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3D TV dying

comcast doesnt make the content....if the content isnt there, subscriptions will dwindle, so why keep carrying it....i cant blame them...
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reply to andyross
It's too soon for 3D.

reply to andyross
Not surprised, 3D is a gimmick today.

reply to andyross

As long as you have to wear 3D glasses to watch 3D tv, it won't be successful.

+1

reply to chadb97
LG has been pushing non-active glasses 3D. But, it cuts vertical resolution in half. We'll have to wait for double-res TV's for that to become realistic.

reply to andyross
Many people who watch alot of 3DTV are reporting strained eyes and headaches. Until they resolve that issue I do not think the current type of 3DTV will have alot of customers.

I've been fairly disappointed with the content since getting a 3D TV about a year ago.

There are maybe a handful of movies that have good 3D.

I recently started paying more attention to if something was shot in 3D vs. shot in 2D and converted. The studios must not be spending much on the conversions since those are rarely any better than hitting the 2D to 3D button on the TV.

That said, when it's done well it's great, Avatar, Hugo, Despicable Me and a few others have great 3D. With Hugo the 3D really does add to a great story.

As to the headaches, any method will do that if you sit too close or make the parallax too extreme to boost the effect. You should also only view it in a dark room so you don't see normal objects in the room mixed with the 3D movie.

reply to andyross
I don’t think 3D technology as ever made it to the success point. Considering a variety of drawbacks it carries that includes the cost of making 3D videos and effect on health, 3D technology is far a ahead from where we are now. Let the inventors take some time and bring it to perfection before competing with the HD channels and the HD technology. As of now, it’s a no-competition for 3D market.

reply to andyross
I'm picking up a 3-D TV this week. The new Samsung glasses aren't that bad, but I can't see myself sitting through an entire football game for it. I do look forward to some 3-D blurays.

Many of the best rated HD sets are the 3-D ones, so they'll still be selling it looks like.

Yeah, I also got a Samsung and the glasses are very light, no different than wearing sunglasses. And the glasses have now gotten way cheaper, I see Target has them for $20 now.

There's a website called "Is it Real or Fake 3D", I wish I had found it earlier, when I go through the 3D Blu-Rays I have all the ones I was disappointed with come from the fake column.

Stuff shot with 3D cameras looks great, stuff converted from 2D is just annoying. For animation it seems to depend on how much depth they used when building the computer models of the scenes (and setting a good angle when rendering the right and left frames).

I had a problem with ghosting on some discs, but turning down the contrast helps that problem.

reply to andyross
The problem with the glasses isn't so much wearing them if you're the primary viewer, it's with nobody being able to watch in the same room unless they're also wearing them. They're fine for "Turn the lights down and the volume up, going to watch a blockbuster movie now!" but not so much for the day to day I'm watching a movie, my partner is playing on their laptop, and my daughter is playing on the floor.

reply to andyross
The Samsung active glasses that are non-rechargeable are $19.99 at Best Buy.

reply to andyross
I was reading about the ultra hdtv coming out this summer. It's supposed to be 3d WITHOUT glasses BUT the starting price is in the $4,000 or $5000

One of the first consumer-grade UHDTV sets out there is the Toshiba 55ZL2, which also provides glasses-free 3D.

However, going by an early review of it by PC Magazine, the glasses-free 3D technology still needs some more tweaking:

Toshiba's 55ZL2 Glasses-Free 3D TV Up Close
By Wendy Sheehan Donnell, PC Magazine - September 2, 2011
»www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392380,00.asp

There just no way lenticular displays will ever work as well as glasses. I'd rather wear the glasses than have to sit still staring at the screen.

Yeah, I agree.

However, Sony demonstrated a 46-inch, glasses-free-3D UHDTV at this year's CES which used a different method that was more flexible with viewing angle and movement:

Sony 46in glasses-free 3D TV
By John Archer, TrustedReviews - January 20, 2012
»www.trustedreviews.com/sony-46in···V_review