I think it's the newest latest minidisc. A solution seeking a problem. It's an expensive addition (from content production to distribution bandwidth to the new TVs) that has no political force behind it (like DRM with HDTV) and it forces people to adopt new patterns of use (wearing glasses).
the only company who could mainstream that would be Apple :) On 2/12/10, Michael M. Rye <[email protected]> wrote: > I think 3D is cool, but there is a downside. What about people that have > visual impairments? My fiance' is blind in one eye. 3D does her no good > at all. > > -- > Michael > > > ...... Original Message ....... > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:08:44 -0700 "George Kontos" > <[email protected]> wrote: >>For the past week or so all I've been seeing in the news is about the new > 3D >>TVs that are coming out this summer. >> >>I was wondering if the 3D technology will eventually filter down to devices >>like the Pre. That might be cool. Maybe in the upcoming webOS update? >>;-) >> >>I was surprised to learn that the new TVs *will* require you to wear > special >>glasses to see the 3D effects. (I was under the impression that they'd > done >>away with the need for the glasses.) As such, I wonder how well they'll >>sell. I read that most TVs will come with just one or two pairs of > glasses, >>then you have to buy additional ones for others to use, and they'll be >>expensive. They're not the old stupid cardboard type like we used to get > at >>the movies (pre-Avatar). They're high tech electronic ones that have LCD >>shutters that blink on and off many times per second, alternating eyes. > I'm >>getting dizzy just typing about this! :-D >> >>George >> >> >> >>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >>------------------------------------ >> >>Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
