Best Buy Shares Plunge - 3D & Internet TVs a Bust

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luiaots said:

disolitude said:

The problem with 3D is that unless you are doing it on a 70 inch screen with THX surround sound and lights out, its not really that immresive or impressive.

Combine that with the lack of content and the locking out non hdmi 1.4 content practices by sony and rest...with the fact that TVs sell at a premium with aditional glasses at 200-300 dollars per pack...and you got yourself a product which will fail to sell.

They just need to scrap this 3D cash grab which started this year and start over...or step aside and let Nvidia, RealD and Texas Instruments DLP do it as they are the only ones doing it properly.

Excuse my ignorance but what are they doing differently and how is it better? ( i am sure they are but i dont know what exactly)

Nvidia has beein doing 3D gaming on Pc since early 2000s and they provide a blanket driver which makes almost all games 3D. Obviously some work better than others but even the ones which are rated as average look better than 3D games on PS3 and 360. Here is a list of games supported... http://www.nvidia.com/object/3d-vision-3d-games.html

RealD is making universal 3D glasses which work with all TVs, projectors and are selling them around 100 bucks.Much better than having to buy 1 set of glasses for the TV another for the computer and another if you have a 3D projector.

Texas Instruments, who have been making 3D displays since 2007 don't lock their 3D projectors and TVs to HDMI 1.4. Therefor you are able to use them with Google earth 3D, youtube 3D, PC games, 3D blurays...the only thing they don't work with is PS3(you need an additional adapter to make it work due to sony locking out non hdmi 1.4 devices).