Huge Shocker — 3D TVs Not Selling

itwbennett writes "It comes as no surprise to the vast majority of us who haven't rushed out to buy a 3D TV, but according to a DisplaySearch report consumers aren't doing their part to make 2010 the year of 3D TV, says blogger Peter Smith. And the stats are even worse than Smith imagined they'd be: 'DisplaySearch estimates that 3.2 million 3D TVs will be shipped in 2010. Note, that's shipped, not sold. 3.2 million equates to 2% of all flat panel displays shipped (as far as I can ascertain, that's worldwide shipments). So yeah, there are not many 3D TVs being shipped this year. But wait, that's not the end of the bad news. In Western Europe (the only region where they offered this data point) sales of 3D glasses are less than 1 per 3D set sold. In other words, a lot of Western Europeans who buy a TV with 3D capability don't even bother to buy the glasses to use that feature.'"

Comments

Re:no surprise.

[Anonymous Coward]

if i wanted a pseudo-3d bubble effect, i'd buy a tv with a huge bulging CRT.

OMG thanks! I've been looking for the perfect name for my chiptune-nerdcore band! That's perfect!

Re:I know why.. lack of standardization

[WrongSizeGlass]

Actually, it's just how you look at the sales numbers. If you're wearing your 3-D glasses they look much better.

Re:Why Get one?

[delinear]

And to think, they always said if you watched too much you'd end up wearing glasses. Who knew they'd be 3D!

Re:Cumbersome

[eldepeche]

Some of us have to wear clunky glasses all the time, you insensitive clod!

Re:I Can Only Hope This Keeps Fumbling

[pak9rabid]

...the differencebetween DVD and HD is meaningless on a 46" screen. Pretty meaningless on a 55" screen.

What, are you fucking blind?

Get 3D contact lenses

[RapmasterT]

Yeah, which makes it even WORSE for us because we have to wear those annoying glasses uncomfortably over the glasses we already have. DOUBLE ANNOYANCE!

You need some 3D contact lenses. Then you can wear them ALL the time and experience 3D all day long without looking like an idiot wearing the 3D glasses in public.

I've always wondered what the real world would look like in 3D, just never had the nerve to wear those goofy glasses outside.

Re:Price and glasses, most likely

[Maxo-Texas]

both a big screen, a large room, and ....

damnit...

I meant to say.. our THREE, three requirements for watching a movie are a big screen, a large room, and glasses, and a comfy chair...

damnit...

Among the elements required for watching a movie are, a big screen, a large room, and glasses, a comfy chair, good lighting, ...