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Is 3D TV the latest gotta-have?

by Angeline Booher Mar 25, 2010 12:36AM PDT

The HDT televisions have lately come down to a reasonable price level. Then I head that some channels in some markets were offering - I don;t remember which- either soccer or hockey games in that medium.

So just for fun I did a little Googling and found this:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/3d-tv-is-the-world-really-ready-to-upgrade/

Reviews of the new 3D movies have been a far cry form the old ones. o aybe people won't mind using those "shutter" glasses at home.

Is it possible that in coming years movie theaters will fade into obliviion?


Angeline

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As long as you need the glasses...
by EdHannigan Mar 25, 2010 1:49AM PDT

I will not be interested.

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I have this little problem. My left eye doesn't really focus
by Ziks511 Mar 25, 2010 1:58AM PDT

properly. I haven't tried it out with a 3D movie, but I suspect that I won't get much benefit from the 3D experience.

Additionally of course there are the glasses, and the problem of finding them, and the remote for the DVD player, and the remote for the TV, and not sitting on them and breaking them, and looking for batteries to make sure they're working properly, and everything else.

I'm enjoying HDTV too much to mess with anything else.

Rob

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Unfortunately for us, the glasses seem to be
by Roger NC Mar 25, 2010 7:51AM PDT

a deal breaker.

Since I wear regular glasses, trying to prop another pair on in front of them and keep the relative location of the focus point is a bit difficult, and a nuisance.

My wife seems to get headaches from watching 3D with the glasses, at least longer ones. I've wondered if that is because she has contacts with the one eye closeup one eye longrange set up. No real documentation for that but I wonder about it.

So until there is actual holographic projection 3D, I don't know we'd be interested. Maybe if I won a lottery grand prize, I could have a room set up for 3d viewing and one for normal?

Actually, the question of how good the non-3D sources would look is very important too.

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I don't get it.
by MarkFlax Former Forum moderator Mar 25, 2010 7:59AM PDT

Sure, it's clever, 3D from a 2D display, but it isn't rally 3D is it.

3D is where you can walk around an object and see it from all angles. With this you need special glasses and sit in one place, or at least, don't move too far. I bet if you try to get up and walk around, you're going to fall on your ....!

I'll wait for the holographic TV, if it ever gets invented.

Mark

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