Quote Originally Posted by nightflier
Sure 3D is great in theaters, but in the home? Not so fast. Many of the points brought up by people on this forum are echoed in this article:

The Word For The Day is Autostereoscopic When It Comes To 3D

Then there is the issue that it makes people sick, and that color-blind people can't see the same effects. Yes, it's only a small percentage of people who went to the theaters, but in the home, it will affect many more people, children and disabled people too. So why is everyone an their mother trying to convince us to that 3D is the next big thing? Simply because it's making beaucoup bucks in theaters? Well, that's not exactly true either.

Perhaps for Avatar and to a lesser extent Up, it was a good year. But for the rest of the 3D pack it wasn't such a rosy picture at all. And then there's the surcharges and all the other wrangling to get people to pay more and again for entertainment (old Hollywood tricks we should now all be quite familiar with). Here's Paul Young's take on this sordid aspect of 3D, from Screen Rant:

3D Movies Run Amok: A Fad That Should Stop… But Won’t

The major point being that there is a huge difference between what Cameron did (shooting everything in 3D from the start, which also costs bundles of money) and the many copy-cat schemes to get movies to carry the 3D label, but with far less impressive effects. Sure it works most of the time with cartoons, after all, they are designed to be 3D on the designer's screen, but that's not all people want to watch (even if Disney and Dreamworks think otherwise).

In the end it's all to get people to shell out 40% more for a movie ticket. And that goes a long way to bolster claims that 3D is a huge commercial success. But whether that kind of success is then transferable to the home market is never discussed. Funny how that little detail just seems to slip through the cracks.
what I have been saying, basically.
A lot have already bought new HDTV's, most will think that 3D is something they can get by with only in theaters.
BE great if 3D on TV makes it, but the track record isnt too good.
AND original media will be expensive.
I saw a program on TV the other day, brought to you in HD by DIRECT TV.
Not in ads, but subsidies.
Yes, third parties are still subsidizing HDTV.
If the stations cant pay for HDTV years down the road, will they be willing to take on 3D?
Will set manufacturers be willing to underwrite the venture when most are bleeding red ink.
In a collapsing economy will 3D make it?
IN a good economy?