3D vs non-3D Display

Will a regular non-3D BluRay 1080 movie play on a non-3D display , noticeably better than on a 3D one , assuming they are both 1920 X 1080 ?
I ask this generally , and also specifically for 17" laptops , if it makes a difference .

 

Any other differences between the displays (gamut, backlighting quality, contrast ratio etc etc etc) will come into play much more than just the 3D/non-3D thing.

 

Thanks SSSSSSSSSS ( 10 of them right ? ) .
Are you saying , then , as to what I asked , that , all else equal , there would be little or no noticeable difference ?

 

Yes, providing everything else is equal, the 3D display will function perfectly well as a 2D display - it's exactly what they're designed for.

 

3D displays generally have a higher refresh rate since it is halved when playing 3D. In notebooks, non-3D displays are usually 60hz while 3D ones are 120hz. When playing non-3D on a 3D notebook, it will play it at 120hz which means smoother video. How much of a difference this will make will depend on the video. IMO there's hardly a difference but if you're watching fast-paced videos like sports or racing, then a higher refresh rate may be noticeable.

As for regular monitors/TV's, non 3D displays are usually 120hz while 3D ones are 240hz.

 

Thanks ssssssssss and waleed786 .

 

yes, however, it will allow for perfect 24p source content playback (though 3:2 pulldown detection normally palliates the issue, some GPU [*coughtvidia*] have been known to not actually work that well with 24p source content and 60Hz displays. 120Hz solves this issue alltogether ).

 

jeremyshaw - excuse my ignorance - what exactly is 24p source content , what sort of popular videos will have that , and how common is it ?

 

DVDs, typically (when they're not hard-interlaced). Though I can play them on my 60hz displays just fine.

 

I think by 24p he means 24fps content. It's a problem because if you have a screen that refreshes at 60fps trying to display 24fps content, each frame gets shown 60/24 = 5/2 times of a normal frame, which means some frames get shown longer than others (or have to be interpolated or something). On a 120Hz screen, 120/24 = 5 times of a normal frame so all frames get shown equally.

Man I worded that really confusingly. Basically 120Hz screens show 24fps content smoothly.