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Posted by cfraser on February 17, 2010 at 20:19:25:
I don't really care about the cost so much, when the gear has a good use (IMO). What I would wonder is what I'd do with this 3D gear once I had it i.e. choose your hardware based on the software you want to use. I have learned not to trust the usual suspects when it comes to something new. Especially if I know Sony is heavily involved. They have had way more "failures" than successes in THIS market in my lifetime. And after the BD/HD-DVD nonsense. There are already multiple 3D "standards", and Sony gear is already some of the more finicky with who else's HDMI gear they'll talk to nicely. [I do have some Sony gear BTW. :)] My usual stance is to buy 2nd gen and sometimes 3rd, once they get the basic bugs out, and see what's going to stick, but before they cheapen the build quality too much.

Kind of OT, but relevant to me. There have been reputable scientific studies (often associated with space/aircraft training stuff) that show the eyes/brain get confused with artificial 3D: the eyes don't know exactly where to focus, so uncontrolled rapid eye movement can result. I get a headache just short of a migraine from this, even having to sit too close to a (large) 2D screen will do it. These are not new studies, but complaints from some Avatar viewers have brought them to the mainstream forefront.