Sony: Uptake of 3D TV Will Outpace High Definition

[JokerboyJordan]

I guess this guy hasn't opened his window to hear pretty much the whole world complaining about 3D then?

Is this the same whole world that spent $2,740,405,721 on Avatar at the box office?

Yep it is. Sure Avatar was great and that, but you can't compare 3d in a cinema to 3d in a home.
You only have to wear the glasses for that showing, a mild inconvenience for a short period of time. Oh and you don't have to spend ludicrous extra amounts of money (yeah maybe a couple but not a lot).

 

[Jandau]

Glasses-free 3D? Sure, I can see that.

The 3D Sony is trying to push lately? Not a chance...

 

[RatRace123]

Wait, I thought that 3D TVs were High Def. themselves.
Well, regardless I think this guy's nuts, or I'm out of the technological norm. 'Cause I got an HD TV, just 2 years ago, and it's still the only one in my house.

The way this guy says it, you'd think everyone has an HD TV in every room, and then they'll start thinking "God, you know what would make this show better, if we spent several thousands of dollars to get a TV that projects things out at you. That'd be so awesome, until we got sick of it in a few days and set it back to normal."

 

[JediMB]

I guess this guy hasn't opened his window to hear pretty much the whole world complaining about 3D then?

Is this the same whole world that spent $2,740,405,721 on Avatar at the box office?

Yep it is. Sure Avatar was great and that, but you can't compare 3d in a cinema to 3d in a home.
You only have to wear the glasses for that showing, a mild inconvenience for a short period of time. Oh and you don't have to spend ludicrous extra amounts of money (yeah maybe a couple but not a lot).

Point I'm trying to make is that the complaints are mostly nerd rage, and that the world as a whole mostly likes 3D or just doesn't care either way.

 

[FinalDream]

I don't doubt that one day 3D will be big but until they make the set more affordable and work out how to actually film in 3D then I will not be buying into it.

 

[Buizel91]

Sony...knock it off, at least Nintendo have the right idea to move it forward, people do not want to play Killzone, or watch Coronation Street with 3D glasses on.

 

[Archemetis]

I guess this guy hasn't opened his window to hear pretty much the whole world complaining about 3D then?

Is this the same whole world that spent $2,740,405,721 on Avatar at the box office?

Yep it is. Sure Avatar was great and that, but you can't compare 3d in a cinema to 3d in a home.
You only have to wear the glasses for that showing, a mild inconvenience for a short period of time. Oh and you don't have to spend ludicrous extra amounts of money (yeah maybe a couple but not a lot).

Point I'm trying to make is that the complaints are mostly nerd rage, and that the world as a whole mostly likes 3D or just doesn't care either way.

But when all's said and done, they paid to see it in a cinema. Where the price of viewing is significantly less than buying a 3DTV...

 

[teisjm]

I can see 3D becoming big one day, but I think they need to get rid of the glasses. I can't see anyone coming home after a long day at the office, grabbing a beer, sitting down on the couch, and putting on their Star Trek glasses to watch a football game.

I know right, those things just doesn't go well with my tinfoil hat...

I think 3d is too situational, sure it might add a little extra for movies where it was planned to be in, but who'd give a fuck whether teh news was in 3d or not.

Same reason i only get movies which has a very strong visual side on blu ray discs, and everything else on DvD.

 

[Petromir]

I don't doubt that one day 3D will be big but until they make the set more affordable and work out how to actually film in 3D then I will not be buying into it.

Sets prices are dropping all the time, 40" 3D sets now avaliable for about £700, thats a drop of about 50% in 6 months of the cheapest sets avaliable in the UK, thats an order of maginitude quicker than HD managed.

And they already have, alot of 3D films arent, but Avatars live secenes were done properly, and the UK has live sports shown in 3D filmed with proper 3D cameras.

Uk has a 3D dedicated channel on sattalite, mostly sports, a few movies, and a few documentaries, and a few ballets and the like.

