So I have the LG 42LW450U tv and I was a little confused about setting up 3d on it. I know there are many tutorials but none seem to match my set up and I just get lost. When I enable 3d on the nividia settings nothing seems to change, is this because I need to change my tv settings as well? It is easy when watching tv or playing xbox as I believe it just converts 2d to 3d but I'm sure I can get better 3d out off it and I'm not sure how :/ Any help on getting best possible 3D on my TV and setup would be much appreciated. Feel noobish with all this power and lack of knowledge to do anything with it
Thank you Connor
Setup:
Cpu- Intel core i7 950 quad core
Ram- 6 Gig
Gcard- 2 Gefore GTX 460's in SLI
So I have the LG 42LW450U tv and I was a little confused about setting up 3d on it. I know there are many tutorials but none seem to match my set up and I just get lost. When I enable 3d on the nividia settings nothing seems to change, is this because I need to change my tv settings as well? It is easy when watching tv or playing xbox as I believe it just converts 2d to 3d but I'm sure I can get better 3d out off it and I'm not sure how :/ Any help on getting best possible 3D on my TV and setup would be much appreciated. Feel noobish with all this power and lack of knowledge to do anything with it
I'm not the most versed in nvidia 3d vision, I can't even get my own working yet (although apparently it's just due to terrible driver support on nvidia's part...won't let me enable 3d through my receiver...)
Anyways, tell me more about your setup. It sounds like you're not using a receiver, just direct to the tv? Do you have the nvidia 3d vision kit?
I'm not the most versed in nvidia 3d vision, I can't even get my own working yet (although apparently it's just due to terrible driver support on nvidia's part...won't let me enable 3d through my receiver...)
Anyways, tell me more about your setup. It sounds like you're not using a receiver, just direct to the tv? Do you have the nvidia 3d vision kit?
Yeah HDMI straight from the Tv to Pc and no just the free pairs that came with the actual Tv no fancy kits, have I made a classic school boy error here? xD
Yeah HDMI straight from the Tv to Pc and no just the free pairs that came with the actual Tv no fancy kits, have I made a classic school boy error here? xD
lol not a huge error, to enable 3d vision you do need to buy an nvidia 3d vision kit. it includes an IR emitter, and a pair of glasses.
from what I can tell looking up your television's specs, it included passive 3d glasses. meaning it doesn't actually have an emitter for active 3d, which I believe is much higher quality.
active 3d glasses will block one eye at a time, while syncing to the tv which is alternating images, so you only see one image at a time. passive 3d on your tv uses polarized lenses, which blend two images into one.
if you want to go active 3d with your pc, you can buy the nvidia 3d vision kit however you will also need more IR type glasses which are compatible with the 3d vision kit. your current glasses will be useless with that set up. however nvidia 3d vision will not enable until two conditions are met:
1. you have the usb emitter included with the kit connected
2. the pc and nvidia drivers recognize the tv as a supported 3d-ready display.
you'll need to find nvidia's compatibility page for its 3d, see if your tv model is listed on there, and buy all the equipment. i got my 3d kit for 56 bucks shipped new on ebay (i'm a pretty good ebay shopper :-x)
edit: did some research on passive 3d, from what i can see it is in fact a lower quality image, but the 3d itself works just fine. depending on how far you sit from the tv, you may or may not actually see a benefit from active 3d...and an active 3d setup would require at least a few hundred dollars in upgrades no matter the route you choose
lol not a huge error, to enable 3d vision you do need to buy an nvidia 3d vision kit. it includes an IR emitter, and a pair of glasses.
from what I can tell looking up your television's specs, it included passive 3d glasses. meaning it doesn't actually have an emitter for active 3d, which I believe is much higher quality.
active 3d glasses will block one eye at a time, while syncing to the tv which is alternating images, so you only see one image at a time. passive 3d on your tv uses polarized lenses, which blend two images into one.
if you want to go active 3d with your pc, you can buy the nvidia 3d vision kit however you will also need more IR type glasses which are compatible with the 3d vision kit. your current glasses will be useless with that set up. however nvidia 3d vision will not enable until two conditions are met:
1. you have the usb emitter included with the kit connected
2. the pc and nvidia drivers recognize the tv as a supported 3d-ready display.
you'll need to find nvidia's compatibility page for its 3d, see if your tv model is listed on there, and buy all the equipment. i got my 3d kit for 56 bucks shipped new on ebay (i'm a pretty good ebay shopper :-x)
edit: did some research on passive 3d, from what i can see it is in fact a lower quality image, but the 3d itself works just fine. depending on how far you sit from the tv, you may or may not actually see a benefit from active 3d...and an active 3d setup would require at least a few hundred dollars in upgrades no matter the route you choose
According to the 3DTV Play requirement list your TV is supported. Unfortunately, 3DTV Play does not support it's native line-interlaced format. Supported resolutions are 1920x180@24 and 1280x720@60. So make sure you are selecting one of those two resolutions.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/3dtv-play-system-requirements.html
If you have not yet done so, you'll need to get the free trial of 3DTV Play or buy it for $40.
3D Vision, will not work with that TV. Although if you had the 3D Vision emitter, 3DTV Play is enabled for free.
According to the 3DTV Play requirement list your TV is supported. Unfortunately, 3DTV Play does not support it's native line-interlaced format. Supported resolutions are 1920x180@24 and 1280x720@60. So make sure you are selecting one of those two resolutions.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/3dtv-play-system-requirements.html
If you have not yet done so, you'll need to get the free trial of 3DTV Play or buy it for $40.
3D Vision, will not work with that TV. Although if you had the 3D Vision emitter, 3DTV Play is enabled for free.
Thank you Connor
Setup:
Cpu- Intel core i7 950 quad core
Ram- 6 Gig
Gcard- 2 Gefore GTX 460's in SLI
Anyways, tell me more about your setup. It sounds like you're not using a receiver, just direct to the tv? Do you have the nvidia 3d vision kit?
from what I can tell looking up your television's specs, it included passive 3d glasses. meaning it doesn't actually have an emitter for active 3d, which I believe is much higher quality.
active 3d glasses will block one eye at a time, while syncing to the tv which is alternating images, so you only see one image at a time. passive 3d on your tv uses polarized lenses, which blend two images into one.
if you want to go active 3d with your pc, you can buy the nvidia 3d vision kit however you will also need more IR type glasses which are compatible with the 3d vision kit. your current glasses will be useless with that set up. however nvidia 3d vision will not enable until two conditions are met:
1. you have the usb emitter included with the kit connected
2. the pc and nvidia drivers recognize the tv as a supported 3d-ready display.
you'll need to find nvidia's compatibility page for its 3d, see if your tv model is listed on there, and buy all the equipment. i got my 3d kit for 56 bucks shipped new on ebay (i'm a pretty good ebay shopper :-x)
edit: did some research on passive 3d, from what i can see it is in fact a lower quality image, but the 3d itself works just fine. depending on how far you sit from the tv, you may or may not actually see a benefit from active 3d...and an active 3d setup would require at least a few hundred dollars in upgrades no matter the route you choose
http://www.nvidia.com/object/3dtv-play-system-requirements.html
If you have not yet done so, you'll need to get the free trial of 3DTV Play or buy it for $40.
3D Vision, will not work with that TV. Although if you had the 3D Vision emitter, 3DTV Play is enabled for free.