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3D is Dead: Long Live 4K?

posted 6 years ago by NorrinRad (5008)
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Or the next pocket picking format. Yes, I bought one of those fancy 3D Flat Screens. yes I bought for pair of 3D Glasses. Yes I bought a 3D Blu-Ray player, (it failed after only a few views and I've never replaced it.) and premium HDMI cables.

So yes I do intend to complain about the lack of a Combo pack for certain movies that I am willing to shell-out the extra dollars just to have the option of seeing in 3D.

But Disney tends to make it more difficult in the USA to buy 3D formatted media but has no problem offering it offshore. Y'all getting played by Disney on 3D.

How many viewers even have 4K sets and players as of yet? 2D is still the dominate player in the marketplace with Blu-Ray right behind.

[–] Truthtalker (1866) 6 years ago

3D is better, you don't notice the 4K resolution

[–] NorrinRad (5008) 6 years ago

There is a lot of truth to public perception of High Resolution as overhyped. When 720, 1080i, 1080p all came out certain people would swear they could not see the difference in resolution. Of course it all depended on where you sat and what you were looking at. 4K for some is no different.

3D is a another animal. The cost of good 3D for some is not worth it and the quality of good 3D media really varies. But seeing as how I have both I try to enjoy and immerse myself as is my option. 4K media is less compelling for me to purchase as not all movies warrant the 4K viewing experience at the additional cost. Which is why value combo packaging makes more sense to me.

Give me 4K/3D/Blu-Ray/2D/Digital Download I'll decide what and where to watch the movie.

I'm not that in to streaming. I'm stuck on owning my media.

[–] ArmadilloKnight (456) 6 years ago

I'm not sure if you are talking specifically about Infinity War, which I only watched on the theater and just now on blu-ray, so I can't answer for that but... You say you generally don't notice the 4K resolution? lol

I think the leap from 1080p to 4K is akin to the leap from non-HD tvs to 1080p. The difference is blatant. Depending on the TV itself, on the footage, whether it has HDR etc, it will look like as though you are looking through a window. Until your eyes get used to it, that is.

[–] NorrinRad (5008) 6 years ago

And from 4K to 8K??

[–] ADBruno1985 (3303) 6 years ago

I've never cared for 3D, at theater or home, I feel it's gimmicky. I only buy 3D home releases if it's the edition I like best for some other reason, like extras, and only see it in theaters if it's the first showing of a new movie. I've only bought one 4K so far, because it was the edition I liked best, and don't have a player; funnily enough, that is Infinity War, the Target-exclusive edition. I kind of feel like this format war will fizzle out without a winner, because no one cares and Blu-ray is still new and awesome.

[–] NorrinRad (5008) 6 years ago

Consumers have been misled and burned by the hype and over pricing of new features. Within the USA 3D was indeed seen as an over priced and not easy to use gimmicky feature. Not enough 3D sets were sold the 3D players were fragile and over priced and the 3D content was inferior or non existent in any great numbers.

Blu-ray is now the easily accessible format and plain old DVD is still pervasive in many homes which is why that option is still bundled or available. Go figure.

I prefer the 3D option as part of the edition as well but those editions are no longer available in the USA.

[–] TJLamb0518 (3316) 6 years ago

I prefer the digital version over all of them.

[–] NorrinRad (5008) 6 years ago

I do always purchase the digital version with codes but there is something "hinky' to me about the reliance of bandwidth availability, wifi dependency and GB caps when it comes to ISPs and streaming. I do not like the fact that I have to pay for something that I already have possession of. By payment I mean having access to Wi-Fi, watching however much data that represents a movie going across that WiFi and then there being Caps that you pay a premium for exceeding. I don't like the fact that we as consumers are crowded into price tiers (5GB, 10 GB, 15 GB) without any understanding of the cost efficiency of those tiers but told that there is a penalty for exceeding those and it is a whopper of a cost for some.

I like Digital but I don't like Streaming because I don't like throttling and I know that the ISPs will start to charge you tolls on data consumption especially when it allegedly crowds the available bandwidth.

That was a rather odd extemporaneous flow on my part. Sorry for the rant.

[–] TJLamb0518 (3316) 6 years ago

Caps on wifi??? Who has THAT?

[–] NorrinRad (5008) 6 years ago

https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/6/13192832/comcast-xfinity-home-internet-data-caps-one-terabyte

https://forums.att.com/t5/AT-T-Internet-Account/When-will-AT-amp-T-increase-150GB-data-cap-for-DSL-users/td-p/3896199/page/5

[–] AtomicReturns (1252) 6 years ago

I'm a fan of 3D and I have noticed, in the last 3 years, 3D Blu-Ray dying off fast.

However, there is a glimmer of hope for 3D fans in the home viewing environment -- VR. Paramount recently had a Top Gun 3D screening for those with a VR headset. You sit in a virtual theater with other people, move your head around and can talk to others (or mute them if you want silence), and Top Gun 3D plays right in front of you. I didn't get to try it as I don't have a VR headset yet, but I'd say in the next 5 years, as prices come down and more content is made, many of us will start buying them when they become more affordable.

Top Gun 3D VR by BigScreen discussed by ABC news:

https://youtu.be/FWyDNISrrxs

Trailer (more 3D VR showings to come according to Paramount!):

https://youtu.be/4YI7H_L50OQ