I’d very much like to go straight from 27” CRT to 50” 3D HDTV. If available today (not 6 months as Sony promises) and half the expected price, I’d be waving a credit card in about an hour.
Problem is, a 47” HDTV is $850 today, and my wife wants it last week.
Hoped I could hold out for 3D. Maybe not. Guess I’ll have to go first-adopter on iPad instead.
I’m a little behind on the 3D rollout....won’t it be quite a while before there is much to even watch on a 3D tv? What would you watch on it that was 3D?
The 3D sets/equipment that will be sold are technologically primitive at this point. The manufacturers will charge a very hefty premium for this new 3D equipment and will use the early adopter/3D suckers as their "beta testing" Guinea Pigs. Over TIME these folks will find a lot of the flaws and problems that exist with this infant 3D tech because it will not work as promised. They will complain as early adopters always do, the manufacturers will look at these complaints (along with those from the broadcasters who try to implement 3D for the masses) and make corrections. This process will repeat itself for around 5 to 15 years = 3 to 5 generations of 3D technology upgrades until the manufacturers finally get 3D working properly/to the satisfaction of the majority of people using it. Then (IF, and it is a huge "IF") 3D technology using GLASSES even takes off, a 3D quality "standard" will finally be established, the masses will buy into the system, prices will eventually come down BIG TIME! If you "MUST HAVE 3D", THAT IS THE TIME TO BUY... AFTER THE SUCKERS/Beta testers have spent their money working out ALL of the very real "kinks" inherent in 3D using glasses: I have already seen manufacturers trying to hawk phony "super deluxe" 3D glasses for $300!
Given all of the above factors, you are looking at 8 to 15 years before you should even begin to think about possibly jumping on the 3D band wagon. Why such a long, indefinite, indefinable time frame? Because no one has any idea what kind of problems are going present themselves, how quickly or slowly 3D will even develop, be adopted or if the whole 3D for home use format will be dead on arrival (a very real possibility given the fact that we are in a world-wide economic recession possibly bordering on a depression and people do not have money to waste on "new and improved" 3D equipment when they have perfectly fine and working 2D 1080p/ 1.3 HDMI high def equipment that they recently spent a fortune purchasing.
Forget about all of the ooh, aah 3D "hype" coming from the manufacturers! A person would have to be out of their mind to buy a 3D TV or 3D front projector this early in the game, and make no mistake it is a GAME designed by the manufacturers to get the consumer to look with disdain on what these same folks had sold them on being the epitome/end all/be all in HD less than a year ago so that they will throw it all away to buy 3D.
My advice: Save your money, think LONG-TERM (given the economy, you want it to last a good 5 to 8 years) spend a little extra money and buy a solid 50 - 52 inch 1080p (DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BUY A 720p or 1080i TV set), 120hz (or if you can afford it 240hz) 2D LCD TV that has a great picture. I would not buy ANYTHING smaller than a 50 - 52 inch set because, trust me bigger is better.
At this stage of the game stay; away from 3D for home use like the plague!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!