
So, just about time to splurge big on that home theater PC? We don't know. NVIDIA is naturally hitting all the high points of the 1.4 spec, with 1080p24, 720p60 (the official gaming spec), and 720p50.
#Nvidia 3dtv play 3d on 2d tv driver#
this is because the 3dtv play driver is designed to force the 3d display to run in a way that is compatible with the 3d vision glasses rather than having to design a compatibility mode for the dozens of different glasses.

and you need to use nvidia 3d vision glasses with the 3d vision emitter, not the glasses and emitter that came with the tv. One can plug in the NVIDIA GPU powered PC and have it play 3D content on the 3D TV via HDMI 1.4, working flawlessly with the TV vendors own shutter glasses and emitter. Nvidia's driver option for 3DTVs is called 3DTV Play, which will output a 720p60Hz or a 1080p24Hz framepacked signal using HDMI 1.4. xmonkeywarrior - 3dtv play only works via hdmi. NVIDIA will also be offering this 3DTV Play software in a standalone version for $40 to folks who don't want to bother with NVIDIA's 3D Vision stuff at all (with HDMI 1.4 you can just use the stereoscopic glasses that come with your fancy new 3D TV, no need for NVIDIA's setup). Nvidia's 3D Vision / 3D Vision 2 kit is meant for approved 120Hz monitors only, so they will definitely NOT work with a passive 3D TV.
#Nvidia 3dtv play 3d on 2d tv upgrade#
We were in doubt there for a moment, but it turns out NVIDIA's cards upgrade to 1.4 just fine, and all 3D Vision customers will be getting this as a free upgrade later this spring. The current NVIDIA 3D Vision-compatible cards pump out the necessary pixels over DisplayPort or dual DVI plugs, while the official spec for 3D TVs is an HDMI 1.4 plug that accepts data from both frames at once. After ages of reigning atop the land of stereoscopic 3D playback on the PC, NVIDIA is finally being confronted with a real, bona fide standard for 3D, with zero GPUs capable of meeting it. Nvidia 3DTV play sends the pictures to the TV in one of the hdmi 1.4 formats, then the TV displays the pictures in 3D with any 3D glasses the TV is designed to. In case you hadn't noticed, there was some trouble brewing in the NVIDIA camp.
