We opened the family gift early, which was a Sharp Aquos 3D TV.
Yes, you have to wear rechargeable glasses that recharge off USB. Yes, to watch 3D it requires a 3D Blueray player (we used a PS3, second gen, will not work with first gen PS3), or Cable TV 3D (HBO, etc). Tried using Netflix, but it was laggy.
OK...
Wow. Fookin' Amazing. Better 3D than the movie theaters. Watched Avatar and you could pick up a lot more detail, and the 3D was smoother.
Like in the movie theater, stuff in the foreground can be blurry. I think this is more to do with the cameras than the player. And text titles have "ghosts" sometimes.
But wow. Definitely not cheezy. Note, on the Sharp, there is an interesting feature. When you look away from the screen for 10 seconds, the glasses go into "normal" mode, which will freak you out. Don't sit near a bright light source (window on a sunny day), or it will turn on/off at random.
60" 93lb TV was wall mounted into a Kanto mount from Costco. http://www.costco.com/Kanto-37"---70"-Full-Motion-Articulating-Mount-KMFMX2.product.100007845.html If you have used wall mounts before, this one is worth the extra money. It will adjust in all axis, yet is very stout. It allows the TV to come out 20" for making connections. If you get the mount crooked, it can be rotated level to the floor. It requires no tools to adjust. Note, they say 5/32" for the pilot holes for the lag screws. Go at least 3/16" if not bigger.
NOTE: For Wall Mount Newbies - You Must Find The Studs. If you don't see wood chips coming out of the drill, DO NOT USE INSERTS. It might hold at first, but won't hold forever. You have been warned. You might be able to put up shelving with inserts, but never anything over 25lb regardless of what the MFR says.
Yes, you have to wear rechargeable glasses that recharge off USB. Yes, to watch 3D it requires a 3D Blueray player (we used a PS3, second gen, will not work with first gen PS3), or Cable TV 3D (HBO, etc). Tried using Netflix, but it was laggy.
OK...
Wow. Fookin' Amazing. Better 3D than the movie theaters. Watched Avatar and you could pick up a lot more detail, and the 3D was smoother.
Like in the movie theater, stuff in the foreground can be blurry. I think this is more to do with the cameras than the player. And text titles have "ghosts" sometimes.
But wow. Definitely not cheezy. Note, on the Sharp, there is an interesting feature. When you look away from the screen for 10 seconds, the glasses go into "normal" mode, which will freak you out. Don't sit near a bright light source (window on a sunny day), or it will turn on/off at random.
60" 93lb TV was wall mounted into a Kanto mount from Costco. http://www.costco.com/Kanto-37"---70"-Full-Motion-Articulating-Mount-KMFMX2.product.100007845.html If you have used wall mounts before, this one is worth the extra money. It will adjust in all axis, yet is very stout. It allows the TV to come out 20" for making connections. If you get the mount crooked, it can be rotated level to the floor. It requires no tools to adjust. Note, they say 5/32" for the pilot holes for the lag screws. Go at least 3/16" if not bigger.
NOTE: For Wall Mount Newbies - You Must Find The Studs. If you don't see wood chips coming out of the drill, DO NOT USE INSERTS. It might hold at first, but won't hold forever. You have been warned. You might be able to put up shelving with inserts, but never anything over 25lb regardless of what the MFR says.
