3D TVs are officially dead as Sony and LG discontinue production this year

Speed-Racer · 2017-01-25T01:24:04Z

Sony and LG have announced their plans to discontinue the production of 3D TV sets.

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Speed-Racer2641d ago

This comes as no surprise really. More of a fad if anything.

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fr0sty2640d ago

Just too limiting and the effect is nowhere near as good as VR. Nobody wants to wear $100 glasses that cause headaches in some due to the flickering just to have a slight sense of depth added to the image.

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Kribwalker2640d ago

I bought into it early with a LG passive 3D tv. Glasses you get from the movie theatre worked with it and you wouldn't get headaches. It also had a 2 player mode that black ops 2 actually had an option for, or else the tv itself would convert it. It was 2 sets of glasses (one set would be the equivalent to 2 left eye lenses the other would be 2 right eye lenses) and the tv would output one players screen full size with the left eye lines and vice versa. It worked great for full screen split screen gaming, but if I was in a dark area and my wife was in a bright area it would ghost the bright through to my view

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Kribwalker2640d ago

https://youtu.be/bbRG-KfWyV...

It was pretty cool, jus not supported enough

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yomfweeee2640d ago

VR has worse side effects than a headache.

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filchron2640d ago

Everything is going to be in Holographic 3D in the future whether you like it or not, but yeah, stereoscopy was never going to last.

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KnowTechie2640d ago

Agreed.

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Zerg2641d ago

Now that Trump wants Apple to make TVs we can really see what the market will have to offer

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madmonkey012640d ago

Over priced junk probably

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KingPin2640d ago

not to mention lawsuits coz tvs will be rectangles.

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Lon3wolf2640d ago

And shows that you can only buy from the Apple Store, you also cannot connect any non Apple product to it as that would invalidate the warranty.

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Dasteru2640d ago (Edited 2640d ago )

@Lon3wolf:

Which is actually illegal but the government doesn't enforce its own laws against corporations. You have to sue them to get anywhere. It falls under the same laws the regulate unauthorized repairs that companies like to keep pretending invalidate the warranty, hoping the average person is dumb enough to fall for it and not do anything.

Put simply, anything that cannot be proven to be the direct cause of the damages a product is warrantied for, cannot invalidate the warranty.

https://www.law.cornell.edu...

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ji32002640d ago

Hurray!!! 3dtv gimmick finally dead!!! we got better and its call VR!!!!! I have Vive and i love it so so so much and everytime i play, it gives me immersion!!

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ChrisW2640d ago

VR does do better 3D movies...

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nowitzki20042640d ago

Just like how you like VR some liked 3d. If enough people dont buy into VR just like they didnt into 3d then say bye bye to VR.

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Scatpants2640d ago

I guess this means 3d movies won't be released for home viewing anymore. That's a shame. They look really great in VR. I like my 3d tv too.

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ASSASSYN2640d ago

I have a 3D 55" LG OLED, I love my 3D.

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level 3602640d ago

Such a shame honestly, whether passive or active 3D worked fine and delivered what's in the box.
Think "some" of the problem is in the film industry - a small number out there did not know how to fully utilize the tech.
The wearing of glasses ( so many choices and so cheap nowadays ) or distance wasn't the issue.

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Amplitude2639d ago

Honestly loved 3D but the price of a 3D bluray is absolute madness, at least here in Canada

$40-$50 for one movie? Nope

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MagicBeanz2640d ago

Called this a long time ago. VR is next to die off.

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Rai2640d ago

I think so too.

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KingPin2640d ago

well it was quite limited in its applications.
neither games nor movies knew exactly what to do with it really.
throwing things at the screen for the sake of 3D just shows exactly how out of ideas creators were when it came to 3D.

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windblowsagain2640d ago

I preferred passive tech.

Shame.

It's all OLED now.

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Double_O_Revan2640d ago

I actually sold my 65" 3D tv last week off Craigslist, since I upgraded to a 4K a few weeks ago. It was nice, but I almost never watched anything in 3D.

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subtenko2640d ago

VR is better, its like you are there. 3d tv stuff is a complement of depth, not experience. Experience is better

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Ogygian2640d ago

VR and AR will take over.

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TheOpenWorlder2640d ago (Edited 2640d ago )

All you paupers speak for yourself. 3D tech - if you actually all KNEW anything - was incredible in Passive technology. Still go to see the 3D movies in theaters? Then you're a lying and hypocritical POS. The passive technology was the SAME used in cinemas - and that isn't going ANYWHERE. This is just a capitalist market that has decided to give the cinemas more of an "angle" and profit margin by restricting home consumer usage. Nothing more, nothing less.

You people claiming VR is here to stay? Are you mental? It has more side effects than 3D passive technology (motion sickness, jitter, uhm MOTION SICKNESS!).

"and those wanting the full experience needed to sit directly in the center."

Not true if you had a big enough screen dumbasses

It's not my fault you all invested in crappy active shutter glasses with small 3D TVs and got rekt. Because people didn't know which 3D to get and which one was proper - we ALL suffer as a result of a DIVIDED market. Manufacturers see this. Know what else is a divided market? VR. Be ready...because just like PS Move controllers, those stupidly horribly 3D Sony PlayStation TVs....your PS VR is next.

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sonicwrecks2640d ago

Speaking of 'isn't going anywhere' VR isn't just gaming. Research is being done on VR and also AR in many frields and it is already being used in areas such as architecture and design, retail, education, film, health and more.

It's being used in freaking space.

Motion sickness, so good you named it twice, is partly down to the person and partly down to how an experience is coded. There are all sorts of ways to combat it, many very effective. Yes, it is an issue and will continue to be so but developers are learning all the time. They're re-learning what they can do. It's an exciting time.

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level 3602640d ago

I doubt there would be films implementing in VR.. tech is more in-tune with interactivity/gaming or ( AR - advertising would be it's best application ) With films you just chill out take a seat and enjoy.

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Dasteru2640d ago

Good, time to get those 12k 21:9 OLEDs down to <$1000.

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Artemidorus2639d ago

Not suprised, it didn't go major mainstream and only known one person with a 3DTV. Everyone else is on the 4K bandwagon.

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