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What is 3D video?

3D over HDMI means sending two pictures instead of one, packed together in a format both ends have agreed on.

In plain language

Stereoscopic 3D needs a separate image for each eye. HDMI defines several ways to carry both: frame packing (stacked, full resolution each), side-by-side and top-and-bottom (half resolution each). The display separates them again.

Why it matters in your setup

3D televisions are gone, but 3D projectors and a large library of 3D discs are not, and that audience is very much still active. In such a chain every device has to pass the format through intact — a device that does not understand 3D framing can break it even while passing ordinary video perfectly.

What the DR HDMI 8K does with it

The DR HDMI 8K lists 3D ready among its capabilities, with the ability to pass 3D stereoscopic signal formats through. In a projector chain that also means the EDID controls apply as usual: if 3D is not being offered by the player, the capability data reaching it is the first thing to check.

DR HDMI 8K in one line: it is a 48Gbps HDMI 2.1 EDID manager, emulator and repeater that sits between your source and the rest of the chain, so you can see what is being negotiated and decide what the source is allowed to see — instead of guessing which device is at fault. What it is and what it solves →

Need the hardware?

Open the DR HDMI 8K product page on HDfury.uk.

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