3D TV - Health Concerns? I'm pretty excited about 3D, but I've read numerous articles in a lot of different publications including the NE Journal of Medicine that claim it can be dangerous to your brain function. Most of the claims compared it to playing Rock Band and how it appears the wall moves afterwards, except with your depth perception. Some people even claim that their vision caused everything to look like they were looking at a photograph after watching for 30-45 minutes (duration of effect, not viewing time). How do you feel after a long viewing time (say 5-6 hrs)? 3D TV - Health Concerns? I'm pretty excited about 3D, but I've read numerous articles in a lot of different publications including the NE Journal of Medicine that claim it can be dangerous... » Read More 3D TV - Health Concerns? I'm pretty excited about 3D, but I've read numerous articles in a lot of different publications including the NE Journal of Medicine that claim it can be dangerous to your brain function. Most of the claims compared it to playing Rock Band and how it appears the wall moves afterwards, except with your depth perception. Some people even claim that their vision caused everything to look like they were looking at a photograph after watching for 30-45 minutes (duration of effect, not viewing time). How do you feel after a long viewing time (say 5-6 hrs)? « Show Less
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I heard that everyone who views 3D TV will die! However, so will everyone else, which pretty much makes it a wash.
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Why do the articles say it's dangerous? Really 3D is just flashing different images to each eye individually to help create depth, so I don't see how this is dangerous.
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I gave this as a gift to my 8 year-old nephew. In the meantime, he developed some serious eye problems & has been unable to use his headphones to play any computer games or his iPod because he can no longer see the screen because of a patch over 1 eye & instructions from the ophthalmologist to stop watching TV & using all computer screens until his eye heals for 6 mos. Apparently, this is an increasing problem for children who play a lot of games for hours. They're developing eye strain and it's pulling on their retinas. I wish I had a answer for you: but I did want to pass on that piece of info as a warning in case your child is using the headphones for this reason. I gave this as a gift to my 8 year-old nephew. In the meantime, he developed some serious eye problems & has been unable to use his headphones to play any computer games or his iPod because he can no longer see the screen because of a patch over 1 eye & instructions from the ophthalmologist to stop watching TV & using all computer screens until his eye heals for 6 mos. Apparently, this is an increasing problem for children who play a lot of games for hours. They're developing eye strain and it's pulling on their retinas. I wish I had a answer for you: but I did want to pass on that piece of... » Read More I gave this as a gift to my 8 year-old nephew. In the meantime, he developed some serious eye problems & has been unable to use his headphones to play any computer games or his iPod because he can no longer see the screen because of a patch over 1 eye & instructions from the ophthalmologist to stop watching TV & using all computer screens until his eye heals for 6 mos. Apparently, this is an increasing problem for children who play a lot of games for hours. They're developing eye strain and it's pulling on their retinas. I wish I had a answer for you: but I did want to pass on that piece of info as a warning in case your child is using the headphones for this reason. « Show Less
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If the movie is in a HD format you should get enough depth to see 3D visualization, but I agree HD color is the best. I personally love watching HD sports, boxing is the best followed by football.
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Hello I own the p50st30 and am an avid gamer, and I also ran the slides as well for the first 100 hours, I wouldn't even say that is necessary, but I am overly cautious when it comes to expensive toys and investments. Burn-in was a problem with some plasmas in the early 2000's after hours and hours of static images being displayed, but technology has advanced so much and panasonic has especially made an effort to fix this that I wouldn't even think twice about burn in. My friend owns a 2008 panasonic plasma and a few times he will see residual images faintly from long gaming sessions that dissapear instantly when he turns it back on or changes the screen, it also had some white slides that came with the tv settings that could be run to eliminate any apparent "burn in". Plasma offer much better picture quality at a much better value than led or lcd, it is too bad that soo many people have been scared off by burn-in stories from early generations of plasmas, they are truly excellent tvs. I would definately stick with the st30 over an LCD you wont regret it.
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The very first hit on Google: http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6449_7-6844370-1.html"You might have heard somewhere along the line that playing video games on a plasma can lead to burn-in. The idea is that if some sort of fixed icon is always on the screen during a game, that image will end up ghosted onto your screen forever. Again, this just isn't a real risk these days, particularly if you follow the first 100-hours rule and mix a little TV watching in with your gaming."If you have an axe to grind against plasmas, maybe the general forum is where that should go if you don't have anything to say about this specific model. The very first hit on Google: http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6449_7-6844370-1.html"You might have heard somewhere along the line that playing video games on a plasma can lead to burn-in. The idea is that if some sort of fixed icon is always on the screen during a game, that image will end up ghosted onto your screen forever. Again, this just isn't a real risk these days, particularly if you follow the first 100-hours rule and mix a little TV watching in with your gaming."If you have an axe to grind against plasmas, maybe the general forum is where that... » Read More The very first hit on Google: http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6449_7-6844370-1.html"You might have heard somewhere along the line that playing video games on a plasma can lead to burn-in. The idea is that if some sort of fixed icon is always on the screen during a game, that image will end up ghosted onto your screen forever. Again, this just isn't a real risk these days, particularly if you follow the first 100-hours rule and mix a little TV watching in with your gaming."If you have an axe to grind against plasmas, maybe the general forum is where that should go if you don't have anything to say about this specific model. « Show Less
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Also, don't believe the people who are negative about this product. First, it may take a little but of calibrating to get the ideal 3D experience for you to enjoy. Not hard at all. Second, whoever complains about eye strain should know that it goes with the territory. Too much 3D without break periods can cause headaches, ad sometimes 3D just isn't for everyone. I've never had any problems though and can without a doubt recommend this product.
