[PC World]

Gamers, tech enthusiasts, and early adopters were the first to benefit from the shift to HDTV, and now they’re reaping the rewards of jumping on the 3D train before everyone else. Good 3D TV programming and Blu-ray movies are still in short supply, but the amount of killer stereoscopic games is growing by the day. …

Use a Backlight

Whether you’re playing games or watching Blu-ray movies, you’ll probably be using your HDTV in a darkened room to replicate the immersive theater experience, but marathon sessions in front of a bright screen can wreak havoc on your eyes. …

Calibrate Your Display

The truth is, your new HDTV was not designed to look its best right out of the box. Two identical displays from the same factory (or even the same production line) can differ dramatically in sharpness, brightness, and color quality. …

Customize the Depth Intensity of Movies and Games

Now that you’ve properly calibrated your TV, it’s time to mess around with the 3D settings of your input device. Every game or movie handles 3D content differently: While most 3D films maintain static depth settings, 3D games often have their own unique “sweet spot” for depth effects. For optimal 3D gaming, you may need to adjust the depth effects individually for every game you own–and certain games actually look better with the depth setting turned down.

While it seems counterintuitive to have the perceived depth of your 3D HDTV configured at anything less than 100 percent, maxing this setting out can make many 3D games look worse. For example, maxing out the 3D depth slider for Crysis 2 produces a nasty graphical corruption known as “crosstalk,” which causes ephemeral outlines to appear around many geometrical shapes in the game. …

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