P3D Re: Nu-View adapter again

[roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (John W Roberts)]

>Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 15:20:10 -0700
>From: "H a r o l d  B a i z e" <baize@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: P3D Nu-View adapter again

>I said I would report on what I DON'T like about
>the Nu-View adapter, but first some general 
>comments. If you haven't been following this thread, 
>the Nu-View adapter is a device that attaches to a 
>regular camcorder to produce sequential frame stereoscopic 
>video. In earlier posts I raved about how wonderful it is.

Thanks for your useful review of the product.

>The owners manual has great illustrations. Very clear and 
>helpful. The text unfortunately, is not well written.
>Consider this excerpt:

>   "Tip: Objects will lose their 3-D effect of floating in
>         front of your television monitor if any part of
>         that particular object comes in contact with the 
>         bezel of the TV."

>Excuse me... bezel? An obtuse term that is only marginally 
>applicable. 

The display industry frequently uses the term "bezel" to refer to the
frame around the display area. In fact, my latest presentation includes
the term. Certainly within the industry it's not an "obtuse" term.

There's a school of thought that the public should be shielded from all
knowledge of the details and operation of the things around them ("Push
button - TV go on" :-), but more often I encounter the opposite problem -
the gizmo I bought is capable of doing what I want, but they didn't want
to confuse me by including that in the instructions.

Perhaps as a compromise the addition of a parenthetic phrase:
  "in contact with the bezel (edge of the visible display area)"

John R


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