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posted by on Thursday February 09 2017, @04:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the death-of-curved-tvs dept.

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?


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by fritsd on Thursday February 09 2017, @06:24PM

    by fritsd (4586) on Thursday February 09 2017, @06:24PM (#465145) Journal

    You didn't mention spherical (360-degree) video. Does that mean you think it has staying power, or that it's not worth mentioning?

    Sure; it brings this historical film about the life of Dutch fishermen(*) [wikipedia.org] to vibrant life due to its 360° nature.

    (*) Please, don't complain about the frame-rate! We know.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by butthurt on Thursday February 09 2017, @09:28PM

    by butthurt (6141) on Thursday February 09 2017, @09:28PM (#465262) Journal

    I suppose the fact it's lasted makes up for the 2.3*10-10 fps frame rate.

    At the 1900 Paris Exposition there was a cinematic version; it was only shown for three days before the police shut it down.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cin%C3%A9orama [wikipedia.org]