 

[ZephrC]

It won't work until they get rid of the glasses. It's as simple as that. When the glasses are gone people will totally lap this shit up. Until then, it's just a silly novelty that people aren't interested in subjecting themselves to every single day. That just doesn't even sound like any fun at all.

 

[Weaver]

3D will be popular when 3D is your only option.

 

[Little Duck]

Wow. I mean. The gaming community has really supported this so far. Just the other day I thought to myself, you know what I really want? To play Assasins creed with 3d glasses on. And Yes, I would like to pay £1000 + more for this benefit. Why just the other day I put 5 deposits down on 3d televisions.

 

[Jumplion]

As I've said before numerous times, 3D definitely has potential. It's doubtful that 3D televisions will be fully supported in the near future, but in the far future I wouldn't be surprised if 3DTVs were more commonplace.

Remember when HDTV was coming out of the fray? People were all like "Gosh! I don't need a high-definition picture! My SDTV is just fine!" and all sorts of complain-y things? Remember how HDTVs are just now more commonplace, or at least more accepted, than SDTVs? Yeah, I'm pretty sure that the same thing is happening with 3DTVs.

 

[Andronicus]

As I've said before numerous times, 3D definitely has potential. It's doubtful that 3D televisions will be fully supported in the near future, but in the far future I wouldn't be surprised if 3DTVs were more commonplace.

I'm usually extremely opposed to 3D, but that's mainly because all the big companies are shoving it in my face as often as they can screaming "IT'S A MUTHAF**KING REVOLUTION!!" I don't see any reason why 3D can't be much bigger in the future, but companies like Sony seem to think it's going to happen tomorrow. The novelty value and the current state of the technology doesn't justify the price, and the general populace simply DOES NOT HAVE the money to go around buying 3D televisions. I certainly don't, and neither do the rest of my friends or family. Those things aren't cheap, y'know.

 

[Jumplion]

As I've said before numerous times, 3D definitely has potential. It's doubtful that 3D televisions will be fully supported in the near future, but in the far future I wouldn't be surprised if 3DTVs were more commonplace.

I'm usually extremely opposed to 3D, but that's mainly because all the big companies are shoving it in my face as often as they can screaming "IT'S A MUTHAF**KING REVOLUTION!!" I don't see any reason why 3D can't be much bigger in the future, but companies like Sony seem to think it's going to happen tomorrow. The novelty value and the current state of the technology doesn't justify the price, and the general populace simply DOES NOT HAVE the money to go around buying 3D televisions. I certainly don't, and neither do the rest of my friends or family. Those things aren't cheap, y'know.

Well, that's their job, it's not like they're going to say "Oh, yeah, 3D won't be commonplace until about 50 years from now, just lay low for now," they have to pump up the hardware for future investments.

While I understand the complaints against 3D and 3DTVs, I'm just excited to see what it'll produce. I'm the type of guy that would promote electronic goat-shit because, hey, it's some sort of innovation.

 

[Andronicus]

As I've said before numerous times, 3D definitely has potential. It's doubtful that 3D televisions will be fully supported in the near future, but in the far future I wouldn't be surprised if 3DTVs were more commonplace.

I'm usually extremely opposed to 3D, but that's mainly because all the big companies are shoving it in my face as often as they can screaming "IT'S A MUTHAF**KING REVOLUTION!!" I don't see any reason why 3D can't be much bigger in the future, but companies like Sony seem to think it's going to happen tomorrow. The novelty value and the current state of the technology doesn't justify the price, and the general populace simply DOES NOT HAVE the money to go around buying 3D televisions. I certainly don't, and neither do the rest of my friends or family. Those things aren't cheap, y'know.

Well, that's their job, it's not like they're going to say "Oh, yeah, 3D won't be commonplace until about 50 years from now, just lay low for now," they have to pump up the hardware for future investments.

While I understand the complaints against 3D and 3DTVs, I'm just excited to see what it'll produce. I'm the type of guy that would promote electronic goat-shit because, hey, it's some sort of innovation.

