3D TV do you really see it as desirable?

Kipperhell

I just read a report suggesting TV companies are hoping 3DTV will boost sales. I don't see it as a big selling point and still think the technology isn't that good after seeing Avatar. Are people really looking forward to it or am I just becoming old fashioned?

Gone Drinking

3D porn is what i desire

AnonoBoy

Kipperhell wrote: »

I just read a report suggesting TV companies are hoping 3DTV will boost sales. I don't see it as a big selling point and still think the technology isn't that good after seeing Avatar. Are people really looking forward to it or am I just becoming old fashioned?

You've only got one eye though, right? The effect may be lost on you somewhat.

Hank_Jones

If I had to wear those stupid glasses the whole time while watching television....

Certainly wouldn't pay for that sort of annoyance.

SV

I think it's brilliant and certainly hope it is the future..

mikom

Kipperhell wrote: »

Are people really looking forward to it or am I just becoming old fashioned?

Really looking forward to 3D TV and a nice tab of acid............... 5D TV is the least I expect.

January

Wouldn't work with my bogey +6.00 eyesight and double astigmatism as well as turn in left eye.

Buford T Justice

I'd say give it 5 years, then get one. They're bound to be good at that stage

thorbarry

not at all. Wearing glasses over my already existing glasses. They didn't really think it through

ColmDawson

When I was watching Avatar I had to take the glasses off every half an hour or so and look at real things for a few seconds. It was giving me a headache concentrating on all the 3D stuff. It didn't help that I already have to wear glasses!

admiralofthefleet

it will bring a whole new dimension to television


sorry

ColmDawson

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

it will bring a whole new dimension to television


sorry

I almost thanked that. Almost.

speedboatchase

Of course it's desirable - 3D boxing would be amazing for example. However Sony's projections are that 10% of households will have them by 2012 so realistically we're looking 4-5 years down the road until they penetrate the majority of households in the way HD now has. Anyone that has seen Avatar in 3D and liked it must be sad that they can't replicate that experience at home for example, but a few years down the line sure sign me up

NothingMan

Kipperhell wrote: »

still think the technology isn't that good after seeing Avatar.

Avatar's 3D was amazing. The beauty was in the subtlety. Instead of things jumping out and making you flinch it was just seamless and made the animated parts look as real as the live action. Absolutely stunning movie and it it looks a lot more animated in 2D.

I woudln't give a crap about seeing movies converted to 3D cos they are just novelty but if the future is 3D using James Camerons technlogy it could be great. Imagine watching Blue Planet or Planet Earth in 3D. WOW.

Dardania

Gone Drinking wrote: »

3D porn is what i desire

Whoa there - keep the knob in 2D!

antodeco

Dardania wrote: »

Whoa there - keep the knob in 2D!

The money shot and/or bukkake would be quite interesting however.

mikom

betafrog wrote: »

Yeah but 3D bewbz!!! :eek:

Look, just get your missus to paint one tit green and the other red....... voila.... one 3D tit.

Dardania

mikom wrote: »

Look, just get your missus to paint one tit green and the other red....... voila.... one 3D tit.

Brilliant!

mikom

betafrog wrote: »

Or I can just put my face in between them...

No silly.......... the glasses don't work in close proximity.

antodeco

But what about total recall??? There'll be an extra tit doing nothing


/plays with balls

speedboatchase

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/samsungs-impossibly-thin-3d-tv-tempts-hollywood-producer/

WANT

Giblet

You don't need glasses for all TVs, some use special LCDs.

thebman

Pointless for tv, potential for gaming. Not wearing stupid glasses though, sor it out intelligent people.

Kipperhell

NothingMan wrote: »

Avatar's 3D was amazing. The beauty was in the subtlety. Instead of things jumping out and making you flinch it was just seamless and made the animated parts look as real as the live action. Absolutely stunning movie and it it looks a lot more animated in 2D.

You seem to have seen a different movie to me the actual 3D effect was not actually that great and I think the story and dialogue are still the most important things. You can do action but the basics remain. Avatar failed on the story front the effects were new but actually not really that good. I felt it looked very animated in 3D too once you became accustomed to the effect itself.

I saw Jaws 3D and some people said it had great effects. It wasn't true at the time or now. I suspect Avatar will eventually be seen for not actually being as good as people state now the same way Titanic wasn't actually very good. A gimmick film

I have gone on some of the 3D ride in Disney and Vegas at it is the same theology in effect and been around a while.

NothingMan wrote: »

I woudln't give a crap about seeing movies converted to 3D cos they are just novelty but if the future is 3D using James Camerons technlogy it could be great. Imagine watching Blue Planet or Planet Earth in 3D. WOW.

That will remain so and I see the appeal of some nature programs. The things is I am not seeing what it is really going to add to most other things.

LookingFor

Avatar 3D was eye opening.

I'd like it for movies and videogames at home. Actually think it'd be excellent for that, particularly games.

The advantage of home viewing too is that you can always have the best seat in the house. With the cinema, I think the effect of 3D loses some oomph from certain more extreme viewing angles, so it's even more of a pain when you get stuck in a crappy viewing position now in the cinema.

But regular viewing of TV and stuff? Dunno about that. I wouldn't put them glasses on just to watch the news.

Jev/N

You can buy the real 3D glasses for use with an LCD/Plasma but they cost in the region of $100 - $200 and not a huge amount of use at the moment

Sky are launching their first 3D channel this year and Sony, Samsung and Panasonic all have 3D TVs coming out, many of which will convert 2D sources and without the need for glasses, that I'd like to see!

more info here:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0108/1224261889556.html

Capt'n Midnight

I don't want to watch ads in 3D, can these be pre-emptively banned please.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uQwjgZ0kQM

CPT. SURF

I really liked The Christmas Carol in 3d, have not seen Avatar. If they can sort out the glasses issue it could be the future