Comments on: 3 reasons why 3DTV is stupid.

By: Brent

Brent — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:38:33 +0000

You know people say the same thing about every major change in technology. I think it’s just a stepping stone to get to 3DTV’s without glasses. One thing that you don’t mention is that most of the 3D is kind of the “puppet box” effect, that it just gives you depth and not things actually coming out of the screen/television. I’m not sure if television is in a dead in market right now like computers, where most consumers who want or can afford an HDTV have already bought one, but maybe these manufactures need this sort of gimmick to get people interested in buying new tv’s. Kind of like geotagging digital cameras might help the digital camera market.

The mini disc just wasn’t big in the USA, like laser discs. Yet they were huge overseas, and we wonder why we are always behind when it comes to things like cellphones.

You forgot to mention that besides video games the porn industry could probably help out 3DTV as well!! haha

By: bfos7215

bfos7215 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:34:57 +0000

3DTV may not be used frequently in the homes, but it is going to be included on every HDTV very soon. It’s just too easy for the manufactures to implement to not included it as an option. That doesn’t mean you have to watch everything in 3D. But, if there’s a big game or new version of Planet Earth, it’s a safe bet that people with newer TV’s will be inclined to watch in 3D.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:33:53 +0000

I agree with the glasses thing, but if you search the net you will find that there are manufacturers that produce 3DTV without glasses,Philips is one of the main stream companies, the TV is called WOWvx, and I am disappointed that they were not seen at the ces show, I did not attend the show but I have been reading about it and have not seen a single post describing glasses free TV. At home it needs to be glasses free or there is no point.

By: Ciara B.

Ciara B. — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:33:37 +0000

I wish there were a “like” button on here. I’d hit it five times.

By: Ramsey Mohsen

Ramsey Mohsen — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:13:13 +0000

Matches, there was one company at CES that claimed to have developed a technology that didn’t require glasses. I checked out their booth- and to be honest, it sucked.

From my understanding, the technology requires the maximum pixel count of TVs to be at least 20x times more than what it is today. Which appears to be at least 5 years out…

By: Matches Malone

Matches Malone — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:07:44 +0000

I know of at least one company working on 3DTV without the need for any type of glasses, so, that takes away two of your three concerns….

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:31:11 +0000

I agree. Avatar took 7 years to make and achieve the great 3D quality. A live sporting event for example will have all sorts of glitches because they can’t edit the content. Also, the glasses were rumored to be about $250 at CES, so that’s pretty expensive if you want to watch a game or movie with a group of people.

By: julia_gulia

julia_gulia — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:09:33 +0000

You know this is the one post I was waiting to read. I work for Best Buy and we have been hearing about 3DTV for a while now. Everyone that I work with is saying the same thing, it’ll never make it in a home atmosphere. Personally, I have a really small head and have to buy children glasses at the store. 3d glasses for me, in general, are uncomfortable and don’t seem to work right since I don’t have an average size head. So, your idea for designer 3d glasses — amazing!

OH, and the TV show Chuck did a whole episode in 3d. It was kind of cool but again… homes aren’t the avenue.

By: ramseymohsen

ramseymohsen — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:10:28 +0000

The D, great point! I didn’t even think of that. I will share with you- looking at a 3DTV screen without the glasses isn’t pretty.

By: The D

The D — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:04:36 +0000

What happens when you have 5 people over for a big game and you only have 4 pairs of glasses?

I agree 100% 3D TV is just a fad for regular TV, but it will be big with gaming.