I got home last night with just 3 minutes to spare before the launch of 3net, the new 3D channel from Discovery, Sony and IMAX.
Got my glasses and and got to enjoy the launch.
First show up was a show about the Great Wall of China. Very interesting program with some amazing scenery. A visit to the Great Wall just might be something I may have add to my bucket list to see in person before I did.
It was very well done although I felt that they showed the same thing for too long. They would show a stationary shot of part of the Great Wall for sometimes up to 2 minutes while the narrator talked and told the story at the great wall. To me it would have been better if they showed more varying shots instead of all these stationary shots. The 3D looked good however in most of the shots.
The next show was one that took us underwater. I wondered the entire time how they shot this 3d masterpiece under the water. The colors were amazing and the shots were hard to imagine anyone or a big camera down there as the sea life seemed not to know they were there. The lighting underwater to bring out all the colors under the sea was also top notch.
After that I saw the Bon Jovi video which was filled with Sony products. I have seen this video before in 3D and last night on 3net the sound was WAY out of sync with Bon Jovi's lips. I am wondering if they have a sync problem since it was the first time they showed someone talking and speaking (or in this case singing) at the same time.
Besides the Lip Sync the only thing that bugged me about 3net was the commercials. They showed the same 4 commercials OVER AND OVER AND OVER again. Some people will say to give them a break as its a new network. But my feeling is they knew when they were going on the air and should have had more commercials to air then just the 4 they kept showing. Even my wife was getting annoyed of seeing them over and over again.
But to give 3net some credit they beat ESPN by 24 hours by becoming the countries first 24 hour national 3D network. And some people dont want to believe it but the 3d revolution is coming. 2 national 3D channels in 24 hours time is great news for 3d fans.
Did anyone else tune in? What did you think?
Got my glasses and and got to enjoy the launch.
First show up was a show about the Great Wall of China. Very interesting program with some amazing scenery. A visit to the Great Wall just might be something I may have add to my bucket list to see in person before I did.
It was very well done although I felt that they showed the same thing for too long. They would show a stationary shot of part of the Great Wall for sometimes up to 2 minutes while the narrator talked and told the story at the great wall. To me it would have been better if they showed more varying shots instead of all these stationary shots. The 3D looked good however in most of the shots.
The next show was one that took us underwater. I wondered the entire time how they shot this 3d masterpiece under the water. The colors were amazing and the shots were hard to imagine anyone or a big camera down there as the sea life seemed not to know they were there. The lighting underwater to bring out all the colors under the sea was also top notch.
After that I saw the Bon Jovi video which was filled with Sony products. I have seen this video before in 3D and last night on 3net the sound was WAY out of sync with Bon Jovi's lips. I am wondering if they have a sync problem since it was the first time they showed someone talking and speaking (or in this case singing) at the same time.
Besides the Lip Sync the only thing that bugged me about 3net was the commercials. They showed the same 4 commercials OVER AND OVER AND OVER again. Some people will say to give them a break as its a new network. But my feeling is they knew when they were going on the air and should have had more commercials to air then just the 4 they kept showing. Even my wife was getting annoyed of seeing them over and over again.
But to give 3net some credit they beat ESPN by 24 hours by becoming the countries first 24 hour national 3D network. And some people dont want to believe it but the 3d revolution is coming. 2 national 3D channels in 24 hours time is great news for 3d fans.
Did anyone else tune in? What did you think?
