3D needs to just DIE already
I disagree. My biggest problem with 3D is the fact that most people just use it to create depth (3D in the "positive space"), and those effects are practically non-existent to me. Personally, I prefer 3D in the negative space (in front of the screen), but of course, I think cheesy uses of it or excessive uses of it are just bad. For example, I saw a few minutes of Journey to the Center of the Earth (the Brendan Frasier movie) once, and it was
very easy to tell what was going to have a 3D effect in the negative space.
Some of my favorite uses of it have been in movies such as Pacific Rim, but oddly enough... not in the majority of the movie. In the beginning, the fish in the ocean are swimming around right in front of the screen. An even better example involving fish has to be the IMAX Under the Sea video. You haven't lived if you haven't seen the cod fish! I showed that part to my friend the other day, and it practically blew his mind. (A little exaggeration, but he seemed to enjoy it.)
Yeah here it is:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/11/13/ps4-wont-support-3d-blu-rays
"Won't support
, but down the thread somebody links this:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/09/xbox-one-ps4-3d-blu-ray-playback/
Sony really seems to be doing whatever it can not to piss people off. Exception is DLNA, but I bet that will be added, since they have admitted they are considering it--and it didn't take a media storm to get that out of them, either. There really seems to me a large cultural gap between how MS is going about the XB1 and how Sony is with the PS4; the latter jumping through hoops to keep people happy.
Goodness, this is just a bit of a he-said, she-said mess at this point! I'll try it out on Friday after I get home from work (boss said it will be a long night ) and get the PS4 updated.
So...anyone install the PlayStation app yet ?
Yep, and it feels rather lazily done. What bugs me about it is that some actions actually take me out of the app and into Safari to handle everything. What's really strange is that the app has a rather long load time... probably somewhere around 10 seconds on my rather speedy iPhone 5S, which is longer than most games.
EDIT:
Considering the PS3 does it, I wont be surprised at all if it is added in later on.
I agree, but I would honestly be surprised if it isn't already available once 1.5 is installed. The only difficult aspect of 3D playback that I would expect might be the fact that menus can be in 3D, and that's just because I'm not 100% sure how menus are generated. I know they use BD-J for control, but I'm not sure if the player has to generate images and stuff.
Anyway, 3D transmissions from the player are actually not that much different than 2D. The frame is similar except there are two 1080p frames and a 10 pixel buffer between them.