3D SPEX

[P3D <perryd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I recently bought the 3D-SPEX liquid crystal glasses to view 3D 
photos on the web and as a start to viewing my 3D photos on my
monitor.  I have been unable to view any of the JPS images on the
web yet and called NuVision but the tech I talked too could only
promise that they were working on software that would allow my
glasses to view these files sometime in the coming months.  I was
somewhat disappointed but I could still view the images that came
on the CD's from NuVision.  Their viewer will accept other images
but they must be in .BMP format and be separate files.  I was also
experiencing annoying flicker.  The instructions said to set the
refresh rate higher (100-120Hz) so I tried to find out if my home
system would go higher and what little documentation I had seemed
to indicate it was already about as high as it could go.  I still
held out high hopes for my brand new Gateway 2000 system but 
despite spec sheets for the video card and monitor that boasted of
refresh rates of 120 Hz and many references in the documentation
to "increasing the refresh rate" I could find no instructions for
doing so.  After much web browsing and several phone calls I was
told by a Gateway tech that they did not "support" higher refresh
rates than the standard 85 Hz.  I am glad I did not buy this 
system from the spec sheet expecting to use these glasses.  If you
are considering buying liquid crystal glasses, make sure you have
the equipment and expertise to make it all work.  I am still 
hopeful that I will be able to sit someone down at my PC someday
and treat them to a hi-res full screen slide show of interesting
images, possibly even some of my own.
                                      Duane Perry


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