Why 3D TV is Just a Pointless Gimmick

I like that they keep trying to advance the technology, can only help really if consumers with enough expendable income buy into it. I'd love to try integrated 3D when it is affordable, anytime I tried 3D glasses in the past it was nausea inducing paired with my prescription glasses. Do any of these new 3D options have adjustable lenses for prescription users?
 
The 3D glasses dont make me sick at all... they just plain... suck.

Its sorta like saying heres this great new sex to try.. but your nads have to stay submerged in icewater the whole time.
 
For all of you guys that complain of blurry images etc., did you use polarized or active shutter glasses? There's a huge difference in image quality depending on the type of glasses used - I flat can't see 3d with anaglyph, polarized works but looks like crap to me, interlaced works but halves the resolution, page flip at a decent refresh just causes the image to be darker with the same resolution and picture quality. The effect is flat out awesome as long as you have a decently bright display (and the contrast doesn't suffer, it makes the darks darker as well and also dims ambient light). Since page flip (or active) glasses cost a hundo a pop, I kind of doubt that's what they were handing out at movie theaters. The panasonic demo I saw at best buy did have the active glasses and aside from some slight ghosting on bright areas, which is most likely due to limitations with the tv, it looked very good. DLP with active glasses is the way to go as there is no ghosting, I run it in games at home and it's incredibly immersive. I'd submit those that haven't had a good experience just haven't used the right equipment (or are so used to staring at a flat screen that even leaving their house and seeing the world in 3d scares them - this would also explain the aversion to wearing glasses as they probably don't go outside in the sunlight where you'd wear sunglasses).
 
I was so not impressed with the display of 3dTV at bestbuy. I have seen Avatar and Coraline is 3d, when I walked out after I had headache and was not impressed. I never get that wow factor. My money this week went for a samsung 55in Lcd c650, samsung blueray player c5500 and a sony 7.1 dh810 reciever.
Still waiting on TV from amazon. I am not spending my cash on this old 3d tech.
 
I'm not convinced in this 3D thing either because of two things.
One being that in every heavy action oriented scenes everything becomes a fuzzy and blurry on the screen, I hear that is somewhat better (fixed) on 3D TVs but I'm not too convinced. If I get a chance I'll check it out. Avatar was beautiful on an IMAX screen but when something started happening it's all blur. Alice in IMAX was even worse in that respect, 3D was clearly just layered on a 2D film.

My second issue is with the glasses, seeing Avatar in 2D and 3D, 2D was so much richer in color without glasses, and overall picture quality looked so much better to me and no I don't get headaches, my wife did on Alice though.

I think glasses-free 3D will be where it's at, right now I don't think it's ready for homes. 3D theater experience occasionally is cool only if a movie was done with 3D in mind. my .2c.
 
3d TV is going to fail, 3d movies are fine as short bursts of 3D is not too bad, but if you want to watch 3D for long periods make sure you have some advil or something around.
 
damn, I just read this article and this guy really sounds like a grumpy old dick. I still agree with him though.
 
I vote 3d at home as a lame technology...similar to the internet connected toaster but even more useless
 
"I've never, ever seen a 3D movie that so much as breathed softly on my socks, never mind blew them off."

I agree! I simply have no interest in 3D Movies anymore. And I've heard far to much worthless hype to even begin listening to the sch-peel. Next!
 
Sikkyu said:
3d TV is going to fail, 3d movies are fine as short bursts of 3D is not too bad, but if you want to watch 3D for long periods make sure you have some advil or something around.
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I'm sure there were a couple people coming out of the theater when we saw Avatar that had a headache, but the only comments I heard were people pretty much being awestruck. I didn't even have a hint of a headache, neither did my wife, who's prone to them in such situations. I personally don't think movies will be the driving force for the home market, but games, and sports programming.
 
Cannydog said:
"I've never, ever seen a 3D movie that so much as breathed softly on my socks, never mind blew them off."

I agree! I simply have no interest in 3D Movies anymore. And I've heard far to much worthless hype to even begin listening to the sch-peel. Next!
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That, and 3d movie prices at theaters just got jacked up about 20%.

One Imax theater in NY raised its ticket price from 16.50 for IMAX 3d to 19.50.

If you take a fam of 3 to a disney imax 3d movie, thats a lot of money, i mean, i can go to six flags in GA for buy one get one free with a coke can. And stay all day
 
i heard alice in wonderland was filmed in ways specific to 3d only viewing. this is atrocious. if you need to change the actual movie itself to make a 3d feature that nobody has seem more grand, then you and your entire industry is retarded. and like said, forget about any of this until the glasses go away. nobody is going to wear anything at a party, period.
 
I saw "Clash of the Titans" in 3D. After watching "Avatar" in 3D, it was a bit of a letdown. :(

Also, why the hell do 3D glasses for TVs cost $100-150, but yet the ones in the movie theater are literally the cost and quality of dollar store sunglasses? :confused:
 
First, you have to start with 120hz material, for real 120hz not marketing bs.

Then you need to have content designed correctly for 3D.... most games actually can accomplish this, and Avatar did an ok job of it... but remember Avatar was designed from the ground up with it in mind.

But even Avatar's effort suffers from the lack of 120+ Hz machinery... hence the headaches some complain about, as well as the need for QUALITY optically correct glasses.
 
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