[the-cable-guy]

Originally Posted by Matt D

I do not understand how hardly any content at all whatsoever equates to "enough to keep me busy until next year"

No Sky 3D until late 2010. Hardly any 3D games available until later in 2010 (& even then, there aren't many). Hardly any 3D Blu-rays available at all (unless you just plan on watching "Monsters vs. Aliens" every single week until "Avatar" finally comes out next year?).

Seriously, what exactly is the point of spending THOUSANDS OF POUNDS on something that has virtually no content available at the moment?

Unless you have a high disposable income & can afford to just throw money away (& AFAIK, you do not), then it seems to me that this is a rather foolish waste of money (especially given the need to save for a wedding, if an earlier poster was correct?). Still, your money I guess...

I don't get why you even bothered to create this thread... you obviously weren't really after any actual advice, as it seems your mind was made up all along. And if it was actually a thinly veiled attempt at bragging, well, I don't think that has worked tbh...

looks like he has a habit of bragging: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/19...s-page-40.html

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Originally Posted by Matt D

Why "upgrade" your current 50" plasma when it's not even 12 months old & is more than adequate for current content?


"Future"? Yes, keyword "future". If 3DTV is the "future" (& it certainly is not the present!), then why spend five grand now, when you can wait for more content & cheaper TVs in the future?

"Playstation move, Gran Tourismo 5, and 3D, all at the same time."

Move: September 2010

GT5: November 2010

Sky 3D: Late 2010

3D Blu-rays: Hardly any currently available

So why spend all that money to buy a 3DTV now?


"more and more [movies] becoming available each month"

Such as?

Hmm...

Monsters vs. Aliens: March 2010...but only when purchasing a Samsung 3DTV or 3D BD player.

Ice Age 3: Currently only available when purchasing a Panasonic 3DTV (not available separately until March 2011).

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: June 2010.

Toy Story 3: Not until November 2010.

Disney's A Christmas Carol: Not until November 2010.

Avatar: Not until 2011.


Yes, there are other movies coming to the cinema in 3D later this year, but that's cinema, so it will be even longer before they hit 3D BD.


So there's hardly any content *currently* available... And even later in the year, there still won't be very much (or of that, even less will actually be any good).



"I feel personally that this TV will last 5 years without thinking of upgrading"

Did you also feel that when your purchased your 50" plasma?

How about when you bought whichever TV you had before that?

Think back to how many generations of HD Ready TV we have now seen, with improvements every single year, not just including 1080p being more & more common in place of 720p/1080i.

Next year's 3D TVs will be better than the one you have just bought, & will be cheaper.



Sorry, but I think you have wasted your money. Big time.

at the end of the day its his money, but i must agree it is a waste of money. i know to some people £6000 is pocket change however not to everyone & it seems crazy to me that someone can spend that much on something that has so little support, but after all its his money & he's free to waste it as he wishes.