Originally Posted By kennect Mawnck, Not that you asked but we have big parties on Sundays. We have all the neighbors over and eat and drink. Best purchase I have ever made. I held off till the prices dropped and smart features were added.
Originally Posted By u k fan I was given a 3D tv for free when I renewed my phone contract. I would never have bought one, but we do enjoy watching 3D movies at home. I saw Frozen in 2D at the cinema so I'm keen to see it in 3D at home!!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros If there is still a lot of 3D content available the next time I need a new TV, I would consider getting a 3D one. I got my current one about a year before 3D really took off in the home market, so I just completely missed the bandwagon. I'm glad that I'll have some time to see how it plays out though, since I'm always leary of buying new technology the moment it comes out (either for glitches or lack of uses)
Originally Posted By kennect Ferret, I read an interesting article the other day about future of 3D capable TV's. It said that today the 3D bit was being thrown basically as a freebie. Supposedly the real interest right now is in smart TV's. So the 3D bit just thrown as an added extra.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I have a smart 2D TV; when I got mine, it seemed like most of the TV had some sort of smart component, so I'm not sure why they felt the need to combine it with 3D to get people to buy it. There really weren't many other options
Originally Posted By irishfan I would imagine that all TV's in the future will have 3D capabilities, it will be up to the purchaser if he or she wishes to use it. I bought a new Smart Tv last month, the fact that it was 3D was just an added bonus for me.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 For me there just isn't enough 3D content right now to justify the cost. There are very few 3DHD channels, and there are only a handful of 3D blu-ray. Plus, I would have to get a new player, and also the goggles, so I opted not to at this point.
Originally Posted By kennect my 3d capable blu ray player was very inexspensive. but I did pay too much for thr tv. it was around 1,500.00 from best buy. found out the next week I could have gotten it for 400.00 less through amazon. the good thing about the tv is that it uses the passive glasses and came with six pair of glasses. as far as content is concerned I am very careful buying 3d discs. I only buy what I know I will cherish for years to come and still have ended up with a rather large collection of 3d titles.
Originally Posted By Mtnbiker2001 I just read a comment in the review of Frozen on BluRay.com and this person from Mexico said he purchased the 3d version there and that he experienced a lot of ghosting. I was surprised to read this as it was made with native 3d. I have ordered mine from Amazon UK and can only hope that its a better copy. Anyone know if Mexico got a blu ray 3d release of this film? From what i'm reading here it looks like Skinnerbox and Kennect are the only ones here with 3d gear. It 's a shame studios keep holding out on 3d then wonder why its not as successful as they've hoped for. This happened to me when Avatar came out. I bought our 3d gear with Avatar in mind and then Wham! oh I'm sorry you have to purchase Panasonic hardware in order to get a copy Avatar and it stayed that way for like 2 years. Really frustrating. Anyway I buy all the 3d i can because i worry about the day it could end (knock on wood). Planning on buying a Sony 4k too, hear the 3d is incredible on them. Well thnx for reading this, just had to sound off a bit.
Originally Posted By JeffG Just this weekend, Amazon sent out emails cancelling orders for the 3D Blu-Ray edition of "The Lego Movie" saying that the title was no longer going to be available. Looks like this is becoming something of a trend with the studios.
Originally Posted By Mtnbiker2001 Wonder if this will be like Frozen 3d where it can be purchased from like Amazon UK?
Originally Posted By mawnck >>this person from Mexico said he purchased the 3d version there and that he experienced a lot of ghosting.<< There's no technical way this should be possible. The two images are recorded separately. If he's getting ghosting on Frozen, he'll get it on everything. >>It 's a shame studios keep holding out on 3d then wonder why its not as successful as they've hoped for.<< You have it backwards (Avatar notwithstanding). Every movie that COULD be available in 3D on Blu Ray, HAS been available in 3D on Blu Ray, until very recently. They wouldn't *stop* releasing them unless it was bombing. Sorry, but there aren't enough of you to make home video 3D a viable thing. And a lot of us called it when it first came out. I 'spect a lot of clueless executives were figuring that they'd have a viable no-glasses version out by now. Which was not, and is not, going to happen.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<From what i'm reading here it looks like Skinnerbox and Kennect are the only ones here with 3d gear.>> For us, it was a matter of timing. Our old CRT TV bit the dust and needed replacing. And we had yet to purchase any Blu-Ray player since that would have been pointless on a non-HD TV. So going 3D via Costco was just a little more expensive than sticking with a non-3D capable flat panel TV and BD player, which is why we did it. And there's only the two of us, so the added cost for glasses was minimal as well. As for the argument regarding studios not releasing 3D disc versions of films... that one obviously doesn't hold for Frozen, since Disney is releasing it overseas. They're just trying to goose their profits by holding back on the 3D version in the states until the holiday shopping season. Which I sincerely hope backfires on their sorry arses and results in reduced sales of their overpriced extra special limited edition disc offerings that aren't worth the glossy cardboard they're packaged with. Fans want the 3D discs now, not later. Increased sales through Amazon UK is proof of that. Shame on Disney for making us jump through these stupid hoops and wait half a year for just a few more pennies of profit in their coffers.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Got my 3D disc from Amazon UK today. I didn't see the film in the theater, so the 3D effects were new to me. (I bought the HD version via iTunes last month.) Looks really good. The winter scenes in 3D are absolutely gorgeous.
