Purchase Now Or Later – The 3D TV Dilemma
Every fan of new gadgetry knows that brand new technology is often unreliable because they are still working out the bugs. Furthermore gadget fans also know that brand new gadgets charge a premium price for being the first on the block to own them! If you wait a little while on most gadgets, including new TV technology, the prices get lower and most of the bugs are exterminated. However, sometimes the technology is just too irresistible to wait on.
3D has that appeal to a surprising number of people. The success of Avatar and a number of other visually spectacular movies has made 3D the wave of the future at least for some gadget lovers. This is particularly true for those people who work in high pressure jobs and who hope to come home to a superb television experience and the necessary escape from helping newcomers to the US fill out immigration forms, green card requests and green card replacement forms.
No matter what your reason for considering a new 3D television, the fact is that HDTV on a TV is almost a requirement and HDTV is relatively expensive but when 3D TVs were released they were about double the price of an equivalent HDTV of the same size. The prices are much more competitive even just a short few months later.
However, there are some issues to 3D television you may want to consider before running out and buying a 55 inch 3D HDMI television. Right now 3D TV uses not only a special screen and the optical illusions our eyes produce when seeing two images slightly apart but they rely upon 3D glasses. Now sitting in front of the television wearing a set of 3D glasses, filling out immigration forms, green card replacement requests or asking for a green card probably would seem as strange to you as it would surely look to anyone visiting you. 3D glasses are ok for a visit to a theater but for home wear, probably not so fashionable.
There are a relatively number of movies available in 3D and 3D programming is available from certain providers but it still won’t be as plentiful as 2D at least until and if the technology really catches on with the consumer. As visually spectacular as 3D movies can be, unless the program is specifically 3D you will get the same results from a good HD TV. More programming for 3D is emerging but it will be a premium service from some providers.
The television fan and those who were bowled over by the 3D movie hits of the last few several years will probably need to weigh their desire for the ultimate television experience and 3D against the availability of programming in their area. While the prices on the 3D televisions are not outrageously expensive right now, they will probably become lower still as is the pattern with almost any technology. There is one more thing to remember about the 3D TV right now, and that is to remember to take off those glasses before answering the door.