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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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 09 2017, @05:43PM
It was the crap glasses you had to keep buying batteries for. Then the flicker shutter made the movie dim and for some people gave them a headache. Then to add to that they sold it as a premium product. For my tv each pair of glasses was 150 bucks. You prob want 4 of them so 600 on top of the already expensive tv. Some used half/half. Others used full frame. My tv was one of those and it just ran at 240 instead of 60 to get the effect right. Then you had to make sure you bought the right player. Not all players output the right signals. Then for icing on the cake most '3d' movies did not really need the effect at all.
I did not buy the glasses as I have lazy eye and the effect does not work on me and my wife gets a headache from wearing the glasses. If it had been like 20 bucks for 8 pairs I *may* have said what the hell. But the price they wanted it was a skip.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 09 2017, @06:39PM
Indeed. All of the problems would have basically been solved by 4K TVs with "passive" (half-half) 3D; however, by that time, the once-rising feature had become just a passing fad.
3D will find its niche in personal head-mounted displays.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 09 2017, @06:44PM
Passive 3D doesn't need batteries for the glasses.