Sony Bravia 3DTV, adjusting settings?
August 17th, 2013
I hooked up my 3DTV to my PC with a HDMI cable. When I play my Half-SBS movie I turn the TV set into 3D SBS Mode.
It works, but not a 100% correct. I still see a ‘ghost’ copy of the movie.
I tried adjusting the 3D Depth setting on my TV which helps a bit but still not perfect.
I’m using VLC player, but also tried Stereoscopic Player which gives exactly the same result.
If anyone can help me finding the right settings (and where to adjust them) it would be greatly appreciated.
Since I see noone has answered, I’ll ask something first.
Are you trying to watch a 3D-Movie, or are you upscaling?
Because if you are watching a 3D-Movie from your computer, you’ll need a pretty decent HDMI.
At the store where I work you get them from ~$100 and up to ~$200. Depending on length.
I’m assuming its somewhere from ~$50 and upwards on the internet tho.
Just make a note that it have to be a 3D-Qualified HDMI that has the appropiate capacity of delivering quality 3D.
If you are upscaling, then you wont need an expensive HDMI. Then it should be fine with a $10 cable.
Before you spend a lot of money on an unnecessarily expensive HDMI cable (any 1.4 certified cable is good enough) a cheap way that might be worth testing is to set your PC as a DLNA media server and connect to the TV via Ethernet cable.
Use Serviio, free needs JAVA. Sony recommends this media server.
http://www.serviio.org/
EXPENSIVE cables are BULLSHITTTT. Trust me on this. A simple HDMI 1.4 cable will either WORK perfectly or DONT work at all. Wellcome to DIGITAL world.
Like duck said, I think the best way to reproduce 3d will put your TV decoding the media file. So what you need to do is either put the movie on a USB stick and attach it to your TV OR set up a DLNA server (windows media player 11 do it out of the box perfectly).
USB stick or external USB HDD is the simple way to do.
Or you could splash out and buy a 3D HD Media Player, I have a great one (in my sig tag) – it will even upscale 2D movies really well (both types)