But then, after a few minutes of watching, you suddenly realise that there is very limited content there, and you will not want to pay a premium just because 3D is one of the new buzzwords out there.
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When you go to a store to check out the TV or see it at a press launch, as I did, the immediate impulse is to get one home.
So, that could mean buying everything all over again.Also, the wow factor of 3D is short-lived. But I could not get a comment from any of India’s DTH vendors if their boxes are ready for 3D content. Since 3D requires nearly double the refresh rate, even your DTH box and/or CAS box may need to be changed.
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And I am not sure if I will be able to wear it for the duration of a film.Īnyway, assuming you are one of the early adopters of technology, and you must buy it, here is what all you will need after buying a 3D set: irrespective of the technology you choose, you will need to upgrade your DVD player to a 3D Blu-ray player (not yet easily available), buy a huge new library of 3D films (even though you may have the original film), and wait for a broadcast company to start providing 3D content.
For me, even thinking about having to wear something to watch TV is a bit uncomfortable. Who will win and which will become the standard technology is something we can only guess. LG, Samsung, Sony and Panasonic have TVs that require glasses Philips, TCL and Alioscopy have TVs that can show 3D content without having you to wear any kind of glasses. There are big players backing each technology. There will be tiny lenses slapped onto the screen and you will see the images in 3D without wearing glasses. The other camp-3D TV manufacturers who don’t want to have you wear glasses-propose to use a technology which is very similar to what we saw on those 3D foot rulers. These are active glasses, running on batteries (that means charging them), and a pair would cost you around Rs 5,000. Now, when we talk about glasses for viewing, these spectacles are not like your ordinary green and red filter ones that were handed to you when you watched Chhota Chetan, or picked up that odd comic book in 3D where the characters leapt out of the pages. Though there are multiple technologies to create 3D images, starting from the anaglyphic (using a passive red-cyan glasses, this is what was used in early-day comics), to polarisation (with passive polarised glasses), alternate-frame sequencing (needs active shutter glasses, and this is what one of the companies has chosen) and autostereoscopic displays (no headgear/glasses required), the problem is that the world of 3D is split into two major halves-one wants to build TVs that will not require viewers to wear special glasses (after all, just to watch TV you can’t wear a pair of spectacles), and the other set wants to make TVs that require you to wear spectacles. The excitement is similar to what we experienced when we saw our first 3D animated foot rulers, or pictures of our favourite cartoon characters. In addition, the increasing adoption of CGI (computer generated imagery) and animation means more 3D content on its way, and with the World Cup kickoff round the corner, suddenly there is a splurge of 3D TVs. The recent Avatar in 3D has now got people wowed by this extra-dimensional presentation. But wait, are we that close to 3D content? Is 3D the next big thing after the LCD, plasma, the LED television? Here is my lowdown on why you need to wait before you jump in to buy yourself a 3D television in India.ģD movies, including India’s first, Chhota Chetan (1984), have been around for quite a while, but far too few and far apart to make an impact. Yes, 3D so you could see your best players actually shooting the ball into your homes, and the experience will be like never before. After all, the biggest announcement was in December 2009 when Fifa declared that the 2010 World Cup will be broadcast in 3D. What is all this noise about 3D TV? Will it happen? Should you buy one?
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