Missed the boat
Once I recover from the financial crater of the road trip I have some things I am looking to buy down the road. One of those things is a new tv for my bedroom. When I was putting together a checklist of things that would be cool for a replacement set a couple things came to mind, bigger, thinner, lighter, 120 mhz refresh, internet connected and 3D. Well as I did some window shopping I noticed that 3D is largely absent from new sets. I wondered why that would be until I did some research, 3D TV is basically dead.
Apparently at the CES show this year where consumer electronics companies roll out their latest and greatest tech, 3D was already out the door. Evidently consumer adoption of 3D at home just never materialized. ESPN announced in June it was shit canning their 24 hour 3D channel by the end of year due to lack of interest.
When I step back and think about my own feelings about 3D movies which is now basically take it or leave it, now that the newness of 3D has worn off, I guess I can understand. 3D tv’s cost significantly more and require you to wear glasses to get the effect. If you are one of those unlucky people that bought a set which requires the powered, active style glasses there is a good chance you suffered from headaches and eyestrain as well while trying to experience the third dimension on your home tv.
I messed around with 3D in WoW awhile back and found the effect to be cool for about 5 minutes but distracting and annoying afterwards.
So anyway, finding out that I apparently totally missed the boat in home 3D was kind of funny. I still might consider getting a 3D set if I get a good deal on it although I would only consider something like the LG sets that use passive glasses. The LG’s also have a cool ability to make 2D programming 3D on the fly.
I watched the Dexter series finale last night. Dexter has been one of my favorite shows for the last half decade. I have been compared to Dexter by several people not because of serial killer tendencies but more because of my somewhat stoic outer appearance while a myriad of internal conversations/observations are going on. So it all wrapped up this week. Overall I liked the final episode although there was a bit too much symbolism going on and the grasp on reality was very, very loose at times. Now that Dexter is done, who is going to kill the killers….