3DTV: The Next Big Thing?
Now that we’ve got HDTV, what’s next? Look no further than your local movie theater; 3D is coming to a living room near you.
by Alfred Poor, PC WorldHollywood has noticed the runaway success of 3D movies at the box office; the 3D versions often account for as much as two-thirds of the ticket sales, even though the 2D versions appear on far more screens. About 15 major feature films will be released in 3D in 2009, with twice that number scheduled for 2010.
That means for the first time, we`ll have Hollywood entertainment content ready to be piped into home theaters. A Consumer Electronics Association survey noted that 50 percent of consumers are willing to pay extra to get 3D functionality on their TVs. So it should come as no surprise that HDTV manufacturers are scrambling to support 3DTV.
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