I know they need to advertise their stuff and all, but subtlety has its place too. I mean, I know they're not going to just release 3D TVs without the fanfare, but for what the technology is actually worth in its current state, the campaign offers very little in the way of actual information other than "THREEEEE-DEEEEEEE!!", and the campaign doesn't really extend beyond who can shout it the loudest. That, and this expectation that everybody is going to rush out and buy into it is just insulting. Again, I know that the "expectation" is mainly just generated as spin to get everybody out of their seats and into shops, but from my perspective, it genuinely seems like they believe that I, and everyone else out there, is that rich, or just that stupid.

Don't get me wrong. While I wouldn't say I'm "excited" to see what it produces in the future, I'm certainly interested. It's just that Sony and that seem to think the technology in its current state warrents a "revolution", and want to cram that into my head at every opportunity, which just feels insulting.

 

[Jumplion]

As I've said before numerous times, 3D definitely has potential. It's doubtful that 3D televisions will be fully supported in the near future, but in the far future I wouldn't be surprised if 3DTVs were more commonplace.

I'm usually extremely opposed to 3D, but that's mainly because all the big companies are shoving it in my face as often as they can screaming "IT'S A MUTHAF**KING REVOLUTION!!" I don't see any reason why 3D can't be much bigger in the future, but companies like Sony seem to think it's going to happen tomorrow. The novelty value and the current state of the technology doesn't justify the price, and the general populace simply DOES NOT HAVE the money to go around buying 3D televisions. I certainly don't, and neither do the rest of my friends or family. Those things aren't cheap, y'know.

Well, that's their job, it's not like they're going to say "Oh, yeah, 3D won't be commonplace until about 50 years from now, just lay low for now," they have to pump up the hardware for future investments.

While I understand the complaints against 3D and 3DTVs, I'm just excited to see what it'll produce. I'm the type of guy that would promote electronic goat-shit because, hey, it's some sort of innovation.

I know they need to advertise their stuff and all, but subtlety has its place too. I mean, I know they're not going to just release 3D TVs without the fanfare, but for what the technology is actually worth in its current state, the campaign offers very little in the way of actual information other than "THREEEEE-DEEEEEEE!!", and the campaign doesn't really extend beyond who can shout it the loudest. That, and this expectation that everybody is going to rush out and buy into it is just insulting. Again, I know that the "expectation" is mainly just generated as spin to get everybody out of their seats and into shops, but from my perspective, it genuinely seems like they believe that I, and everyone else out there, is that rich, or just that stupid.

Don't get me wrong. While I wouldn't say I'm "excited" to see what it produces in the future, I'm certainly interested. It's just that Sony and that seem to think the technology in its current state warrents a "revolution", and want to cram that into my head at every opportunity, which just feels insulting.

Keep in mind, the same hyping and revolution-ing was going on during the HDTV phase. I just accept this as neccisary for our Holodeks (I totally want holodecks to be spelled holodeks, that's more futuristic-y)

 

[4RT1LL3RY]

This is a lie. TV companies need to have new things to bring people in to buy new TVs. The uptake of 3D TV won't be higher then the uptake of HD. I may be wrong if a few things happen, they get glasses-free techniques perfected or glasses are made much cheaper.

Shutter glasses are annoying compared to passive styles like polarized used in theatres.

I would rather have better TV technology come out for consumers instead, give me OLED and LPD instead of LCD and Plasma. OLED will be able to do everything LCD can do now at launch. Ghosting won't exist, contrast is perfect, thin and lower power. These are better then 3D technology.

 

[goldenheart323]

I still don't understand why the 3D aspect has to be integrated into the TV, which causes a huge increase in price, when PC's have had the option to add 3D to them for years for just a few hundred.

I'm yet another person who's seen 3D TV demos, but could care less for it. However, I do agree it would be much more enjoyable in a video game. ...still not worth anywhere near the asking price for a 3D TV, but still more enjoyable.