Looks like I will soon be in the market for a new TV.  Will probably be a 55" LED HDTV, and I like Sony.
 
So what is the general consensus on 3D TV???  Is it all it's cracked up to be?  Looks like to me wearing the glasses would be fatiguing... a real drag.  AND, I have mono-vision since I had Lasik eye surgery-  one eye is for reading, the other for distance.
 
Is it a passing fad or the next big thing I can't live without?  Opinions welcome and requested!
 

Great question!  Send me one to try out and I'll post a review. 

(I should note that I only prefer screens larger than 65" - Let me know when you need my address for shipping.  HTH.)

craigb


(I should note that I only prefer screens larger than 65")

Try a magnifying glass.
 
 

This guy makes a pretty compelling case that 3D TV is/was a flash in the pan:
 
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/145168-3d-tv-is-dead

Mesh

craigb


(I should note that I only prefer screens larger than 65")

Try a magnifying glass.
 
 

Wouldn't you need more than one for 3D?  *Sheesh!*

3D TV is suffering from the same problem HD TV had when it was first launched,  lack of content.  We have 400 SkyTV channels, only one is 3D and NONE of their on demand library is 3D.
Glasses is not a problem,  plenty of people wear them every day (normal glasses, not 3D ones, though you could if you want...) without complaining.  There's no contest like the VHS/Betamax or Blueray/HDTV to worry about as the content works on all systems.

If you get the type that uses passive glasses (like the ones you get at the cinema) then you can use them at the cinema as well.

Just as every TV is now HD by default, all TVs will soon be 3D by default.  Maybe then the broadcasters will start programming more 3D content.   

I appreciate the views so far.  I hate the idea of having to have yet one more gadget to contend with (the glasses), AND, as I stated earlier, I have monovision...so I'm not sure it would even work that well for me.

My own opinion is that I hope 3D is a passing fad.  But the jury is still out.....

Hey Tony, you sound like me I don't use both eyes together so I can't see 3D. I do own a 3D TV what a waste of money.

Kev

I'm waiting for 4D.

craigb


I'm waiting for 4D.

I'm waiting for 4Db that fixes most of the problems that weren't problems in 3D, but were in 4D.