CNET news pronounces #3D TV officially dead #3DTV #VR3D #VR

LG and Sony both announce the end to selling 3D TVs in 2017. Samsung ended 3D support in 2016. Vizio announced it was discontinuing 3D models in 2014.

DirectTV, Sky TV, ESPN, BBC and others who provided 3D content suspended their delivery services over the past 1-2 years.

  • The push is now for 4K, high dynamic range, and may be curved screens.
  • 3D may live on in the form of VR 3D, using low cost Google Cardboard-like viewers. There are VR 3D videos on Youtube with hundreds of thousands of views – someone is watching them. Carboard-like viewers provide a very low cost way to view 3D – whereas 3D TV was not low cost.
  • Low cost 3D capable TV projection systems suitable for home use remain widely available
  • The present era of 3D LCD/OLED TVs is now over.
  • 3D might come back eventually in the form of glasses free 4K 3D. Indeed, each year consumer electronics companies add features to differentiate from the prior years.

For 2017 and probably 2018, 3D TV is itself dead.

Note that CNET also pronounced VR as likely dead too. Which leads to the question: Why should anyone believe any pronouncement from the industry or the media?

Have you heard the story of the boy who cried wolf?

After awhile, no one believes anything anyone says about future products and markets. At what point do consumers abandon 4K TV purchases after discovering there is little 4K content available and we repeat the cycle?

Source: Shambling corpse of 3D TV finally falls down dead – CNET

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