Dude, you're reading waaaaaaaaay too much into what I posted.
I wanted 3D to be successful, I wanted it to be mainstream. But it was neither successful or mainstream. It was a failure, accept it and move on. I invested over $5000 into my TV set up, plus my $3K laptop.
The fact is 3D was a massive flop due to it's lack of popularity. It was not popular due to a number of reasons:
- The glasses
- The flicker and dim picture for active 3D
- Eye strain and other eye issues, including people with depth perception problems
- Cost of the media
- The cost of glasses if you have active 3D
- Lack of compelling content outside of some big name movies
The amount of new 3D content is nil. Sure you can enjoy the 3D content you have in your possession now, but when the TV dies or your BD player dies, expect to search for ones on the secondary market. Eventually the choices will be limited even on the used market and you'll be SOL.
And in some ways you should care about popularity. This is all chicken and egg. I'm not saying make decisions based on popularity, I'm saying be concerned about it. If something does not sell well, it will be pulled off the market and it will go the way of the dodo making new content and replacement components difficult to acquire. I have a 5 disc SACD changer what major albums have been released on SACD lately? The DVD-A/SACD format war was halted due to digital downloadable music. Why? Because the masses didn't care about multi-channel high quality audio on physical media and both formats died. Something similar can be said for 3D. When you invest into a niche technology that didn't last for a long period of time, don't expect to be able to use it forever.
