Garcian Smith said:
3D at the movie theaters works because it's a one-shot gimmick. You pay the normal price for a ticket, put on those stupid-looking glasses, get awed for two hours, and then go home. It's cheap, convenient, requires no commitment, and offers an experience that you can't get anywhere else - in other words, it's exactly what consumers want. However, what works at the theaters doesn't translate at all into the living room. Your average person wil pay ten bucks to see a 3D movie, but not several thousand to upgrade their A/V gear for home 3D viewing (and subsequently possessing the "privilege" of having to wear those stupid glasses just to catch the evening news... in 3D!) Home 3D TV viewing is neither cheap, nor convenient, and requiring a complete shift in their TV-watching habits. And while it does offer a new experience, the things that people normally watch on TV (news, reality shows, sitcoms, and such) translate poorly into the 3D format, as opposed to a cinematic glitz-fest like Avatar. In other words, there's simply no comparison. |
but the thing is NOW YOU CAN! And if you care about stupid-looking glasses, well too bad for you. What about people that already wear glasses? are you going to look yourself in the mirror while you play/watch? are you really that obsessed with how you look? I guess you always look incredibly handsome when you play games, always keeping that pretty face intact. I can't do anything but laugh about people that care about "cosmetics" like that... I don't give a shit if I look like a moron when there's a chance I might experience the best gaming, movie and sports experiences out there. you go ahead and laugh when this tech fail, and I will laugh at a sissy like you for not joining the party because you're afraid of looking "stupid" with some 3D glasses. Actually, you "look" even more stupid saying that you care about your looks than you would ever do with those 3D glasses.
and how do you know that ESPN 3D or Discovery 3D will translate poorly into the 3D format? Have you tried it?? and btw, I don't think your TV will be LOCKED in 3D-mode. If you don't want to watch in 3D you don't have to, but you got the choice. What is wrong with having choices?
for instance: do you think you look handsome when you're taking roller-coasters??? no, you look like an ugly piece of shit. we all do. do you care? no. do you still enjoy roller-coasters? yes.
