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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 09 2017, @06:03PM
Somebody should explain marketing that they can sell 4D TVs if it has a fast-backward & fast-forward buffer.
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Thursday February 09 2017, @07:12PM
That'd have to wait for TiVo's "time warp" patents to run out.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday February 09 2017, @08:15PM
The amusing thing is that with internet streaming, I got rid of cable and my TiVo service. The TiVo Premier XL 1 TB box (series 4) has a new home in the attic wrapped in plastic. I don't miss cable and good riddance. I'll pay for good channels on a Roku box. No commercials. The convenience of a TiVo without even having to decide what to record. Just browse through the catalogs of what is showing (like a supercharged "now showing"). And I don't even have to fast forward through commercials. I get Netflix, HBO, Starz, Prime, Hulu, PBS. I could add Showtime and others. I also get network news with commercials (eg, CBS news for example and others).
TiVo was great until the great cable tv cord cutting.
What cable exec ever thought it was a good idea to have characters walk out onto the content right after a long batch of commercials? Those characters walk around obscuring the bottom 1/3 of the screen, sometimes obscuring elements important to the plot of the program being watched.
Good riddance!
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 09 2017, @09:32PM
One of my favorites from Family Guy [youtube.com]