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Back in 2010 Sony Australia's Paul Colley forecasted that a large percentage of Australian viewers would have 3-D televisions by 2014.
In the same year, industry pundits such as Simon Murray predicted that sales of 3-D TVs were set to increase in the years to come.
But others were heralding the death of 3-D TVs and this year the remaining major manufacturers, LG and Sony, have said they will no longer produce 3-D-capable televisions.
So despite all the repeated push and positive predictions, what went wrong with 3-D TV?
Tim Alessi, LG's director of new product development, acknowledged this year that:
[...] 3-D capability was never really universally embraced in the industry for home use, and it's just not a key buying factor when selecting a new TV.
Sales of 3-D TVs have been in decline for several years, according to data from analysts NPD. In 2013, 3-D TVs accounted for 23% of TV purchases in the United States, but this dropped to just 8% in 2016.
Is 3-D TV dead, or will it rise again?
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Thursday February 09 2017, @05:34PM
TVs also don't require you to wear bulky things on your head or in your ears, which can get uncomfortable. It's just like stereo speakers vs. headphones: with headphones, you don't have to worry about reflections from the walls and things in the room making the listening experience imperfect. But it's more comfortable to not have headphones on at all, and most people generally seem to prefer loudspeakers rather than wearing headphones all the time.