Has 3D Entertainment Finally Come Into Its Own?
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Despite the fact that every major entertainment company in the world from the movie companies, to television and computer manufacturers would have you believe three dimensional entertainment is completely new and revolutionary, the simple fact is that the very first 3D film making process was first patented in the late 1890s by British film maker William Friese-Greene. Over the ensuing decades it has of course been reinvented numerous times.
At the same time the vast majority of these various reincarnations have failed to catch on with the viewing public for one reason another. The biggest reasons for the failure of this concept to catch on in previous years were that the technology did not always stand up to the hype as large percentages of the audiences could not see the effects and that until now it has always been the domain of the big screen movie theaters.
The latest incarnation has been taking the movie theaters and by proxy the movie makers by storm. The technology has become good enough that the vast majority of viewers can now go and sit in a theater and thoroughly enjoy every one of the fantastic three dimensional special effects. Movie makers are going to extraordinary lengths to create new movies with stunning 3D effects that seem to get more intense with every movie. Films like Avatar and Alice in Wonderland have seemingly cemented the craving for more 3D movies firmly in the minds of the viewing public.
But this is now only the tip of the iceberg as it only addresses what we see in the movie theater, which has always been one of the biggest drawbacks stopping 3D entertainment from becoming more mainstream and widely accepted. This is now changing as the latest in home television systems are finally catching up with what the world has been waiting a very long time for. Major electronics manufacturers such as Panasonic, Samsung and Sony all now have 3D televisions available for consumer to take home.
They are all counting heavily on the hope that having 3D entertainment in every home is not just another dreamy attempt at something that has been tried as a form of entertainment over and again with only marginal success. Each company not only produces their own large LED 3D television sets but a range of 3D Blu-Ray DVD players to go with them. Overall customer reviews seem to be fairly positive and as more movies are released on DVD in 3D format this genre of television is expected to gain somewhat in popularity.
Thanks to the latest advances in HD technology the images at home on your television easily rival those seen in the theater. In fact, you will find that not only are some television stations now broadcasting everything in HD, they are broadcasting some of their programming such as this year's Masters in 3D that all but put you there on the golf course waiting for the ball to land on the floor in front of you.
Is 3D television here to stay or are we once again being bamboozled by the big entertainment companies only to have this pleasure snatched away from us as they see its popularity wane and the cost of producing everything in 3D continue to rise? This is the question on many people's minds and may well be the biggest reason why so many are taking a wait and see attitude instead of running out and spending up to $5,000 on a new complete 3D television entertainment system.
If you talk to people you will find that there are a couple of other concerns that the express that are causing them to be unwilling to spend the money. First there just is not enough content currently available in the 3D format and much of what is available is remastered from 2D footage and leaves a lot to be desired in terms of both quality and effectiveness. If the manufacturers want this to change, they are going to have to put more content on the shelves.
The other chief complaint is the silly glasses that you still have to wear, granted they aren't the blue lens/red lens plastic and cardboard jokes of the fifties, but they are still a pain and now very expensive to buy. For those of you who are interested in all the latest news and happenings in the world of 3D, you can find the very latest intelligence on what is happen now and what we can expect in the future at 3DTV.Com, the 3D Community Magazine.
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