Will 3D rollout reduce the price of regular screens?

[admin_exported]

As above really. I've being putting off buying a new set for a while but now I'm getting the upgrade bug again. I currently use a 40 inch Samsung LCD but I intend of putting that in my bedroom and buying a 50 inch screen for downstairs. When the 3D enabled screens hit the stores will regular screens become reduced in price? If so I will wait. Any ideas anyone?

 

[Andrew Everard]

I doubt it, as TVs are currently almost as low as they can go, given the ex-factory price of the display panels they use.

It's more likely that 3D TVs will be pitched as premium products, priced higher than current TVs - that's part of 3D's appeal to TV manufacturers, currently suffering as a result of the cut-throat telly market.

 

[matthewpiano]

Personally I think prices have already hit rock bottom and that, if anything, they will stabilise over the coming months.

 

[Anonymous]

Damn I was hoping one of you would talk me out of it. I'll restrain myself until the january sales at least though

 

[Frank Harvey]

3D is only going to look convincing if it takes up the majority of your field of view - in 99% of most people's situations, this isn't the case with their LCD/plasma TV in their living room. Could you become immersed in a regular sized 3D photo while holding it at arm's length?

 

[ElectroMan]

As I've probably said before, the shutter-LCD glasses based 3D system I used on my old CRT looked amazing at times, even on a 28" widescreen, and this did produce out-of-the-screen effects too, so I'm not sure screen size is really the issue (although obviously the bigger the better).

Personally, I think the cost of having to upgrade your TV yet again, and having to wear glasses to view 3D, is likely to make 3D a very slow burn - although I could be wrong!

 

[bigboss]

Although there are no immediate plans for 3D projectors, IF the 3D technology takes off in a big way, 3D projectors will be inevitable. I see no point in buying a 3D TV atleast for the next 5-7 years (my Kuro is exactly 6 months old today).........a 3D projector will be a sensible option for me in the meantime.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

I still don't understand what 3D is and how it will look different?

Say for example I have my philiip lcd and a philips lcd 3D tv, what is it that I am going to notice is different?

Thanks

 

[Andrew Everard]

One will look like a flat picture, the other will appear to have objects in front of, and behind, the plane of the screen.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Andrew Everard:One will look like a flat picture, the other will appear to have objects in front of, and behind, the plane of the screen.

Thanks, do you think it will be a major difference in tv watching like dvd to blu ray was? Have you seen one and was it impressive?

Thanks

 

[Andrew Everard]

Yes, I have seen several, and the effect was very impressive. For about five seconds.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Andrew Everard:Yes, I have seen several, and the effect was very impressive. For about five seconds.

5 seconds?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Yes.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Andrew Everard:Yes.

Do you mean when the affects happening they last around 5 seconds?

Thanks

 

[Andrew Everard]

No, I mean I found the effect to be impressive for just the first five seconds.

 

[strapped for cash]

Has anyone seen Avatar in 3D yet? According to reviews, the effect impresses for the whole (almost three hour-long) running-time of the film. Surely the big (cinema) screen is the place to enjoy the so-called 'immersive' experience that new 3D technology offers? I plan to watch Cameron's mega-budget film sometime in the next couple of days. Hopefully I'll be impressed for more than five seconds. Whether I'll enjoy the condescensingly oversimplified 'green/anti-imperialist' narrative, however, is another matter...

 

[Andrew Everard]

What I have seen of it so far is Bambi meets The Smurfs. In 3D.

 

[tvspecv]

vat will go up in january so its best to buy now whilst vat is low

 

[strapped for cash]

Agreed, intertwined with an overblown 'inter-species' love story. But surely we're all going to watch it to be potentially blown away by the sheer spectacle? Whether this will ultimately translate to a home viewing environment, however, is another matter...

 

[Andrew Everard]

strapped for cash:But surely we're all going to watch it to be potentially blown away by the sheer spectacle?

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Andrew Everard:What I have seen of it so far is Bambi meets The Smurfs. In 3D.

Bambi meets the smurfs - was it anygood?

I am guessing Andrew 3D is pants from your comments is this correct?

 

[Andrew Everard]

gel:I am guessing Andrew 3D is pants from your comments is this correct?

You asked about the demonstrations I had seen so far, not about the concept as a whole.

 

[strapped for cash]

Andrew Everard:
strapped for cash:But surely we're all going to watch it to be potentially blown away by the sheer spectacle?

I'm sorry I bored you!

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Andrew Everard:

gel:I am guessing Andrew 3D is pants from your comments is this correct?

You asked about the demonstrations I had seen so far, not about the concept as a whole.

Was your demo bad because it was bambi and the smurfs?

Or just a bad demo?

Do you seeing 3D concept as a whole being good? Whatever that means?

 

[Andrew Everard]

strapped for cash:I'm sorry I bored you! You didn't - what I have seen of Avatar did.