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3D TV Being Scrapped?

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Mark Giardina

http://www.businessweek.com/article...on-the-wall-for-3-d?campaign_id=otbrn.bw.tech

Growing up in the 1950s I remember the 'fad' of 3D movies. That venture failed so I always wondered why the movie and TV industries tried to revive it.

When I went shopping for a TV set the salesman tried desperately to sell me a 3D TV saying it is the wave of the future. My reply was that it was a flop in the past and I wasn't interested in spending extra money for such a feature on my TV.
 
I saw one of the 3D TVs that doesn't need glasses in the Pilot station at Jackson, TN recently being used to run promotional ads. I can see that type of TV being sold in limited numbers for that purpose, but I don't think it will catch on enough in homes to continue.
 
What's worse is it didn't catch on at the movie theaters either.....

Cheers & 73 ;D
 
Pat Cook said:
What's worse is it didn't catch on at the movie theaters either.....

Cheers & 73 ;D
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Yes and no. The 3D movies of the 50's were cheesy black and white horror flicks and would not have built a following if they'd been shown with free hot dogs.

The modern 3D movies are first class productions and a lot of them are IMAX to boot.
 
rnigma said:
Some of the '50s 3D films were color and even high budget (Dial M for Murder, Kiss Me Kate, House of Wax).
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I do remember some color 3D films and they were difficult to watch without getting a roaring headache. The same problem seems to affect some modern viewers. However, the vast majority of 3D offerings back then were not great, not even good, movies. They were full of flying bats and hypodermic needles being shot out towards the audience. It was very gimmicky. As IMDB reports, House of Wax' only 3D moment has nothing to do with the story but is instead a gimmick to show off 3D for its own sake. All too typical unfortunately.

Dial M For Murder was not originally a 3D film but did have a 3D release. I remember seeing the original but not the 3D version.

Not being a fan of musicals nor horror flicks I never watched the other two.
 
Just to set the record straight: "Dial M for Murder" was shot in 3D with the intention of releasing it that way. Hitchcock composed many of the crucial shots for the 3D effect, especially the one in which Grace Kelly is reaching for the scissors while she is being strangled. Typical of Hitchcock, he used the process in a subtle way, so as not to overpower the story. Before the film's release, 3D had pretty much faded and it was decided to release it flat. Although a 3D version may have been produced, it never went into general release. The 3D version was revived a few years ago. I would love to have seen it, but it never got anywhere near to where I live.

On a completely different subject, I saw a Three Stooges short on TV one time that was obviously shot in 3D. Lots of things being thrown at the camera, that sort of thing. Don't know the title. Shemp was the third stooge.
 
John-Summers said:
On a completely different subject, I saw a Three Stooges short on TV one time that was obviously shot in 3D. Lots of things being thrown at the camera, that sort of thing. Don't know the title. Shemp was the third stooge.
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There were two 3D Stooges films: "Spooks" and "Pardon My Backfire." Yes, Moe pokes the viewer in the eyes!
 
Poor Alice...Ralph won't get her a TV because he's waiting for 3D TV...

Alice: "Are you waiting for 3D ice boxes too?" ;D
 
3D?

Many viewers cannot even set up their "flat screen" TVs to display HD and/or stretch 4x3 SDTV content thinking its "HachDee". Some continue to watch the old analog cable channels of locals even when the same subscribers take HD digital cable.
 
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