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Hi, always, as a general rule, to view the 3D effect it is required a 3D capable TV, if you use a 3D Blu Ray movie with a non-3D TV you will only see a normal 2D Blu-Ray. So to answer your two questions, yes and yes. As a final comment, I don't recommend this player, look for Sony.
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Jane M., Most people want 3-D for certain movies or just specific times. You definitely do NOT have to watch 3-D all the time. This will support regular 2-D programming just like you'd normally get from any other television, but it will enable 3-D features when you want the panel to display in 3-D. Totally your choice when that happens. Thanks for your interest in Samsung products. --Mr. S
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no, my glasses actually last a pretty long time. I charge them after every movie, but have watched over 3 hrs of 3d content on one charge.
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I assume so because my TV and DVD player are both internet enabled so the glasses worked immediately. If I were you, however, I would not get into the current 3D technology because it is not good enough at this point to be worth the cost. It may take a few years to be worth it. I wouldn't have bought the glasses had I known it. Even my 9 and 7 year olds lost interest in 3D after one or two movies.
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This blu lite seems to actually work. I noticed a difference the first day at 15 minutes low intensity. This is the third day. The previous days I experienced an upsurge in energy. Felt focused. Got stuff accomplished. I am 66 suffer from SAD but also avascular-necrosis. Conscequently I am normally not too mobile. The past two days I have been extremely mobile. Today, I sort of craved the 30 minute session with the lite. I hardly even notice that it is there. Placebo? I don't think so. There has got to be some physical effect going on here. I just hope it is not damaging to my eyes, even though one would not look directly into it. I am a believer. This blu lite seems to actually work. I noticed a difference the first day at 15 minutes low intensity. This is the third day. The previous days I experienced an upsurge in energy. Felt focused. Got stuff accomplished. I am 66 suffer from SAD but also avascular-necrosis. Conscequently I am normally not too mobile. The past two days I have been extremely mobile. Today, I sort of craved the 30 minute session with the lite. I hardly even notice that it is there. Placebo? I don't think so. There has got to be some physical effect going on here. I just hope it is not damaging to my eyes, even... » Read More This blu lite seems to actually work. I noticed a difference the first day at 15 minutes low intensity. This is the third day. The previous days I experienced an upsurge in energy. Felt focused. Got stuff accomplished. I am 66 suffer from SAD but also avascular-necrosis. Conscequently I am normally not too mobile. The past two days I have been extremely mobile. Today, I sort of craved the 30 minute session with the lite. I hardly even notice that it is there. Placebo? I don't think so. There has got to be some physical effect going on here. I just hope it is not damaging to my eyes, even though one would not look directly into it. I am a believer. « Show Less
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Funny, I'm watching a 3d movie right now and don't notice distortion from pretty steep side angles....it looks fine once you settle in....it looks great as a matter of fact.
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Thanks for the reply, it is helpful. I saw a 3D bluray disk of Monsters Vs Aliens with about 30 minutes from the movie, which is all they had. I also felt the source material may not have been well done for 3D. The picture quality also dropped noticably but both may have been because the 3D settings needed tweaking.
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You don't switch anything. You watch a 3D DVD (requires a Blu-Ray) and at that time you don the 3D glasses. Some TV stations broadcast limited programming in 3D (we don't have any in our area). But if that were the case, you would wear the 3D glasses to get the 3D effect. It's just like regular TV programming, where some channels of the same show are HD and some are not. Unless you have a channel that broadcasts in 3D or unless you use a DVD of a 3D movie (in a very high definition player like Blu-Ray), you will automatically view programming and movies in 2D. You don't have to do anything.
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When you have 3D glasses, each eye gets presented with a different image that your brain puts together. With 2D, both eyes get the same thing, so it'd be like a normal-vision person watching a normal 2D movie with one eye closed, which I think would be fine for you.So, yeah, I think you should go for it, it sounds like that would help.
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After doing plenty of pictorial pectoral research, I've concluded that as fascinating as that bouncy perspective might be for a couple of minutes, it could ultimately prove nauseating, and the generated heat would likely prove detrimental to an already heat-prone video device. Surely more research needs to be done.
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That sounds strange to me. Mine does none of that as far as I can tell. Perhaps I'm not as perceptive as others. So I may be wrong. But when I play 3D movies or games and others are sharing the experience I've never had anyone complain, and they are all over the room at various angles. If mine were doing those things I would not be happy at all. I also own an LG passive 3D led television. It has none of those issues either. I hope that you can find some resolution. Good Luck.