Review : 3D TV Ready?

The current generation of 3D TV’s require plastic glasses to view the content and 3D ready sets as small as 32 inch have been aggressively marketed by the big name TV set manufacturers.

The huge drop in price from their initial launch only serves to show that the manufacturers have played there ace and thrown their full weight behind this new twist on a classic medium.

Bolstered by the huge box office returns on 3D produced features such as Avatar and Toy Story 3, 3D initially bolstered the box office takings. However, it takes quite a jump to imagine that the thrills and spills of your local multiplex can be recreated at home (no matter how big the TV set) remains to be seen.

In October 2010 Toshiba unveiled the next generation 3D set which does not require the clunky plastic glasses. Utilising an overlapping technology the Toshiba 3DTV promises to create a “glasses less” 3D effect with regular transmissions and playable media.

Indeed, cinema takings in the US slipped by 10% in the latter half of 2010. Is this consumer lethargy threatening to derail the 3D locomotion?.Sky TV in the UK are currently pushing 3D content on their new 3D channel complete with Wildlife programs, sports and movies in sumptuous clarity and depth.

So it does remain to be seen if it is too early to jump on the 3D bandwagon and purchase a new TV set. Also, one only needs to look at the rapid expansion of the LCD TV market in the last 3 years to know that another technological advance is just round the corner. One can feel exasperated having just took a plunge in the HDTV LCD market to be now behind in the latest technologies.

Absolute bottom line though, the first gen of 3D TV’s with the accompanying 3D glasses will be a lot cheaper in the future. When the glasses-less version hit’s the shelves and their older tech counterpart attracting dust on the shelves, it might just be the right time to join the ride.

Until that time.