3d tv

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by Barewolf

PS - Ive ordered my TV, 63" with 3D blu Ray, and 4 pairs of shutter glasses, do I regret it? Nope.

At the end of the day its TRUE that not a huge amount of content is available in 3D yet, but for gaming theres enough to keep me busy until next year when there is more movies, games, and HD Sky TV broadcasts.

Ty for all your opinions.

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...

[Stuart]

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?

My own personal advice would be (indeed, it was) to wait. In a year or two, when there is more content, the equipment will be cheaper and/or better.

[Barewolf]

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...

My main aim for getting this was to use the TV as an upgrade to the 50 inch plasma i already have, i think the future is with 3D and mostly 3D gaming.

Yes, i'm sceptical of buying it because of the price but i also feel its going to last a fair few years with it being already 3D ready, and already HD Ready.

I'm not bragging Matt, I was looking for opinions, and I got them, my mind was 70-30 for getting the TV mainly because of the launch of Playstation move, Gran Tourismo 5, and 3D, all at the same time.

The movies are a bonus, and it seems theres more and more becoming available each month, i dont expect to sit and watch 3D movies 24 hours a day for weeks on end, but i feel 3dtv is a bonus in itself, so when a 3d movie is released on blu ray, we can enjoy it at home, in the meantime we can enjoy what the PS3 has to offer in terms of 3D gaming and also, motion gaming. Combine that with 5.1 surround sound and you're immersed in what technology has to offer.

I feel personally that this TV will last 5 years without thinking of upgrading, in which time i've already enjoyed what the 3D has to offer, even if i choose to upgrade again before that, i havent lost anything, ive still got a HD tv.

I'm certainly not kicking myself over the decision, i thought most of you would be going out and buying one already before me.

[Stephen]

I would still have waited till at least the second generation of 3D TVs are available next year, when the content will start to appear.

You keep going on about the PS3 Move and 3D games however Move isn't out till September/October and the First proper 3D game will be GT5 due in November, and yes there are currently 2-3 PSN games out in 3D as of last week but there is really no point in going for a 3D TV at this actual time.

article about the lack of 3D Blu ray releases.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...-player-avatar

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by Barewolf

My main aim for getting this was to use the TV as an upgrade to the 50 inch plasma i already have, i think the future is with 3D and mostly 3D gaming.

Yes, i'm sceptical of buying it because of the price but i also feel its going to last a fair few years with it being already 3D ready, and already HD Ready.

I'm not bragging Matt, I was looking for opinions, and I got them, my mind was 70-30 for getting the TV mainly because of the launch of Playstation move, Gran Tourismo 5, and 3D, all at the same time.

The movies are a bonus, and it seems theres more and more becoming available each month, i dont expect to sit and watch 3D movies 24 hours a day for weeks on end, but i feel 3dtv is a bonus in itself, so when a 3d movie is released on blu ray, we can enjoy it at home, in the meantime we can enjoy what the PS3 has to offer in terms of 3D gaming and also, motion gaming. Combine that with 5.1 surround sound and you're immersed in what technology has to offer.

I feel personally that this TV will last 5 years without thinking of upgrading, in which time i've already enjoyed what the 3D has to offer, even if i choose to upgrade again before that, i havent lost anything, ive still got a HD tv.

I'm certainly not kicking myself over the decision, i thought most of you would be going out and buying one already before me.

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.

[Lord Nikon]

I don't know, that 3dtv is so realistic. I fell asleep watching a liverpool match, woke up and my wallet was gone.

[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.

[admars]

seems extravagant to me, but at the end of the day, if it wasn't for early adopters like this it would take longer for the price to come down for the rest of us

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Matt D

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

I will second that

[damien c]

Well more fool you Barewolf especially considering that there is still not enough content to warrant the 3DTV purchasing at the moment, hence why i didn't get one when i got my new TV.

Also there is still the matter of which type of 3D screen is going to win in the end, as there are 2 or 3 different type's at the moment.

3DTV may be the future as said before but that doesn't mean we should all rush out and buy something, that is extremely overpriced and under utilised at the moment.

Before i even think of getting a 3DTV i have allot of thing's that i can use my money for as in paying debts off, saving for important things coming up and then i will look at a 3DTV but that won't be till next year when the decision has been made as to which screen type, is going to become the mainstream screen and when there will be sufficient content and the TVs will be a hell of a lot cheaper for the, price that you have paid for your 63" next year you will probably be able to get to of them at that size for that price.

There was no point asking for advice if you were not going to listen to it, and it would not surprise me if you had actually ordered it before you posted and that this really was just to try and brag about it, i guess the moral is don't give Barewolf advice when he asks as he won't listen and will do the opposite to what you tell him.

I feel sorry for you Barewolf obviously you must have the very latest stuff no matter the cost even if you are getting ripped off, i was the same but i have now seen it is foolish and would much rather wait and know i am getting what i should get instead of wasting money.

Well i know i won't be giving you anymore advice in the future if you ask for it because you just don't listen and enjoy the nice big bill when it comes through for something that would of cost a quarter of the price in about 6-8 months time anyway.

I dont care if you blackrep me etc for it you just shouldnt be asking for advice and then not listen to it, when people tell you not to waste your money i asked for advice on graphics cards and was told to wait or get a ati if i must have one now but i am going to wait and see what happens over the next few months, but all i am going to do in the mean time is buy a cheap card for my dad and then take my 2nd gtx280 of him and go back to sli.

[Sirius]

Well Well Well

Yet another Barewolf thread where he asks for advice about a certain product, You all rush to give him answers and then


Bang

He ignores you all and buys the one he asked about even if everyone tells him its crap. I stayed out of this thread because i knew he would do this to you all AGAIN. Nice one Barewolf You asked the Question, Ignored, Did your own thing, Par for the course i see.

[peanut]

For someone who only months ago were trying to get £1000 together for a wedding by any means possible, which is now only a couple of months away, shouldn't you be saving rather than spending?

What does your future wife have to say about your purchases? What do you do for a living now if you don't mind me asking? If you're financially secure then yeah go for it, why not you've earned it etc. But it seems like the timing is inconsistent for me. I'm just a bit confused and concerned at the same time.

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

63inch TV? How big's your lounge mate??!!!

Originally Posted by Barewolf

Does anyone know where I can view more trailers similar to this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJjJe...456&feature=iv

If you havent seen it with glasses then seriously........you should, but i'm looking for more like this, quality wise.


PS - Ive ordered my TV, 63" with 3D blu Ray, and 4 pairs of shutter glasses, do I regret it? Nope.

At the end of the day its TRUE that not a huge amount of content is available in 3D yet, but for gaming theres enough to keep me busy until next year when there is more movies, games, and HD Sky TV broadcasts.

Ty for all your opinions.

did you buy it out of the catalogue? if so did you use Topcashback?

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

Did he buy it at all?