Effects of next gen consoles on you to buy a new HDTV?

It depends on the model though. Quite a few Philips TVs have great input lag, others not so much. You can find a lot of info on the net about that if you want to know.

The model I purchased yesterday already ) waiting for it to be shipped) has been recommended in other forums compared to other TVs, although input lag is not something I am going to lose my sleep over, tbh.

 

Unfortunately not. I purchased the new TV yesterday, this model http://www.tvstore.nl/product/305349/philips-32pfl4508h.html for 513€, Philips 3D glasses -active- for 42€, they have a great 3D depth, or so they say- http://www.beslist.nl/products/acce...__46PFL8606__46PFL9706__52PFL9606__58PFL9956/ , then the next gen systems, and adding to that another 500€ is too much for me.

If anything, had I had the money I'd buy a Roland SD-50 with it. I've recently fallen in love with some headphones at work (noise cancelling ones, which helped me to protect my -still- very sensitive hearing and avoid infernally loud noise coming from certain machines)...

So I am thinking about buying some nice 7.1 headphones. I am open to suggestions.

 

I think 3D isn't overly publicised but it is an unique thing to have in a world where 3D movies and games have been around since a long time ago.

Oculus Rift is an example of 3D being successful and the 3DS is based mostly on that technology.

People got used to hear about 3D everywhere without companies making a fuss about it, thus it is becoming a calm transition... but for me if there is something with a brilliant future ahead when it comes to TV technology, it is 3D.

The point is that it is an expensive technology, it isn't like going from CRT to LCD, which wasn't exactly cheap but the prices were reasonable.

Only high-end TVs feature 3D nowadays and people aren't buying those in droves for obvious reasons. I was in fact tempted to buy another TV because it cost 140€ -the younger sister of the one I chose- less but it didn't have 3D and other features, so... I can't really blame people for not buying a 3D panel.

 

Yup, there will be more 3D games in the future. In fact, I am surprised about the fact that nobody created a "3D" desktop console, that would break sales records if correctly publicised, imho.

As a cool anecdote I can tell you that my brother and his wife have purchased a Samsung TV for 1000€, featuring 3D support, and two pairs of 3D glasses were bundled with it -as a way to make the TV more affordable-, although they have never used it 'cos they don't have 3D movies and content to watch...

Thing is, a friend of mine and his wife has the same TV, although in this case the bundle also included a Hard Drive with 3D movies. They watched the content and went mental for the results!!

The HD's content was mostly 3D documentaries, about animals and stuff. He and his wife watched them and told me that they felt like they were there between the animals.

On another note, one of the documentaries was about dinosaurs. And they went crazy for it.

He told me literally; "We were watching the documentary about dinosaurs and we could see the head of the dinosaur here, in front of our eyes, and the rest there, where the TV was" (he meant that the TV was placed at a certain distance, yet the dinosaur was just in front of them, and he could see the TV back there). How cool is that?

 

No such luck here. I tried, just to have the best of both worlds but it didn't work. I have a relatively old Samsung TV for now indeed and the Tools button doesn't exist, although Info button is there, it does nothing but showing the Hz, the input -VGA, HDMI, etc- resolution and that's about it.

For the people who know Dutch this article talks about the differences between Easy 3D and 3D Max on Philips TV's

http://www.newscenter.philips.com/n...ress/20110511_3D-Easy_3D-Max.wpd#.Ul6mE-k9LDf

(this is the translated version -Google Translate refused to translate it for some reason so I used Bing instead) http://www.microsofttranslator.com/...ress/20110511_3D-Easy_3D-Max.wpd#.Ul1lfOk9LDd

I was also tempted to buy a Philips model which featured 3D Clarity 400, which seems to be 3D Max with a different name, but while the TV was larger -40"- and slightly more expensive than the one I chose, its quality didn't seem to be as good judging by the reviews in professional websites and stuff.

 

Interesting... especially the comparison photos in the link. It's nice to know 4k TVs are going to become standard in the future, but I think it is going to happen in the long run, it might take a while. I am very happy with Full HD TVs to be honest, at least for now. Therefore, does it really make a difference whether you buy a 4k TV for your console or not? Personally, until the next generation of consoles is released 10 years from now I am very curious about it but that's about it.

As of currently I would be more than happy to play games in a beauty like this one (from this AVSforums article):

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Additionally, apart from purchasing Active 3D glasses I also bought the Philips PTA435 passive 3D glasses -31€-, especially because I could play games with friends in 3D.

For those interested here is a great article showing the differences between Active 3D and Passive 3D glasses, their advantages and disadvantages. It's worth the read.

http://www.flatpanelshd.com/focus.php?subaction=showfull&id=1299265133

I will try to share my experiences when I get to test them. (both pairs of glasses and the TV haven't shipped yet)

 

I don't know exactly to be honest, until I test it. Obviously the TV supports Active 3D because the 3D Max technology is active, but I thought it also supported passive 3D because of the fact that it has a 2D to 3D converter, and reading your post makes me feel like I have probably made a noobish mistake. Darn....

I might be still on time to cancel the pre-order of the passive 3D glasses, since I pre-ordered them like two hours ago, because they were publicised as excellent glasses to play two player games split screen. Sigh.

This is the TV I am talking about -not so cheap for its size but I kiiiiinda loved it-.

http://www.pigiaunerasi.lt/kataloga...6-philips32pfl4508h32quot81cmledtv3dfull.html

 

Update: I couldn't cancel the pre-order so I won't be opening the box and sell them on Ebay or similar. I purchased the Philips PTA509 active 3D glasses instead, which are cheaper than a pair of glasses I bought the other day, but for 2 player games they should get the job done.

It's not my fault I didn't know.