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I believe that 3D TV's just going to make children watch even more TV now that they can kind of interact with the TV shows they watch.

Reply #1. Sep 30 10, 12:06 AM

beachbumb101

I think that would be scary. What exactly is "3D TV"?

Reply #2. Oct 10 10, 5:57 PM

romeomikegolf

It's the same as going to the cinema and watching a 3D film, but you need a 3D television and set top box. Currently only one box is available. It's made by the company that provides the UK with satellite TV, Sky. It's also their high definition box. The system uses two cameras to film the same scene, one for the left eye and one for the right.The signal is then beamed to the set top box via satellite and the picture comes up on the screen. Just like the cinema you need a special pair of glasses to watch it properly.

Reply #3. Oct 12 10, 12:24 AM

Hineboxing

It's just another gadget for people who have more money than they know what to do with.

Reply #4. Oct 12 10, 8:56 AM

reeshy

I think the 3D fad's a bit much. You know the movie/TV show isn't real, so why watch it in 3D. I'd prefer the things I watch to be good enough in the first place without having to watch in 3D. Our eyes create depth in 2D scenarios anyway, hence why you can see 2D drawings in 3D. It's all a bit silly, and money-making, I think.

Reply #5. Oct 17 10, 7:56 AM

veronikkamarrz

I don't know...That's what they said about "Home Computers!"

Reply #6. Oct 17 10, 10:26 AM

reeshy

True, but I don't see how 3D would make that much of a difference to a movie if it's already good :)

Reply #7. Oct 18 10, 10:19 AM

romeomikegolf

"
I think the 3D fad's a bit much. You know the movie/TV show isn't real, so why watch it in 3D."

How can you say the show isn't real? The first thing shown was the Ryder Cup. It isn't limited to films anymore. They can now broadcast in real time.

Reply #8. Oct 18 10, 12:58 PM

Cymruambyth

Makes me wonder if our lust for gadgets will ever go away!

Reply #9. Oct 19 10, 9:24 AM

beachbumb101

I don't thimk 3D TV would make that much of a difference to me because I am legally blind. I can't see what's going on in a regular movie. it's a way to make money.

Reply #10. Oct 30 10, 3:44 PM

nycdmc70

I think the 3D TV idea is a pretty cool concept. I say if you have the money and this is something you would enjoy than go for it.

Reply #11. Nov 01 10, 7:30 PM

reeshy

"How can you say the show isn't real? The first thing shown was the Ryder Cup. It isn't limited to films anymore. They can now broadcast in real time."

I was basically referring to the fact that watching in 3D won't make what you're watching any more real - i.e. it won't make you feel like you're there. It may do for other people, but it wouldn't for me. I just don't see what the big deal about 3D is - if other people enjoy it, then there's no problem with that.

Reply #12. Nov 03 10, 11:19 AM

spidersghost43

Now Ralph Kramden can get a television. (for all you non Honeymooner fans Ralph Kramden was to cheap to buy his wife Alice a TV set. When she asked why he said he was waiting for 3D television)

Reply #13. Nov 03 10, 12:47 PM

mjws1968

Its just a way to make more money out of subscribers, they spent a fortune on adverts to get us all to buy HD, which is good and now we will have the push to buy this latest system, with them making us feel like we are cheapskates and technophobes/luddites if we don't embrace this new technology. I just don't like the idea of having to wear glasses to watch programs and feel a sense of horror at having to look at Jeremy Clarkson's face in 3D lol.

Reply #14. Nov 03 10, 1:25 PM

shido22

If history is any teacher, many similar arguments could have been made regarding color TV and cellular phones. i.e. they are expensive toys and there's nothing wrong with ahe technology I've been using for years. However, Attitudes slowly changed over ten years.

Movie makers try to create stories that pull you into the story. Now they just have one more tool.

I don't believe in using technology just because it's new. I won't be rushing to get a new TV, but as the years go by and the prices drop it should become more popular. We could be wittnessing the next evolution in cinema.

Reply #15. Jan 19 11, 1:51 PM

blindcat78

I think it would be neat, but it wouldn't do any good for those who are blind or visually impaired.

Reply #16. Jan 27 11, 8:01 AM

romeomikegolf

"We could be wittnessing the next evolution in cinema"

According to a fairly recent interview I saw, I don't think we are. The costs involved are prohibitive, and film makers aren't prepared to spend the money unless the audience is there. Many movies don't NEED 3D to pull the people in. Plus having to wear the glasses puts many off from going.

Reply #17. Jan 27 11, 8:47 AM

shido22

RMG, I agree that good movies don't NEED 3D to pull people into the story. Books have been doing that for ages.
However, books, radio, movies and 3D are all different experiences.

I don't personally know if 'the audience is there' but from what I've seen it seems that they are. I also think that a lot more films (than I expected) since Avatar have been comming out in 3D. (I heard the last Harry Potter couldn't be made into 3D in time, but the final one will.)

Most new technologies are cost prohibitive when introduced. Many technologies can only be afforded by the military initially, and then after several years production they becomes cheaper, and eventually more popular.

Reply #18. Jan 27 11, 10:36 PM

naerulinnupesa

3D-TV is where I'm drawing a line. No, thank you. There was so much fuss about digi-TV and it was made compulsory last summer. So when they decide to do the same about 3D, I'll stop watching TV altogether. I quite enjoyed watching a movie in 3D but afterwards my eyes felt weird - it can't be good for them to do it all the time.

Speaking of movies, there are now such things as 4D and 5D movies. Funny, I used to think that time was the fourth and final dimension... 5D means "interactive" movies - seats moving, water splashing etc. For those, once again, NO, thank you.

Reply #19. Apr 16 11, 6:54 AM

CmdrK

There's always something new, different, better. That's how the electronic companies stay in business. I don't have any desire to get a 3-D TV. We don't watch as much TV as others so it doesn't ring a bell for us.

Reply #20. Apr 16 11, 2:22 PM

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