Hello!

Some good news on the disc-viewing home front, thanks to a little help from friend Allan Peach and a win-win deal with Daughter #1.

I marked the date when I stopped being 3-D capable last year: on March 9, 2025 my fabulous 65″ LG TV died, the one that had both 4K and 3-D capability. Ever since electronics companies stopped manufacturing 3D monitors, I knew my days with 3-D were numbered. I’d even resigned myself to the inevitable: passive Blu-ray 3-D is terrific but not something to weep and wail over. Well, not too much.

We won’t go into my piddling reasons for not wanting a video projector, some of which have 3-D capability, but all of which use active glasses. The beauty of passive 3-D was that the glasses don’t have batteries. A dozen pairs cost very little.

It just so happens that my daughter’s TV is an old 40″ Samsung from 2015 with active 3-D capability. Serious 3-D enthusiast Allan Peach convinced me to try it out. She generously contributed it to the cause; and we drove it back from her place last week. Allan’s research showed the right glasses to order, and now we are in business once again.

The glasses were a bit pricey, and the first set I bought had a malfunctioning pair that didn’t synch with the TV no matter what we did. The Amazon replacements (next day service) made me fully functional. The TV is the one in my office to check discs for menus, extras, etc., which will work out well.

You needed to know ALL of this. At least we will be able to review the anticipated Jerry Lewis disc, and also the klunky but cute Cat Women of the Moon, whenever that comes out. The 3-D looks almost as good as on the old giant set. The 3-D reviews will flow.  At least for a little while longer, the thirty or so Blu-ray 3-D discs here will be able to do more than collect dust.

A public service of C.S.I. — CineSavant Self-interest Industries.

Thanks for reading! — Glenn Erickson