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RE: "I feel like enough of a moron..." - I think that there may a good reason for it. Can we quote you?

Posted by Time_Stands_Still on February 15, 2010 at 15:04:13:
A 40 inch screen in a normal room will be way too small to get anything out of 3D. Only a front projection system may be adequate in size to get some credible effect.
These are 3D Achilles heels.
1: You need glasses and the better 3D systems require rather pricey glasses. You gonna have a Super Bowl party, go and buy what 6-8-10-12 sets of glasses. Yeah and your kids breaking these glasses as they use them?
2: Colour and contrast are much reduced over standard hi def t.v. imagery.
3: 3D for sports, PFFT! Really football for one from standard camera views are generally further away the 3D effect is minimal at best. Same for any of the other sports unless you set cameras on field where you are in the middle of the action, and that is not the way we watch sports.
4: Content will be few and far between worth watching.
5: Some people get headaches and nausea from the effects.
6: There is no consumer demand crying for 3D.
3D will be to video what DVD-A and SACD were to audio a NICHE!
4K broadcasting, NOW THAT IS SOMETHING TO FOLLOW! Double the resolution of 1080p.
BTW, 3D for video gaming, well the future of video game will not see using t.v.s anyways. The future will be gamers wearing glasses or helmets with small OLED video displays synched to each eye. The 3D effect can then be done and gamers will play via virtual reality sorta like Nintendo Wii on steroids.