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Posted on 04/23/2011 7:18:10 AM PDT by Clint Williams
Phoghat writes
"The entertainment and electronics industries keep trying to push 3D on consumers, even though a lot of smart people have caught on to the fact that it is a scam and not innovation as the industry would like you to believe. From the article: 'This is a bad experiment that the industry is forcing consumers to subsidize. And since they can’t create a better product, they’ve simply latched on to 3D as a marketing ploy that the entertainment and electronics industries can use to trick people into thinking that they are getting a superior experience. It’s only working because just enough people are falling for the scam to keep it alive.'"
Saw a 3D display at a local store and I was very disappointed. It was “work” for my eyes that would likely result in eyestrain or a headache over time. 3D may be entertaining for a short Disney World exhibit but I wouldn’t even want to see a full movie with it.
I know what you mean (I'm subject to motion sickness). When buying our HDTV (in 2003) plasma was out of the price range, so I looked at other display technologies.
After about 5 minutes the DLP image made me feel queasy; I ended up buying LCD rear-projection.
They can market 3D all they want, I'm not buying it.
I still have yet to see anyone with a superior set than my 52" XB9. Even 18 months after I got it, the only buyers remorse I ever get is when I see the occasional 52/55 LED LCD on sale for a few hundred bucks less than what I paid for mine. But they're not XBRs. They're usually brands that don't compete with Sony top line models, so I can relax and watch in comfort that I got one of the premier LCDs on the market.
Do you have an XBR?
LOL… you mean like a Will Robinson without hovering presence of the creepy seemingly-pedophilic Dr. Smith…
Interestingly, one of the most recent productions that I thought really did a great job of using 3-D was Pixar’s “Toy Story 3”. Granted, it is an animated feature, but I thought their usage was very well done and enhanced the viewing experience. It didn’t seem to me that they just put the 3-D effects in there just to try to showcase the technology.
Some people get a lot out of 3D and like it a lot.
But a large number of people have visual problems that watching 3D can make worse, even if just temporarily.
I used to have double vision because of an eye nerve problem. I had it surgically improved a couple of years ago, but I do not want to jeopardize those results by watching 3D.
Would help sales to give a lifetime supply of aspirin with every 3D set.
LOL! Sigh...all those Star Trek episodes I watched back in the sixties and seventies...:(
I know what you mean. I long for the days when I could REALLY suspend belief...
...like before I voted for John McCain...
***I would say that it was the only 3D movie where 3D actually added some value and was used ingeniously, ****
I like to watch the old 1950s movies. After a while you can spot a movie made in 3-D by the way some of the scenes are staged. I’ve never seen a movie in 3-D, only 2-D releases.
***Went to a 3D XXX flick in the late 60s.***
There was a skin flick released back around 1970 called THE STEWARDESES. My brother-in-law went to see it and said it wasn’t much. The local movie critics panned it and said you could see just as well without the glasses.
I never saw it but the advertisements were everywhere.
***Proves that Lucas, very good as a producer and special effects, is a terrrible writer and director.****
But you should see the enhansed version of HOWARD THE DUCK! WOW!
Ok, Sarc/off.
That was the one! We got to the theater after the movie started and one of the guys put on his glasses so quickly he broke/ripped them. When he went to get another pair the woman at the counter told him to cool down a bit. LOL. That was about the only thing I remember about the evening.
Anyone remember that colored plastic sheet being sold back in the 1960s to turn your black and white tv into a color tv?
I will wait till they come out with one that will turn a 2-D into a 3-D tv!
Why the “scam” label? If you like it, and it’s worth the price, fine. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to buy it. A lot of people like it; that doesn’t make them stupid.
Was/is it worth it to buy? I have no particular financial difficulites, so for me, yeah, I'm glad I did. If you are scraping by, no, you probably have better things to spend your money on.
Sports are pretty darn cool if the shots are right. I watched the college football championship in 3D. I watched the whole thing and didn't get sick or anything. The graphics are neat, as they appear to be on billboards that stick out. The best shots are subjects about 45 feet from the camera. They simply look awesome. Shots of football from the typical high angle are nothing special. Though I think the ESPN X Games are a bunch of contrived crap, they will make you watch in 3D, some of the motorcycle or ski jumps look great.
The nature shows like really good too, but I'm not going to sit there for an hour and watch a nature show. Needing the glasses is an issue for wide usage I believe. I like to read while having the TV on, and that gets a bit problematic. Watching 3D TV seems to me that it has to be appointment television. You are not going to typically do it, just when you plop down on the couch to veg.
If I didn’t know better, I’d say Jessica Rabbit was drawn for 3D futures ...
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