Would you upgrade to a 3D HDTV this year?

[Vice]

3D doesn't interest me. At-least not yet. I think when I do buy a new TV it will just be the best HD set I can afford, I won't care if it has 3D or not.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

Well, I ain't gone HD yet, so when my current TV dies I will go HD. After that, who knows.

If you are using an old tube TV, don't expect to upgrade for another few years.. maybe more.

I would just bite the bullet and get a nice LED HDTV :D

[PL_ Veteran]

I'm against.

It's what, ?50 for a pair of glasses? No thanks. The way I see it, TV manufacturers are running low on ideas. At CES, all TV manufacturers were either talking about 3D or internet and all this. I don't want my TV to boot up, and didn't they try the whole internet TV thing in the early 2000s? Besides, I've already got a set top box that I can use. All I want is a simple, thin HDTV that consumes a small amount of energy and has a great picture.

I saw Avatar in 3D. It was nice. Just nice. Like most other people in this thread, I want glasses-less 3DTV.

[Tanoru]

No. :p

[Skulltrail]

I'll wait until my current HDTV blows before I move to 3DTV. The effect is good in a movie theater because the screen is so large, you're IN the movie. But at home, unless you buy the biggest screen possible (and even that), you're never going to have the same effect. Having a tinny hammer thrown at me while watching My Bloody Valentine 3D at home will have much less impact... The feeling works well when it's life size.

And my eyes can only stand so much of 3D. My head start to hurt after max 2 hours. So, is it worth it for me? I don't think so.

Watching 3D movie is something cool that I do once in a while in a theater. But for home, I think it's a gimmick. Content will be available on Blu-Ray and I'm not sure but is it Direct TV that is planning on having 1 channel of 3D content when their new SAT is in the air....? I don't know, again, not enough content make 3D a no-go for a couple of years....

I agree. 3D TV is just not worth it. Does anyone know if you can disable or re-enable the 3D format? So lets say I want to watch a 3D movie but afterwords I want to watch normal TV in 2D. Can I do that?

Regardless, I won't buy such a thing. I hate 3D picture. You need glasses to really see it, something that I've never gotten used to, especially watching Spy Kids in 3D as a kid. You can still see the polarization within your glasses, just much less.

[Sethos]

3D is just a gimmick that I definitely won't put a single cent towards. 3D is at such an early stage right now that we're all just testers, I'll give it a chance in many years once it has matured IF it catches on.

[Razorwing]

No.

[That Guy Veteran]

You'd have to have more money than sense to get one, this year at least.

a) I'm not putting on glasses to watch a film, let alone a TV series if that ever came out.

b) I'm happy with what I have.

c) It's just another fad.

d)

The way I see it, TV manufacturers are running low on ideas. At CES, all TV manufacturers were either talking about 3D or internet and all this. I don't want my TV to boot up, and didn't they try the whole internet TV thing in the early 2000s? Besides, I've already got a set top box that I can use. All I want is a simple, thin HDTV that consumes a small amount of energy and has a great picture.

What he said :p

[Digitalx]

No. If i really wanted to watch TV with over priced sun glasses on I sure as hell wouldn't spend thousands above and beyond standard for the experience. 3D has never taken off for a reason. It's a gimmick, still is, always will be.

[Rohdekill]

It will never take off and make huge sales.

Most people realize they do things besides sit and stare at a t.v. Meaning, while the set is on, you're cooking, cleaning, doing paperwork, etc.

If the glasses are needed, no one is going to sit there and constantly put them on and take them off. Not to mention if there's something happening on the screen and you turn to see it (e.g., a news flash), you completely missed it unless the glasses are in immediate vicinity.

[Brandon]

mmmmm 3D boobies

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

I'm wary of dismissing a new technology as a fad - plenty of people have infamously dismissed technologies which have gone on to be 'essentials' for most people (such as the television itself, etc) - but I just don't know of anyone who's interested in one of these. I'd have to try it out to see how 'amazing' it was but I'm not bothered enough at this point to hunt down a TV and try it!

[Pharos]

No, just no.

Unless there's a 200"+ 3D screen available, it won't work. Geez, even in the theater (not IMAX) I was a little bothered that sometimes the experience wasn't so immersive anymore because I noticed the screen edges since it didn't fill my entire peripheral vision. IMAX though, is a totally different story.. HOLY **** :o

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

I'm still reading your replies and noticed the majority of you guys are against.

I've even asked the show floor guys here at CES2010 if they see a market for this and keep telling me yes with a smile.

Someone didn't do their research.

I think Sharp will do well this year.

[metallithrax]

If you are using an old tube TV, don't expect to upgrade for another few years.. maybe more.

I would just bite the bullet and get a nice LED HDTV :D

Yes, I have a Beko CRT TV. It's about 8 years old and going good so far.

If I had any spare cash, maybe I would get anew TV, but all our money goes on bills/debts and essentials.

[Orange Battery]

I don't love TV enough to need all this expensive stuff. I have a good TV thats HD and to be honest after a while I forget. My experience of a film is not improved, as most new films are awful now days.

[Shadrack]

I'm with just about everyone else in this thread. TBH, HD didn't improve my enjoyment of movies that much. A good movie was still good, and a crap movie was still crap. Although I do enjoy HD, 3D is just a side show gimmick as far as I'm concerned. It works in one-off movies here and there, but I'm not going to invest in equipment to bring it to my living room (maybe if it matures to something beyond plastic glasses).

mmmmm 3D boobies

On second thought...

[Rohdekill]

I'm still reading your replies and noticed the majority of you guys are against.

I've even asked the show floor guys here at CES2010 if they see a market for this and keep telling me yes with a smile.

Someone didn't do their research.

I think Sharp will do well this year.

I bet the floor guy is either in sales or marketing. Do you really expect him to answer "no, we really don't expect his to sell big"? He's got one job to do - promote his product to get the reporters (including you) to talk about the product, raise awareness and hype....which hopefully result in sales.

Have him explain how well the tv looks when you walk in the house carrying two bags of groceries and something like 9/11 is on the tv. Is your product a convenience or a deterrent to the customer if they can't see it without special glasses?

They obviously didn't think this product out from the viewers' everyday actions around a tv. Not everyone sits and stares like a zombie.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

I bet the floor guy is either in sales or marketing. Do you really expect him to answer "no, we really don't expect his to sell big"? He's got one job to do - promote his product to get the reporters (including you) to talk about the product, raise awareness and hype....which hopefully result in sales.

Have him explain how well the tv looks when you walk in the house carrying two bags of groceries and something like 9/11 is on the tv. Is your product a convenience or a deterrent to the customer if they can't see it without special glasses?

They obviously didn't think this product out from the viewers' everyday actions around a tv. Not everyone sits and stares like a zombie.

It was more so his speech about it and the way he acted.. I've seen some other people here who I can tell don't truely believe in their product, but this one guy was so hyped up and over excited, he definitely believed there IS a market for 3DTV, and people will be snatching them up like crazy.

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

We've all seen Tony Hawk and his RIDE game though. :p

[PL_ Veteran]

I think Sharp will do well this year.

I like the sound of Sharp's direction, but I'm not sure I understand the whole "making up a new pixel" thing. Where does it get information about the yellow pixel?

Also bear in mind that most people are idiots. If Sharp don't have a decent marketing team pushing their new stuff they won't get anywhere. People don't do research.