It looks like television is going through yet another change. Our parents and grandparents grew bored with black and white, so Technicolor was introduced. After color, we still weren't satisfied and demanded a higher resolution image. High Definition and Blu-ray came out in response. Now it seems people still need more.
Toshiba announced on October 7, 2010, that they would be soon releasing a 3D TV set in Japan that would not require the use of the specialized glasses. That last part about the glasses is the best part of the deal for me. I don't wear glasses and have never needed to so, that is a foreign feeling for my face. I've only seen a couple movies at 3D theaters and my mind hasn't really been blown yet.
The 3DTV will be available in two different sizes: a 12 inch and a 20 inch screen. This is not very big at all. The only time 3D has come to working is when it is used for big budget movies. Oh and the cost? $1,400 for smaller one and $2,800 for the larger one. Jeeze, for that price you can get a nice flat-screen HDTV of a larger size.
Furthermore, the 3DTV's would only be available to nine viewers at a time. This is because the TV would need to be viewed from particular angles to get the 3D experience. Oh, and you have to be 36 inches away from the screen. I don't know how the hell you're supposed to fit nine people around a 20 inch screen at three feet away, but good luck to those still interested in this product.
So, is anyone interested in this product?
It seems that few are, according to the comments left on the Popular Science website. Two of the sixteen posts left about the article flat out stated that they are interested in this product as is. The rest were uninterested, or interested if the price would go down or the model changed a bit.
I don't want this product and couldn't possibly see any reason to buy it. However, the last person to comment did raise an interesting idea. What about a 3DTV to play 3D video games? I'm not much of a gamer, but this is very intriguing to me. Perhaps it will bring me back into the realm of fantasy.
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