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Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the passing of the 3D TV. With the latest news and developments at the recent Consumer Electronic’s Show, it’s finally official – 3D is dead.
But who’s mourning, really? Probably those who had just recently shelled out a ton of their hard-earned cash to get a shiny new whiz-bang 3D set, but as for me, I was always one of those who saw 3D TV technology as a needless gimmick.
Compared to viewers of other TV innovations like, say, HD, the 3D demographic just isn’t there yet. Nor will it ever be, me thinks. Experts have calculated that 3D TV only had a mediocre market penetration of around 20% as 2012 came to a close, without even any assurance of if people who signed up for 3D liked them or even knew about them.
TV companies are now diverting their attentions to further push the limits on content and consumption through other TV tech like higher 4K and 8K resolutions, and OLED.
From the looks of things, there are two likely ways it will play out for 3D TV. One is that as the tech isn’t anything special anymore, it doesn’t look like a lot of companies would shell out for further development. However, as the technology is already there, 3D would likely be included as a commodity on most standard sets in the future – that way it wouldn’t matter to a home viewer whether a show would come out in 3D or not so long as they don’t mind the dorky glasses.
On the other, hand, 3D might just have its last hurrah in the most unlikely of saviors – Hollywood. 3D is still obviously large in the film industry and 3D films translate to 3D videos ala Bluray. This support might just keep 3D in a half-life for a bit more.
Either way, it’s obviously clear. 3D is dead, and it’s best to set our sights on other things for the future.
About the author:
Lindsey is a home theater enthusiast who doesn’t let 3D glasses get in the way of a good boobtube session. She gets all her TV-related info and services from cable-tv.com
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I never understood the hype over 3D TV’s either. It’s one thing to see a good movie in 3D (e.g. Avatar) but I really don’t need to see things popping out at me during my regularly scheduled programming.
Well first, 3D at thr movies was alot bettet then any home 3d i havr tryed. one makes sence if the screen is ss big as the room, at home your eyes are trying ti focus on a lil 3d box.. with real life atound it…also home 3d ti me look like a cut and paste yhen real demension… IE. u had whats far the close the whats decided fir the middle realm…The 3DS Nintendo.. Did it 90% better then any tv i have seen .. 1*no glasses 2* the option to turn off 3d 3* looked and felt way more real… hard too tell if there was pre set levels of depth…bssicly we have two eyes right…so if a film is not filmmed in a true stereo way… two cameras…. ythus again why movies at theatre works… its suze if the screen.. also others r right who want to where glasese to simply relax with some spongebob etc….they need tech. like in the 3DS at very least..