Bought a Viera 3DTV last year
I'd buy a Samsung before I'd buy an over priced Apple TV any day of the week
As a broadcast television engineer of 18 years, my advice to anyone else is not to invest in 3D. Save that money for Apple TV if you wish.
3D is already in serious decline and won't be here to stay.
why do you all think if Apple released a panel or a display or an iTV or whatever you wanna call it, it will eliminate the current box? (e.g.Mac Mini and iMac)
I have two Samsung TVs in the house (one 26" LCD in the master, and one 32" LED in the living room), and one Pioneer Elite 50" Plasma in the bonus room.
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As a broadcast television engineer of 18 years, my advice to anyone else is not to invest in 3D. Save that money for Apple TV if you wish.
3D is already in serious decline and won't be here to stay.
As a broadcast engineer I'm surprised by how little you know about 3D. It literally comes standard on every model besides the bottom of the barrel entry level these days. There is no 3D on the Panasonic U series, but the UT/ST/GT/VT all have 3D. It's no longer a selling point but just another feature on the checklist these days. If you're buying a decent tv it's going to have 3D whether you want it or not.
In the UK at least, a few years ago a few big broadcasters (Sky especially) were pushing 3D. Over the last 12months most funding has been pulled and a lot of 3D work has gone back to 2D. I have had no 3D jobs at all since last summer (Olympics).
I'm not doubting that TV sets are 3D capable, but it seems very few people are then signing up to/watching 3D.
History tells us that 3D will soon wear-off.
My last TV was £600. It was exactly the same in every way as the £1000 version but minus the 3D - save your money.
Problem with 3D is the glasses, they are a PITA to wear and get annoying. Plus you need to be proactive in putting them on, making sure they are charged (in the case of the better active ones), etc. If they could make 3D TV that was just 3D, nothing for you to do at all, that would take off IMHO.
I have a new 3D plasma, even converts 2D to 3D pretty well and never use it because of the whole glasses thing.
But why aren't all pictures/posters/photos etc. some form of hologram? Essentially that's glasses-free 3D and that tech has been around for decades. But we only really see holograms on the back of credit cards these days.
The brain is capable of working out whether things in a frame are close or far away (focus and camera movement helps with this) and by what degree. 3D movies/TV shows take that away and actually just create 4 planes (in front of the screen, the screen, behind the screen and behind that). It creates a fake and very artificial perception of depth.
Viewing audiences generally don't like the 3D experience, glasses or not. And even the best 3D couldn't make up for a bad script.
I don't understand why people say why buy an Apple TV when you can get cheaper tv from Samsung and add a Apple TV box. Surely using that logic no one should ever buy a apple cinima display but instead a monitor from Samsung or dell. However lots of people do buy the cinima screen my self included.
I'm looking at getting a vt50 as its a great tv and I don't want to wait however if apple do bring out their own tv I will most proberly upgrade lol
whatever Apple brings to the table for the living room, i'm in but mostly i'm interested in an Apple branded TV....i think Apple is taking a very long time on this....anyone here can't wait to get rid of their SONY bravia?
For that matter... what do you expect an Apple TV to do that, say, a Bravia doesn't?
In the UK at least, a few years ago a few big broadcasters (Sky especially) were pushing 3D. Over the last 12months most funding has been pulled and a lot of 3D work has gone back to 2D. I have had no 3D jobs at all since last summer (Olympics).
I'm not doubting that TV sets are 3D capable, but it seems very few people are then signing up to/watching 3D.
History tells us that 3D will soon wear-off.
My last TV was £600. It was exactly the same in every way as the £1000 version but minus the 3D - save your money.
3D was always a gimmick in my mind. Anybody seriously into their television would rather spend whatever extra the cost of the 3D components are on a better panel instead.
I'd buy a Samsung before I'd buy an over priced Apple TV any day of the week
I bought a shiny thin LED Samsung tv.... within 2 years it had broke, TCON board had broken due to poor capacitors in the PSU, which had damaged the LCD Planel. Samsung's response was... oh well... Here's £100 off a new Samsung TV.
I actively tell people to steer away from any Samsung products, they are cheap and nasty.... Panasonic for me
If you're buying a decent tv it's going to have 3D whether you want it or not.