Toshiba to Launch No-glasses 3D TV This Year in Japan | PCWorld
I look forward to seeing this. Hope it works for folks like me.
I look forward to seeing this. Hope it works for folks like me.
Talk about emotion trumping facts. Estimated U.S. 3D TV households at end of 2011...5 MIL. Dish subscribers...13+ MIL.There are way more 3DTV owners than there are Dish customers.
Talk about emotion trumping facts. Estimated U.S. 3D TV households at end of 2011...5 MIL. Dish subscribers...13+ MIL.
Actually it does make sense for them to wait. I've read more articles that 3D will be dead or close to it by end of the year or next year. So it's a toss up right now. Adding all the LIL is more important than 3D.It's easy to zero in on one single statement but everything else he mentioned is what it is. Even using your numbers that's still a substantial amount of 3D households. It will most likely double at least for 2012. Does it make sense for Dish to ignore those numbers. How many people this year will buy a 3D TV and then have to decide who to pay for service? If they are already a "D" subscriber they won't have to make a choice.
I have been a 15 year subscriber to Dish. Over those years I have spent about $30,000 in programing charges and about $4000 in equipment costs( receivers( 3 bought and 5 leased) ,EHDs, OTA( antennas and wiring installation) and 2 Dish HDTVs). Other than cars and housing it is my highest costs of living. I made the decision to go with Dish when they were the innovators. In my market they are now way behind Directv. The don't have HD locals here. They don't have 3D channels. Their new Hopper receiver's Prime time record feature is useless without local HD and it doesn't support OTA so we cannot record locals in HD at all. I am stuck with Dish due to my high investment cost in them and EHD content. However, when anybody in my area asks about tv suppliers , I never recommend Dish, anymore. I now have 12 neighbors who have 3DTV and are long time Dish customers. As I mentioned in another thread we have a swap group for 3D content. We all disagree wth 3D nay sayers. We love our 3D and would subscribe to 3D channels. Many times when the movie industry releases a remake in 3D( Lion King and Titanic for example), It becomes top box office film over new non 3D releases. So 3D has popularity with people voting with their hard earned dollars. There are way more 3DTV owners than there are Dish customers.
"Worldwide, there are approximately 55 3D channels and demo channels and at least another 35 VoD (Video on demand) services offering 3D movie content. Futuresource Consulting's Market Analyst, Fiona Hoy, expects that to rise by 15-20 channels and/or 3D VoD service launches in 2012.
This installed base and percentage of 3D capable households will grow significantly over the next three to five years and by 2015 Futuresource expects close to half (47%) of US households will own a 3D TV.
Advertising of 3D, particularly by leading pay-TV providers such as Sky, and the advertising and promotion of the Olympics 2012 and World Cup in 3D (2014), will provide further lift, noted the analyst. "
It will most likely double at least for 2012.
I don't think either of these statements is supported by reality. I think we can agree that 3D is nowhere near the tipping point towards long-term success.I've read more articles that 3D will be dead or close to it by end of the year or next year. So it's a toss up right now. Adding all the LIL is more important than 3D.
Sorry left off the HD on the LIL and so it will compete w/the bandwidth. Meant to say to get All LIL in HD across the country.2. LIL doesn't compete with 3D for bandwidth
There would be no additional technology expenditure for Dish. Their VIP and XIP series are 3D-capable. Programming costs would probably be low, as well. What people are are asking for is simply a bit more 3D content. Content is out there.The simple fact is there currently is not enough content to warrant the expenditure on a technology that has come and gone every twenty years.
Most articles are some persons guess bases on what? How many 3D TV's are on the market? All you have to do is look at the line ups from every manufacture. These companies spends serious $$$ on market analysis and the fact that the TV's coming to market this year alone speaks volumes about the future of 3D. It sure does not look like it will be dead or close to dead by the end of the year. By they way. Is Dish going to offer the Olympics in 3D this year? How about the MLB All Star Game, or the Super Bowl. We tend to look at things from am American perspective but if you look at 3D on a global scale you'll see some eye opening numbers.Actually it does make sense for them to wait. I've read more articles that 3D will be dead or close to it by end of the year or next year. So it's a toss up right now. Adding all the LIL is more important than 3D.
No 3D for Next Batman Movie? - ComingSoon.net The dark scenes in it will be impossible to see much if anything in them as well. Excellent News: No 'Batman 3D' - |Look up why no Batman 3D.
Ideally (in the interest of maximizing spectrum usage), all LIL would be on spot beam so it would NOT compete with 3D that would necessarily be CONUS.Sorry left off the HD on the LIL and so it will compete w/the bandwidth. Meant to say to get All LIL in HD across the country.