3d Tv

[Eki]

Last week in an electronic appliances store I tried a 3D TV for the first time. It was quite impressive despite that you have to wear special glasses to watch it. Anyways, I'm not going to buy one before they start broadcasting in 3D, not at those prices anyway.

[Jag_Warrior]

All my TV's are HD but I don't subscribe to the HD service on my satellite. I've seen it on other sets and to me, it's just not worth the extra money... especially no more than I watch TV. And what I do watch... well, do I really need to watch Bloomberg News on HD? :rolleyes:

But I am looking forward to widespread use of 3D. The move from standard def to HD was noticeable but hardly earth shattering. The move to 3D is something I could see going for once the prices come down, the technology is perfected and there's more content.

[Eki]

But I am looking forward to widespread use of 3D. The move from standard def to HD was noticeable but hardly earth shattering. The move to 3D is something I could see going for once the prices come down, the technology is perfected and there's more content.
My thoughts exactly.

[airshifter]

I haven't really checked it out yet, but probably will soon. My local provider has already broadcast some 3D HD previews, and it sounds like they have plans to introduce it on a somewhat regular basis soon.

[Mark]

Sky is rolling out a 3D service - probably early 2011. Certainly one of the main things they are looking at is showing football in 3D in pubs - football is always at the forefront of everything TV in the UK.

[Eki]

Sky is rolling out a 3D service - probably early 2011. Certainly one of the main things they are looking at is showing football in 3D in pubs - football is always at the forefront of everything TV in the UK.
Could get expensive for pubs to offer fragile and easily stolen 3D glasses to every drunken football hooligan in the pub.

[MrJan]

Could get expensive for pubs to offer fragile and easily stolen 3D glasses to every drunken football hooligan in the pub.

Easy way around that, Carlsberg/Budweiser/Guinness/Heineken/Carling et al will probably jump at the chance to send out free glasses with their name stamped on them.

[Mark]

For most of the systems in use in cinemas and probably pubs too they use polarized light to generate the 3D effect. The glasses are just two strips of polarising plastic and held together with a bit of cardboard if necessary, so the glasses themselves are very cheap. Indeed whenever I've been to the cinema to see 3D they let you take the glasses away with you.

Home 3D systems often use active glasses with LCD shutters, which gives a better and brighter picture but obviously the glasses are much more expensive.

[Eki]

Home 3D systems often use active glasses with LCD shutters, which gives a better and brighter picture but obviously the glasses are much more expensive.
TV TV that I tried used those. They had to be switched on before use.

[schmenke]

There is something about sitting in a room with my friends and/or family all wearing dark glasses staring at a box that strikes me as somewhat anti-social :mark:

[Drew]

There is something about sitting in a room with my friends and/or family all wearing dark glasses staring at a box that strikes me as somewhat anti-social :mark:

There is something about sitting in a room with friends and family staring at a box that strikes me as somewhat anti social :p :

[Eki]

There is something about sitting in a room with my friends and/or family all wearing dark glasses staring at a box that strikes me as somewhat anti-social :mark:
What are you socialist? You're just jealous. You probably expect that the government gets a 3D TV for your commune with anthonyvops money.