[mitchbert]

I've got 30 years behind me in the CE business, have wrote for a trade mag for 7, and am what one would describe as an early adopter. I couldn't agree with you more. New tech is embraced by the marketplace when one of two things happen. Consumers are forced into a change due to the retirement of an existing format, or there's a compelling case for the new format on its merits alone. Neither is the case with 3DTV. It's cool to be sure, but no one but the manufacturers were clamouring for it. It's nothing but a profit recovery strategy at this point because virtually no one is making money on TV sets any more; making or selling them.

My guess is 3D will be most effective if used as a way for movie companies to keep people in the theatres, and I for one would stick to that. It would be a key differentiator between the theater and increasingly sophisticated home theater experience, a fact that will be increasingly more important as cinema ticket prices increase at the same time very big screen home theater hits true mass market price levels.

[Jmouse007]

Thanks for confirming what I already knew about this latest push/hype for 3D = Just a scam/scheme for manufacturers to make money by trying to convince the masses to throw away the billions upon billions of dollars in new HD equipment they have purchased within the last few years in order to buy “3D” so these guys can line their pockets. No thanks, I am perfectly happy with the 2D 1080p/1.3 HDMI 9.2 audio high-def equipment I already own.