monitor (but only while looking through the glasses, which is weird).
However, if you have the VGA dongle attached to a VGA to component scan convertor like the one below, then output the convertor to your HDTV, you don't have that problem.:
http://shop1.outpost.com/product/2881834?s...CH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
The issues with this are already forseen - probably won't work with Plasma, LCD, or DLP, it's only 60hz so your 3D image is going to flicker a hell of a lot, ghosting's going to be a lot more noticable on a 50" screen, etc.
However, in comparison to that VirtualFX convertor, I think there's probably a higher quality - my test allowed me to sit on my couch and watch an IMAX 3d movie for about 10 minutes before the scan problem bothered me too much. Does anyone have a VirtualFX TV convertor and would like to comment on its quality (NTSC here, I hear PAL sucks). Anyway, it's semi-successful way to get the 3d action in on the big screen.
Thanks!
I think this may be your problem when the system loses sync. Anyone else have any ideas on that?
Also, why only 60hz? Shouldn''t you be able to watch at 120 hz since that''s what HDTV is?
I think this may be your problem when the system loses sync. Anyone else have any ideas on that?
Also, why only 60hz? Shouldn''t you be able to watch at 120 hz since that''s what HDTV is?
The DVI output on my 6800 obviously does DVI-D and DVI-A output, but my HDTV only has a DVI-D connection. The NVDIA card recognizes that it's outputting to a DVI-D device, but since I was using the E-D VGA dongle on the other monitor-out, I was seeing an analog sync in the glasses viewed on a digital display. That causes the refresh sync to be off, though the glasses keep up with the IR signal.
Put simply, using my test method, my monitor doesn't know that it should V-sync according to the glasses because it's not actually connected to the VGA dongle, it's only taking the output in a Clone display setting (HDTV is set as primary dislay, so that page flipping occurs on the HDTV). If I had the VGA output from the dongle to a sync convertor to output in component to my HDTV, then the HDTV is receiving the sync signal from the dongle.
It sounds sort of confusing if I read this out loud, so if you have questions, I'll be more than happy to explain further.
The DVI output on my 6800 obviously does DVI-D and DVI-A output, but my HDTV only has a DVI-D connection. The NVDIA card recognizes that it's outputting to a DVI-D device, but since I was using the E-D VGA dongle on the other monitor-out, I was seeing an analog sync in the glasses viewed on a digital display. That causes the refresh sync to be off, though the glasses keep up with the IR signal.
Put simply, using my test method, my monitor doesn't know that it should V-sync according to the glasses because it's not actually connected to the VGA dongle, it's only taking the output in a Clone display setting (HDTV is set as primary dislay, so that page flipping occurs on the HDTV). If I had the VGA output from the dongle to a sync convertor to output in component to my HDTV, then the HDTV is receiving the sync signal from the dongle.
It sounds sort of confusing if I read this out loud, so if you have questions, I'll be more than happy to explain further.
I didn't really understood .......finely...is it works ore no....course i'v got almost the same situation .....i have 2 8800 Ultras on SLI with DVI-Analog.......and Samsung LCD monitor...which has only DVI-D input .......So how to make it work..?
thank you very much !!!
George
I didn't really understood .......finely...is it works ore no....course i'v got almost the same situation .....i have 2 8800 Ultras on SLI with DVI-Analog.......and Samsung LCD monitor...which has only DVI-D input .......So how to make it work..?
thank you very much !!!
George