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F1′s only really gone HD recently, but now Sky’s pushing the boat out with a full-on 3D broadcast of the pinnacle of motor racing for the first time ever. Between February 28th and March 3rd, you’ll be able to watch all four test days from the third F1 test at the Circuit de Catalunya, if you’ve got Sky that is.
Unfortunately, this is really only a test broadcast, as the rest of the season won’t be broadcast in 3D, just the third per-season test. But it should be a spectacle no less, and is ground breaking for the sport, especially since it took so damn long to convince them to broadcast in HD.
Like it or loathe it, it seems the best way to watch F1 is on Sky now, with all kinds of fancy features. Hell, its virtual car, iPad app, and Dolby 5.1 were all awesome step-ups for the race experience, it’s just a shame it’s all locked behind a paywall. Still, maybe you can use F1 as a justification to fork out for the whole Sky package?
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I wish’d they would give up, people don’t like 3D, it’s not selling and the only reason the TVs are is because every new TV comes at 120HRZ these days. I’ve had a 3D monitor and TV since 2010 and I haven’t used it since the first day of testing it. It requires too much attention and you need the stupid glasses. The active 3D can only be watched in a dark room which is a no for F1 which is usually on at 1pm and it gives you eye strain compared to passive. The problem with passive is you need to half the resolution and no one is prepared to sell a cheap 2k TV. Even without glasses though, people don’t enjoy it, look at the 3DS, I’ve seen very few but when I’ve seen them people have turned off the 3D.
I agree 3D is a gimmick, but it’s a myth that passive 3D has less resolution – the technical drop in resolution is made up for by the brain interpreting the signal just as sharply as active – here:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/239599/do_passive_3d_tvs_trade_quality_for_comfort_.html
Passive 3D is what I’ll be buying when my set expires. And then I won’t use it much at all!
I like 3D
Quite a few people like 3D (including me) and pretty much anyone I know who has watched it on a decent set.
Oh – and I have no problem watching an Active 3D set in the light, as mine is Active and none of the family suffer from eye strain as long as you don’t watch it all day without a break.
I have a 50″ Panasonic Plasma Active 3D TV and I use 3D for gaming, movies and even the TV on occasions. When 4K/ 8K comes mainstream I will be getting that for silky smooth 3D. If a movie is on at iMax I will watch the 3D version. Okay many don’t like it for what ever reason but although you have to where glasses I enjoy the experience. What I don’t like is Sky or any other broadcaster/ company having a monopoly on sports. This means loyal fans have to make a choice, often one that cannot be afforded.
Whilst I respect everyone else’s opinions on this subject matter, F1 is utterly shit.
I understand why you think that – on TV it can seem to be a procession of cars going quite quickly. The reality is a hell of a lot more brutal, on-the-edge stuff with drivers going at speeds most people cannot process in real time. One of the best experiences of my life was one lap in a dual-seat open wheel racing car about half the power of an F1 car with a professional racer. Everyone who did this got out of the car with an ultimate respect for what those drivers do with the cars. It’s way more exciting than watching F1 on the telly.
It’s always been possible to watch F1 in 3D by actually going to the race…