Customer Reviews

Pro X Style Red/Cyan 3D Glasses for Movies and Games on Flat Screens

5 star:		(34)
4 star:		(22)
3 star:		(16)
2 star:		(13)
1 star:		(19)

 

 

I'm about to write a review that I really wish I had seen before going into this mess of trying to find the right anaglyph glasses.
Let me break this down: There are two types of anaglyph glasses you can buy: The cardboard ones with the flimsy gel lense, and acrylic (plastic) lensed glasses. Both of these types you can buy in whatever colors you want or that suit you, but primarily, they are gel lenses or acrylic lenses.

Gel lenses work *the best* in terms of eliminating the most ghosting and crosstalk, but at the expense of seeing significantly more red/cyan and duller true-color. That's because they're just so powerful at filtering. Too powerful, really.

Of the acrylic lensed products that I have tried, I pitted the three best reviewed acrylic lensed glasses against each other personally for 3D anaglyph gaming (Nvidia's 3D Discover if you're wondering) on an LCD monitor. The glasses tried, myself, were the Proview (original and from 3D Glasses Direct), ProX (newer type of Proview glasses; sleeker style and also from 3D Glasses Direct), and the Pro-Ana from 3DStereo (same style as the ProX as is pictured on this product page up above).

For an LCD monitor, the worst was easily the Proview glasses. They had a ton of ghosting and the injection molding process for color just hadn't been up to par when they were first introduced and still aren't. The gel lensed, cardboard glasses just blow these out of the water. Only buy the Proview glasses from 3D Glasses Direct if you plan on watching movies or playing on older CRT monitors (if you don't know what a CRT monitor is, then pick up your monitor. Are you struggling? Is it 30 pounds? Is it an old, giant cube? It's a CRT monitor -- get an LCD monitor immediately! They're practical now.).

The second best were the ProX glasses, also from 3D Glasses Direct. These were only /slightly/ better than the Proview glasses and therefore also had horrible ghosting. Same CRT rules apply here. More comfortable and better looking than the Proview glasses, however. Good try.

The best, easily, were (are) the Pro-Ana glasses from 3DStereo. They're very impressive. While still not quite as good at eliminating ghosting as well as cheapy, old-school gel lensed cardboard glasses, they're about 95% as close (of course I didn't really measure this, I'm only guessing). Compounding how awesome they are is the fact that they LOOK and FEEL as comfortable as the ProX glasses but work significantly better. The lenses are about 20% thicker and about 5-10% larger in other dimensions giving them more field-of-view coverage. Basically, the battle here comes down only to the Pro-Ana and the old-school, gel lensed, cardboard glasses. Here the Pro-Anas have a trade-off. Barely more ghosting than the gel lenses, but they let significantly more real color through giving you a much more pleasing picture and a lot more detail. This is a tradeoff I'm easily willing to make.

Of all of the best reviewed anaglyph glasses out there floating around on Amazon, the Pro-Anas are easily the winner. You can safely order them now and stop worrying about the differences. Of course, these glasses will also work for watching movies and the like.

I bought these 3D glasses to use with a PC game I own (Trackmania United). After trying them several times with the game, I am quite disappointed. The glasses just don't work; the red lens of the glasses is far too dark; it contrasts highly with the light blue lens. The result is basically looking out of the blue lens, preventing you from viewing anything in 3D. In addition, the glasses gave me a headache after using them for only a few minutes due to the sharp contrast of the dark red and light blue. I definitely recommend looking elsewhere for 3D glasses.

I am a stereoscopic compositor. I bought these glasses, to use at work, instead of the paper ones we have at the studio. These glasses are not Pro Ana and will leave major ghosting. The red is to dark and will not properly converge with the blue (right eye), which leaves edge issues on whatever you look at. other then the glasses not working the way they should they are way to small. I dont have a big head and these glasses are way to tight on me. If anything they are made for children. I wish i had more positive things to say, but these glasses are simply not what they are advertised as, and i will be seeking a full return of my money.

The glasses are exactly like the picture. I would say the red lens might be a bit too dark but seem to fine. These are so much more comfortable then the cheap paper ones.

Anyways here's what I want everyone to read. This comes verbatim from a sticker on the packing slip.

"While the real Pro-Ana TM 3D glasses fit over many types of small glasses frame, they will not fit over thicker, or large frames. Amazon is unable to alter the title of the product. so [sic] if you if you relied upon the title and want to return the glasses (even though they are the best) contact us we want you to be pleased with your 3Dstereo order"

Note: I added the [sic] because the 's' was not capitalized and the "(even though...)" is exactly how it was written on the packing slip.

Hope this helps!

The Pro-Ana glasses, which are described as "Fits over Most Prescription Glasses" do no such thing. I tried them with the last 15 years of glasses I keep around as backups as well as some friend's glasses and they really didn't work over the glasses with the exception of one female friend with a small face. Indeed, with my most recent pair of prescription lenses they kinda fit underneath better than they do over.

They do have excellent lenses for use with an LCD panel (I'm doing 3D virtual world software development) and if you do not wear prescription glasses I would recommend them unreservedly for use with computer generated anaglyphs.

They are comfortable and awesome. Im sure everyone will need these for all the upcoming DVDs and games. I use them for "Skate 2" and they rock!

... but the glasses themselves were not so great.

Here are the problems:

1. The "wrap-around" style defeats the purpose of the glasses. Ideally, the lenses should be on a flat plane, parallel to the video screen. With these you are looking through the colored lenses at about a 35 degree angle. This introduces optical distortions as well as color density anomalies. In addition, since most prescription eyeglasses are on a flat plane, it's hard to fit the Pro-X glasses over your prescription specs (try putting your prescription glasses over the Pro-X; it works better).

2. The frames of these glasses are made of a brittle plastic that breaks easily. This is a problem because the frames flex in the center every time you put them on or take them off. This repeated flexing will eventually cause the frames to snap in half. Also, the frame hinges are molded into the plastic, held together with a tiny screw (this is not really a problem, because the frames will break long before the hinges fail).

My first pair of Pro-X 3D glasses broke after wearing them for about an hour. 3D Glasses Direct replaced them instantly with profuse apologies. The replacement pair lasted two days until they also broke in half. This time I asked 3D Glasses Direct to replace them with the "Clip-on" style 3D glasses. They agreed, and for this I give them five stars and high praise.

The clip-on lenses are the "flip-up" type that baseball outfielders wear. The lenses are in a flat plane and they work well with my wire rims as well as with my thicker plastic frames. This is clearly the superior solution.

If you don't wear prescription glasses, get a pair of cheap sunglasses, remove the lenses and use the clip-on. You will be happier in the long run.

Bought it for the stereoscopic 3D effect in Minecraft. Wearing these, I just get a huge headache trying to play with the 3D effect on. Same with any friends that tried to use them. So now they are a paperweight.

We had this product for less then a week, my son just picked them and opened them up to put them on and they broke.. Not a sturdy frame waste of money..

I recently ordered from 3D Glasses Direct and I'm extremely satisfied with my transaction! Let me explain... I originally ordered only 1 pair of 3D glasses and they were lost in the mail by the postal service. I wrote back to 3D glasses after waiting a few days past the expected arrival date. I was told what happened and was compensated with 2 pairs of glasses, in which I immediately received!