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wfz on 06 September 2010
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Icyedge said:
wfz said:
Icyedge said:
wfz said:
 

I don't quite understand what you're saying. Sorry. I don't have any care to compare 3DS to the other systems, since they're not 3D. You'd need to buy a 3D TV to make any of that happen. I was looking at the disparity between glasses-free 3D and glasses-required 3D. The price of 3D TVs being higher isn't really a factor I seem to find important in this topic. Of course it's more expensive than a tiny handheld? All TVs are.


I forgot to comment on the other sentence as well. You cant compare a handheld with a TV to look at the disparity between glasses and glassless 3D. You need to select 2 similar device. Obviously, at same price, glassless will be a lot more popular. Though im curious about how much consumers would be willing to pay. Lets say, one company release a 3D handheld with glasses at 199$ while 3DS without glasses is at 399$. Im not sure which one would have more sales, what do you think?

Hmm.. is the tech for glass-less 3D really that much more expensive?

No its not at all actually. On small size of screen the glasses would be more expensive than a parallax screen. Im just curious what exactly does being glassless worth for the masses. 3DTV would be a more realistic example since the parallax screen will be more expensive then glasses. What do you think between a 2499$ glasses 3D VS a 3499$ glassless 3D? (im extrapolating the numbers here, I have no idea how much glassless 3DTV will cost and how much glasses 3DTV will be at by that time)

Edit: I guess it also depends of what support both tech will receive, but for the sake of it, lets say its the same support.

If I was going to put money down on a new 3D TV, assuming everything were the same about the TVs (quality, compatability, support) besides the tech, I would definitely shoot for the higher price and get the glassless 3D TV, and I'm a college student with no much cash to my name. That's how important I find it. Being able to move around the room, walk in and out as I please and be able to see in 3D instead of worrying over glasses (and losing those glasses!). It also makes a big difference when having company over. It's just impractical from my standpoint to get one with glasses.

 

I'm guessing the mass market consumer wouldn't switch over to 3d until the prices of both TVs were cheaper than that, and at that rate, I'm sure the price difference between the two would be less than the extra convenience cost of glassless 3DTV, in other words, I'd expect glassless to definitely win out in the future, even if it's for a premium. That's just my opinion though. What are your thoughts?