gots to get me one of them 3dtvs

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1178626.html

"We’re not sure how you react to shuttering, but we’re issuing this
warning: "Be very careful. If you start to feel dizzy, stop watching.’ "

Samsung issued a 3-D warning several weeks ago and Gumiela says it was
done "to make sure we’re doing our due diligence."

The advisory also urges parents to watch their children for
lightheadedness and involuntary movements like eye or muscle twitching,
as well as cramps and nausea.

Gumiela was asked why pregnant women, the elderly and people with
serious medical conditions were also told to avoid its dizzying effects.

"We don’t have any concrete evidence yet, but the legal teams have just
said, "Let’s cover all bases just in case,’ " he said.

Samsung does not recommend watching 3-D "if you are in bad physical
condition, need sleep or have been drinking alcohol."

The highly successful 3-D movie Avatar had people complaining of
dizziness and disorientation when they came out of movie theatres.

The lengthy blockbuster is being released this week on DVD and Blu-ray —
but only in the standard two-dimensional edition.

What especially concerns some experts is Samsung’s warning that kids and
teens may be more likely to experience symptoms than adults.

Dr. Daryan Angle, an optometrist, says 3-D technology "pushes the visual
system to the limits — beyond what evolution has designed our eyes for."

Angle says if eye muscles in young children become fatigued by 3-D
viewing "because they haven’t developed strongly enough," headaches,
discomfort or disorientation can ensue.

"Parents have to be aware because their children may not even complain
to them that they’re having problems with the movie," he said in an
interview from Kitchener, Ont.

Angle also points out that someone who has a lazy eye — where one eye
doesn’t see as well as the other —or is cross-eyed will not be able to
enjoy 3-D.

Angle suggests people get a complete eye exam and a series of muscle
vision tests to ensure they can watch 3-D TV without experiencing any
ill effects.

A training program may even be recommended to get eyes up to speed for
3-D viewing.

Dr. Martin ten Hove, a neuro-ophthalmologist at Hotel Dieu Hospital in
Kingston, Ont., says 3-D movies trick the brain and cause an unnecessary
strain on eye muscles.

"You’re processing a lot of visual information and your brain has to
calculate what makes sense and that’s an environment it’s not used to,"
he said in an interview.

Brody wrote:
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1178626.html

"We’re not sure how you react to shuttering, but we’re issuing this
warning: "Be very careful. If you start to feel dizzy, stop watching.’ "
....
Good advice.
There are 2 factors: one is that flickering is known to cause problems
in people with various forms of epilepsy. second is that the visual
cortex can get confused by the signals that say "i have to focus on this
one plane but the images look like they are far away!"

No one with any kind of epilepsy should watch anything with electronic
glasses. They can watch Real3D (e.g. Avatar) which does not use flicker.

The second case can be fixed by training: look at some stereograms until
you can see them easily - that means your brain has been trained to
tolerate the problem.

"Brody" wrote in message
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http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1178626.html

"We’re not sure how you react to shuttering, but we’re issuing this
warning: "Be very careful. If you start to feel dizzy, stop watching.’ "


It's ok Brody, there NOTHING to watch in 3D, so we are all safe.

For now.

DockScience wrote:
"Brody" wrote in message
...

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/1178626.html

"We’re not sure how you react to shuttering, but we’re issuing this
warning: "Be very careful. If you start to feel dizzy, stop watching.’ "



It's ok Brody, there NOTHING to watch in 3D, so we are all safe.

For now.



Lawyers are GIDDY.. man puts hand through meat grinder at work...
remembers watching 3D tv night before...