I remember seeing one of the first flatscreens, not a very good picure and about £8000 if I remember correctly.
Nowadays of course you can pick up an excellent screen for a tenth of the price.
I really do hope domestic 3D in some guise takes off as it would be a welcome kickstart to a somewhat stalled electronics industry and be honest, it does rather put the fun factor back into movie viewing!
But then again, Video2000, ElCassette, DCC and VHD all seemed great at the time of launch, each press release heralding the dawn of a new era, blah blah blah.
It's encouraging that so many major players, from content makers to manufacturers seem to be eager to bring new products on the market.
From a purely commercial point of view, if someone develops a cost effective and clever system for 3D post production, I'm guessing most of the film companies will be going over their extensive back catalogue titles and seeing it as another source of revenue and why not?
It happened with CD and if there is a market for it . . . .
I for one could imagine replacing my LaserDisc & DVD versions of the following films if they ever came out with a decent 3D version :
In no particular order :
Back to the future
Star Wars
Bladerunner
Mission Impossible
Minority report
Howard the duck (don't ask!)
In fact, any good sci-fi or action flick would be crying out for a good 3D treatment.
Dare I dream to imagine "Bitchslapped" or "StarCrash" in the new format?
It will be interesting to look back at these threads in a years time to see how right or how wrong we were to predict the future.
Either we will all be watching Sky 3D and 3D BD or we will remain dimensionally challenged until the next big offensive from Japan.
As Mr.E reminds us, 3D really can be likened to the Vogons - Resistance is useless.
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