You'd be talking about the upcoming broadcast premiere of the Hannah Montana concert film. Wal*Mart is selling 3-D glasses to benefit some children's charity or other. Although Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds was shot and presented in Real D, for broadcast the film is being shown in red/blue anaglyph format, which hardly compares to Real D.
How do I know? I just got back from Journey to the Center of the Earth this afternoon, and I can tell you that it is the best 3-D viewing experience I've had yet, and I've seen more than my fair share of 3-D movies. The glasses are reasonably comfortable, there is no eye strain or double vision, the effects are astounding and the image is razor-sharp. The trailers for Fly Me To The Moon and Bolt were cute, but the one that's got me excited is TWC's Igor with John Cusack. Not a 3-D trailer, but the movie looks great.
In answer to the question about if Real D is similar to the 3-D system employed by the Sega Master System, the answer is: kinda. The Sega Master system used LCD shutter glasses and rapidly alternating frames to create 3-D. Real D uses a rapidly alternating shutter system on the projector with circular polarised filters that match with the filters contained in the Real D glasses. It is this circular polarisation that reduces eye strain, as a tilt of the head will not result in double vision like it would with the old horizontal/vertical polarisation that was used in the 50s, 70s and 80s. The shutter rate is much faster though to reduce noticeable flicker (I believe it's 144 Hz, or 3 cycles per frame per eye per second).
How do I know? I just got back from Journey to the Center of the Earth this afternoon, and I can tell you that it is the best 3-D viewing experience I've had yet, and I've seen more than my fair share of 3-D movies. The glasses are reasonably comfortable, there is no eye strain or double vision, the effects are astounding and the image is razor-sharp. The trailers for Fly Me To The Moon and Bolt were cute, but the one that's got me excited is TWC's Igor with John Cusack. Not a 3-D trailer, but the movie looks great.
In answer to the question about if Real D is similar to the 3-D system employed by the Sega Master System, the answer is: kinda. The Sega Master system used LCD shutter glasses and rapidly alternating frames to create 3-D. Real D uses a rapidly alternating shutter system on the projector with circular polarised filters that match with the filters contained in the Real D glasses. It is this circular polarisation that reduces eye strain, as a tilt of the head will not result in double vision like it would with the old horizontal/vertical polarisation that was used in the 50s, 70s and 80s. The shutter rate is much faster though to reduce noticeable flicker (I believe it's 144 Hz, or 3 cycles per frame per eye per second).
