3D HDTV? No Thanks!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 7:40PM
One of the biggest products at this years CES was 3D HDTV technology. For some reason, people find 3D appealing. In order to take advantage of 3D though, you need to spend money. For starters, you will need a 3D capable HDTV, thats not going to be cheap. If you want to watch 3D blu-ray movies you will not only need the new TV, but a new 3D capable Blu-ray player along with HDMI 1.4 cables. I am sorry, but this does not seem cost effective to me. Oh, and did I mention you have to wear stupid glasses while watching the 3D content? Well, you do.
Sadly, ESPN is jumping on to the bandwagon and promises 3D broadcasts this year! If every traditional content provider decides to go the 3D way for TV, then I will be saying goodbye to my TV habits. I barely have TV habits at this point any way. I watch mostly DVD, Blu-ray, Stream web content to my apple TV, and watch movies from iTunes on my HDTV. So if 3D is the way to go, then count me out!
3D, CES, HDTV in Blog, Random Thoughts, Technology
Reader Comments (1)
All the hype around 3D doesn't have me that excited either.
I've seen that some companies are trying to make it possible without having to wear the glasses. That's a bit smarter, but I still don't really care.
If I want 3D I can go outside.
Technology is moving so fast that by the time everyone has been roped in to getting 3D HDTVs there will probably be the ability to teleport and we can all just teleport to the locations that documentaries are made or on to the set of a movie.
3D = big meh.