XpanD 3D

Steve Kraus

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Jul 20, 2008, 10:11:05 PM7/20/08

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I just saw "Journey...3D" via the XpanD exhibition system which is an
active LCD shutter glasses system. Seemed decent enough but the only RealD
presentations I've seen to compare were "Meet the Robinsons" and "Nightmare
Before Christmas" so to be fair I'd need to compare two live action films.
I'd never even heard of this system before today. Any opinions amongst you
all?

William Hooper

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Jul 22, 2008, 5:49:27 AM7/22/08

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On Jul 20, 9:11 pm, Steve Kraus <scr...@SPAMBLOCKfilmteknik.com>
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The representative from the stereoblind community says that it will
never work!

R...@theatresupport.com

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Jul 22, 2008, 12:05:53 PM7/22/08

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On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:49:27 -0700 (PDT), William Hooper
<rotoflex...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Jul 20, 9:11?pm, Steve Kraus <scr...@SPAMBLOCKfilmteknik.com>

>wrote:
>> I just saw "Journey...3D" via the XpanD exhibition system which is an

>> active LCD shutter glasses system. ?Seemed decent enough but the only RealD

>> presentations I've seen to compare were "Meet the Robinsons" and "Nightmare

>> Before Christmas" so to be fair I'd need to compare two live action films. ?
>> I'd never even heard of this system before today. ?Any opinions amongst you

>> all?
>
>The representative from the stereoblind community says that it will
>never work!

I'm wondering if actresses will boycot it, saying that it makes them
look too fat.

Seriously, I've not heard of XpanD (sounds like a belt for seniors).
Are there any online sites describing it?

Steve Kraus

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Jul 22, 2008, 11:46:25 AM7/22/08

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> Seriously, I've not heard of XpanD (sounds like a belt for seniors).
> Are there any online sites describing it?

Google is your friend:
http://www.xpandcinema.com/

mcge...@gmail.com

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Jul 22, 2008, 5:12:41 PM7/22/08

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On Jul 22, 9:05 am, R...@theatresupport.com wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:49:27 -0700 (PDT), William Hooper
>

The actresses look a bit thinner in 3D actually. An arm that looks
round due to stereoscopic preception will appear smaller in diamater
than one which is flattened out in 2-D. There may be an upswing in
nose jobs for the close-ups though :-)

R...@theatresupport.com

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Jul 23, 2008, 11:29:14 AM7/23/08

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Actually it wasn't my friend. Kept showing hits on games and other
junk.

I see that the company bought a controlling interest in NuVision.
I've got some NuVision stuff for interlaced TV. Works OK for what it
is.

I didn't see anything new or different on the website, just a type of
polarized shutter glasses controlled via IR transmitter. I'm curious,
did you see any color shift when using the shutter glasses? I get a
definite shift when using them with my CRT based projection tv.

Also, I wonder about interference. Some theatres use other IR
devices. Wait til the kids find out they can go in with a tv remote
and mess with the movie presentation.

MarkL

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Jul 24, 2008, 5:53:16 PM7/24/08

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I saw the XPanD system today at a Marcus cinema. I was not
impressed. The glasses were heavy and uncomfortable...much more so
then the new Imax glasses or even the Real-D glasses. The biggest
problem was that the 3-D image was very, very dim. Almost as bad as
the over-under 80's film systems...and certainly worse then the Real-D
systems I've seen. This used a 28' screen and the Real-D systems I've
seen were on larger screens.

I'll stick with the Real-D systems for now unless someone around here
puts in a Dolby 3-D unit for me to check out.

Mark L.

On Jul 20, 10:11 pm, Steve Kraus <scr...@SPAMBLOCKfilmteknik.com>
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