ASUS VG278H LCD Monitor 3D Vision-2 Kit Reviewed
I thought that this was an interesting concept if you want to have another 3D screen around that isn’t your TV. The author seemed to like the product. However, for the price ($700) I would take a look at a smaller 3D capable TV.
We live in a three-dimensional world, and display technology is finally catching up to how we see things. Games, movies, multimedia video, and even photos are now widely available in stereoscopic 3D. Packaged with a NVIDIA 3D Vision-2 glasses kit, the ASUS VG278H LCD Monitor gives you that big screen experience with vivid color, 120Hz high-definition 1080p picture quality, and added 3D special effects. In this article, Benchmark Reviews tests the ASUS VG278H 27″ LED-backlight widescreen 120Hz monitor with NVIDIA 3D LightBoost technology and show off its built-in stereoscopic 3D Vision-2 functionality.
There is a pretty big
There is a pretty big difference between 3D TVs and this monitor. I play games in 3D on my TV and it’s not bad, but the frame rate at 1080p is poor. At 720p, HDMI 3D allows for a decent 60 FPS, but at 1080p, it dives down to 24. For some games, this is fine, but for first person shooters, 24 FPS can impact game play. The monitor on the other hand, uses dual-link DVI to allow for >24 FPS in 1080p 3D. I’m not about to spend the same price as my 47″ TV for this 27″ monitor, but it does have some nice advantages for anyone wanting to play at full 1080p in 3D.
It would have been nice if
It would have been nice if the HDMI folks had added in 59.94 1080p for 3D. This really kills 3D gaming for a lot of games on HDTVs.
Yeah, that would’ve been
Yeah, that would’ve been nice. Hopefully, whatever they do connection wise for the new 4K TVs will allow for computers to not be forced to use TV resolutions/rates and to be able to fully open up on them.
Aaron Ledger wrote:
It would
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It would have been nice if the HDMI folks had added in 59.94 1080p for 3D. This really kills 3D gaming for a lot of games on HDTVs.
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This is the point of contention I’ve had for a long time. Why don’t 120hz HDTVs accept a 120hz input? I understand that HDMI has its limitations, but whats wrong with DisplayPort? Also, AMD has added support for 1080p60 FramePacking via HDMI in their newest line of video cards (they call it FastHDMI, check Anadtech’s review of the Raedon HD 7970 for more details, Page 8), but no HDTVs support it as far as I know.
Either way, its good to see Nvidia continue to support 3D Vision, and that these glasses are forwards and backwards compatible.
The 120Hz displays usually
The 120Hz displays usually get to 120Hz because of interpolation. Since there is no standard in place for 1080p60 per eye, there are no chipsets or other support in CE gear for it other than proprietary methods. First we need an industry standard.
Aaron Ledger wrote:
The
[quote=Aaron Ledger]
The 120Hz displays usually get to 120Hz because of interpolation. Since there is no standard in place for 1080p60 per eye, there are no chipsets or other support in CE gear for it other than proprietary methods. First we need an industry standard.
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It’s a crying shame. I mean, with their 3D Play software alone, Nvidia’s cards can send 720p60 per eye to pretty much any 3D HDTV. If it weren’t for the limitations of HDMI, it’d do 1080p60 per eye now.