Comments on: 3D TV – Just A Fad?

By: John

John — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:55:26 +0000

Has anyone been to the new movies in 3D in the theaters, like Avatar and some of the others? I will admit. I have not. I am in a community that only has two theaters, owned by the same person. But I digress. The reason I ask bring it up is to ask whether the 3D content actually brought anything to the movie? It is one thing to have an action packed “Jaws 3D” style movie where they intentionally throw weird camera angles so that stuff will pop out of the screen at you. I quickly get bored of that. What I want to know is whether or not the 3D content really adds anything to a concert, or a scene with lots of motion in it. If it REALLY adds content, which nobody has really commented on, then there might be a market for it. But, we might need special glasses to see it on a LCD screen. In the theaters they use disposable polarized lenses so that each eye sees a slightly different image. To see it on your LCD, you need to alternate the two images and use electronic glasses that alternately get dark on each eye in sync with the screen so again each eye sees a different image. Or, you can broadcast a 3d image with both left and right at the same time, and code the 3d images using tint, red and blue, so your eye sees perspective. But the image is gimmicky and the colors are false, and well, it gives me a headache and is just not worth it. 3D at home? I don’t see it. BUT… I would like to see it in the theater. Maybe just once…

By: Gale

Gale — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:07:07 +0000

For those that’s seen only the old 3D movies with the old paper glasses with the red & blue lenses in them. Things have improved greatly since those old days. Now they have black plastic glasses with lenses that look much like a normal sun glass lens and both lenses are a smoked tinted lens. Which the movie theaters I’ve been to charge you a whopping $3.50 for each pair of glasses then try to con you into giving them back recycling them to the theaters so they can again resale them for another $3.50 to the next person that comes along wanting to watch a 3D movie. Personally, I kept my 3D glasses whether I ever use them again or not? If they returned my money I paid for them or even a descent percentage of my money was returned then I would of considered giving them back and letting them recycle them to the next customer wanting to watch their 3D movie. Of course the theaters want 100% profit, so I can’t see many people falling for the recycle your glasses!
With all that being said, lets get down to the quality of today’s 3D movies. Which is beyond suburb in my humble opinion! Now my first 3D experience was not long ago when I seen Avatar and I was really amazed at how things literally did come right out of the movie screen towards me! Don’t know how they do it? But it was amazing none the less! If the quality in theaters catch up to the TV market then I can see where people might want to have the 3D TV’s in their homes and put up with wearing the glasses even! Of course once many of these systems are out on the market and sold, probably the next thing will be new 3D TV’s where you no longer need to wear the glasses and the cycle continues over again! (LOL) But hey, their no different then the rest of us! Just trying to make sure the money keeps rolling into their pockets as we’d all like to have ourselves. Now wouldn’t we? I would! (LOL)

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:23:38 +0000

Heck yeah! I’m not typing so that I can read it back to myself. Not yet anyway,

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:33:48 +0000

Yep, I do agree. Its a shame that there pushing the 3-D tvs. It was said earlier and reiterated, that they CAN broadcast in 3-D now. I watched an episode of Chuck season 2 not long ago on our old 26″ crt tv and it was broadcasted in 3-D. It was a little painful at first, getting use to the strange lines and shadows, but I watched it with/out the glasses. I remember making my own 3-D glasses as a science project when I was a kid. Not hard to do … well for the then current tech. Anywho, Thats me and wifey, we are not “downgrading” our budget or lively hood to buy into this “new wave” tech. We’re not even going to go as far as getting an HD tv untill our current one dies. LoL I’ve watched HD movies both on an HD tv and at the theaters. Theres no point to them. Nothing that is perceptable to my eyes … the sound could use some adjusting though LoL. They’re making the back ground the fore ground now-a-days!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:22:08 +0000

I think its interesting that they have these fancy 3-D tvs but yet, as a few people mentioned previously, all they have to do is broadcast in 3-D. My wife and I have an old crt 26″ tv and when an episode of chuck season 2 I think, came on it was IN 3-D! So … umm what about these stupid glasses? I remember them and hated them then and still do. I say its a waste of money and effort. I really don’t see a reason to upgrade to HD let alone 3-D. Thats me and wifey though.

By: Kevin K

Kevin K — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:56:36 +0000

Hey, I agree with you on this! I think that once the manufacturers start NOT seeing sales on this idea, I think the 3-D TV’s will go away.
Now on the other hand, if (and I say “IF”) this 3-D TV can can fix me popcorn and get me a drink also, I just might buy one!

By: genej101

genej101 — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:58:38 +0000

Never going to happen. I’ve bought two new Sony big screen Bravia’s over the last four years, one, a 50 inch HD I gave to my son and his family and a 52 inch HD I use. I have in basement a Sony 25 inch console built in 1980 that still works. I expect my current television to work for many years as well. There is no way I’ll spend another $2000 plus for a 3d television, I think it is a gimmick, a fad and will die out as fast as it did in the 60′s in theater’s. I won’t do it and they can’t make me!

By: J.R.

J.R. — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:58:06 +0000

I don’t want to sound like a conspiracy nut, but I am alarm that the consumers are being manipulated badly for the past 10 years or so. I have seen computer configurations changed even though there are great upgrades. I think the whole 3d thing is being driven by profits. Lately allot of movies are coming out in 3D. Of course those movies cost more. 3D TV is needed to see all those 3D moves that are being released. I remember when “The Towering Inferno” came out and they used speakers so you could feel the movie. The cost of movie tickets went up and never cam down. If a movie comes out in 3D and regular version, I go see the regular one. Enough, with this 3D stuff, Consumers need to fight back. I truly believe people would eat dog sh*t and coffee that came out of a cats poop (Bucket List) if everybody else was doing it. I know I once had a pet rock.

By: JOHN

JOHN — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:04:57 +0000

Hi Jill, I agree with both of you … for the most part. However, for me especially, the timing for 3-D TV’s introduction is totally wrong! My HDTV is still is still fairly new. In this economic situation, I have to carefully select an item and hope that my purchase will last for 5-10 years. Beyond that, I would consider buying whatever is popular at the time for the `right’ price.

By: Irenkè

Irenkè — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:59:56 +0000

You are right about that. I remember that they did try smell-o-vision in the theater quite some time ago and like you said, it was a flop. I think at one time they even tried doing things to the seats in the theater to make the horror movie more intense to the audience which didn’t go over good either.

I also remember using the paper eyeglasses and seeing a 3D movie demonstrated in the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. Wow, thinking back that far is making me feel a little old .:).