3D is dead

[Oakey]

Apparently none of the manufacturers will be producing new TV's that have 3D capability anymore

http://uk.businessinsider.com/3d-tv-is-dead-2017-1...

[Fastchas]

I'll never pay the extra to watch 3D at the cinema either. I went to watch Rogue One recently in 3D. Spent half the film with my glasses on/off to compare but I couldn't tell much difference (Gravity was excellent in 3D btw).

[kingston12]

I am not too surprised, I stopped watching 3D on my TV a while ago as I didn't find the effect that great.

On my (cheap) projector, however it is absolutely brilliant, so I am disappointed that this decision will presumably lead to no new films being released on 3D Blu Ray.

[SystemParanoia]

meh..

[FurtiveFreddy]

Good

[mackie1]

It only really works at IMAX levels of FoV in my opinion. The UHD Bluray spec has no provision for 3D either.

[Smollet]

It was never 3D. It was enhanced 2D. I'm surprised many companies weren't sued for this completely false claim.

[varsas]

Recently got into 3D after I bought an OLED TV. Looks great on that, rubbish on anything else I've seen except IMAX. Display technology wasn't ready when it was introduced and gave too many people a bad experience for it to have had even a chance of succeding.

[jmorgan]

It s brilliant, as long as the depth of field/view effect is just right. Better get Busy hoovering up good titles And catching up.

I did hear of an industry demo where a Tv that did not need glasses was on display, few years ago now. Picture was pin sharp I. 3D and HD. Just cost a lot.

[bodhi]

jmorgan said:

It s brilliant, as long as the depth of field/view effect is just right. Better get Busy hoovering up good titles And catching up.

I did hear of an industry demo where a Tv that did not need glasses was on display, few years ago now. Picture was pin sharp I. 3D and HD. Just cost a lot.

I remember seeing an LG screen around 2009 that was 3D that didn't need glasses. As long as you were directly in front of it it worked well....

Just bought a Sony XD93, and I must admit I didn't even look at the 3D capabilities of it - we tried it on the old set to make sure it worked, then didn't touch it again in 3 years. HDR looks far more useful imo.

[Cheib]

Great hype for the manufacturers to drive sales whilst developing an even more high resolution format for 2D viewing (i.e. 4k) and screen type (OLED). Needed a massive screen and you needed to sit very close and straight on for it to have any chance of working so basically a family couldn't watch together for example. And 99% of people didn't have a screen big enough...

Totally flawed from day one....which makes you wonder about all the "experts" who got so excited about reviewing the product and couldn't see it for what it was. An overly hyped technology which never was anything more than a stop gap.

[FurtiveFreddy]

Unless it's truly holographic, I'm not interested in anything supposedly '3D' and never really have been.

The only contemporary 3D movie I've seen is Avatar and even at a proper IMAX theatre, I found it a bit meh.

We're still some way from practical and affordable holographic TV. I'm pretty sure it won't happen in my lifetime.

[C&C]

anonymous said:

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Disagree with your disagreement!

It looks great on a properly set up Panasonic 55 inch VT plasma in a darkened room (how films are meant to be watched).
Whether it's Avatar, Promethius, Despicable Me, any number of other animated films, I for one really enjoy watching in 3D.

In fact, on reading this thread, I headed over to Amazon and now await the imminent arrival of TT3D: Closer to the Edge, and MIB3 in 3D.

[jmorgan]

^^^^^^^^^^

Unable to quote for some reason.

3D on mine is immense. It is superb. Unfortunately it is only 1080p. But a well shot film is superb. There is absolutely no doubt.

Of course, horses for courses, don't like it, then you don't like it.

[gregs656]

I am surprised it has taken this long.

[OldSkoolRS]

The trouble I had with 3D was two fold: Firstly it gave me a terrible headache when I tried active glasses with a projector. Secondly most of the 3D films just weren't the sort of thing I'd want to watch, things like Avatar and various animated films aren't my thing. I also briefly owned a 3D LCD TV, which was passive (didn't give me the headaches, but at 50" it was a bit underwhelming compared to a projector), shame that the 2D picture was so bad I returned it and exchanged it for a 2D only set with a decent picture.

On the plus side I think I saved about £300 by choosing not to buy the 3D glasses and RF transmitter that came with my previous projector. Didn't seem to have any problem selling it without them either, so I guess I'm not alone.

[andy_s]

Don't worry, it'll be back in 5 years for another 6 months.

[Boozy]

I have a 65 inch 4k Samsung and I have to say it works rather well, to each their own.

[Driller]

Didn't stop it being the absolute THING to have on here for a while did it? One person "in the know" was adamant that it was here to stay.

Makes me laugh.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

I love my 3D projector, it'll be a shame when they stop producing disc to watch on it.