elephant:
cooldude: implemented quickly by all manufacturers
except our favourite :))
cooldude: 3D tv's and blu ray players will be available in US end Q1 of 2010 with all major lcd and plasma producers starting to take this tech seriously.
this made me feel old as in out-of-date ... I did not even know this coming so soon !
I have been reading up on it ... http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/?p=33376
Try cnet.com to see a little more on the new 3d screen.
And Elephant .... don't worry too much about being out-of-date. The upcoming 3d screens will be faster out-of-date than a any good 2D one.
As an interior designer I work on several home-theater installations a year and I have been shown a demo 50" 3d lcd screen and a glimps of a (32" I think) Oled screen. The 3D screen was just fine... but the 2D oled just blew me away and felt more real and more convincing.
Present (!st gen) 3d technology is just based on existing tech and is nothing revolutionary. Even a 3d blu-ray player (of which only last december an agreement has been reached between all the people concerned) will (at best!!!) only show a dual 720p image.
The questions is if you really want to be sitting in front of your tv with an (in my case extra) pair of glasses on to watch the sports or newscasts.
I do see the benefit for action movies and certain documentaries. Also alot of people that have game consoles would love to play some of their games in 3d. But in everyday, regular use ?.... not convinced of the benefits.
I have both a pioneer kuro and a panasonic plasma and though they are not new, there is still not much out there that comes close to the image quality and uncompromised black levels of these sets in HD. (drawback being that they are more reflective than lcd screens).
We just watched the last star trek movie on blu ray the other day...... simply a delight to watch on a good plasma :)