naznatips said:
Agreed (awesome Toradora reference as well) iPads are hardly taking over living room TV. Also if there's anything you shouldn't buy to watch movies it's an iPad. With archaic 4:3 you'll get way more picture real estate and a much more pleasing resolution on a 16:9 netbook which costs less than half as much and is barely any larger, if you buy a modern model. They also almost all run Windows 7 these days, get the same battery life, and obviously have many more features as they are full PCs with PC ports. Heck, a 3DS running 3D movies in 16:9 on its 3.6" screen will be a better experience for watching movies than an iPad. |
It's definitely puzzling for anyone to claim that a portable device "will take over the living room." Unless people start restructuring their living rooms to function more like a classroom or an office work space, the living room will remain more like a small theater, which works best with one large display (or an array of displays).
But as for a 3.6" screen being better for viewing movies than a 9.7" display, regardless of 16:9 vs. 4:3 aspect ratio, I can't agree with that. The bigger display still has more viewing area at a higher resolution. Of course what should be noted is that the 3DS screen displays 3D images; the iPad doesn't.
So portable 3D movie viewing will only be possible (for the near future) on a 3DS, which only leaves the question of how Nintendo's 3D media business arrangement will work out with all the major studios who actually produce 3D movies because without that, 3D movie viewing will be like a car without gasoline.
