[mythtv-users] OT: 3D TV

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Tue Jan 12 22:18:16 UTC 2010


On Tuesday 12 January 2010 11:54:27 am David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Jan 11, 2010, at 6:31 PM, Phil Wild wrote:
> > Unfortunately, and this is just my opinion, I believe the 3d
> > technology is less about the movie experience and more about
> > protection of content.
> 
> I think it was also, at least at first, an attempt to give people
> something in the theater they couldn't get at home.  It's similar to
> how wide-screen formats became popular in the 1950s, to counter the
> rising appeal of television. It only took 50 years for TV to catch
> up. ;)

"I'm waiting for 3D TV"

Ralph Kramden, ca. 1953

(an excuse for not buying a TV set)

For those of you too young to remember that scene, it was from "The 
Honeymooners" (Jackie Gleason), in the days of the Dumont network, though I 
think that episode was after they moved to CBS.



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