I am the harbinger of...
...new TV technology.

When I bought my (rather pricey, not to mention bulky) Panasonic flatscreen CRT in the mid 90s, the very next press release from Panasonic was for their swanky new plasma TVs.

This time last year, I decided I'd give in to technological advance and buy myself a nice big HD plasma screen (40" - it's the bollocks!). Within a month, the first 3D TVs were announced.

Fucknuts!

By the time I can justify spending another grand on a new 3D telly to myself (and my missus), 3D TVs will be superseded by some super-duper gizmo that beams the images directly to the visual cortex, bypassing the inferior image reproduction of the human eyeball. Or something.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 14:26, 6 replies)

I don't have a 3D television
I have a picture of one instead.
( flake has nothing against your right leg, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 14:31, closed)

3D's a novelty anyway.
Especially wearing a pair of glasses to watch the telly. People will get annoyed by that very soon. Either it'll fade out in to obscurity, or consumer pressure will demand glasses-free 3D telly.

Either way - no point in buying a 3d telly now.

All my opinion of course - not based on any facts :D
( Mike Fishcake teamfishcake.co.uk - better than your mum's face, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 14:36, closed)

Agreed. I don't want to wear glasses on top of my glasses.
LED looks swell, though.
( SigmaX0 Dear Die Hard. You rock!, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 14:42, closed)

I spunked a grand on an LED
Just before 3DTVs starting arriving. I wouldn't have bought one anyway. It's too new, too buggy, and still reliant on glasses. There are sets in Japan which don't need the glasses; until they're available and affordable, I'll be more than happy with HD2D.
( Rookie You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:04, closed)

Have only seen one in the flesh so far
and it flickered constantly...not a great selling point, I think I'll pass too.
(cmouse is pondering about life in other jobs, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 15:49, closed)

You really shouldn't worry about 3D TV that needs glasses.
A recent article in New Scientist highlighted that Toshiba are pursuing a 3D system that works similar to the Nintendo 3DS, a consortium of electronics manufacturers is developing something called "Helium3D" that allows the 3D image to be adjusted for any head movement of the viewers (yes, somehow it should work for more than one viewer without glasses), and lastly Microsoft are developing something called The Wedge, I've neither the time or the inclination to even try and explain how that works.

Anyway, in short, 3D glasses will soon be redundant, or as I think, it's a silly fad that won't last and the only long-term application of it will be for console games.
(Jimmy Savlon, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 16:34, closed)