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Originally Posted by bruceames.
I wish I could say the same for 3D. I'm a really big fan, but it seems like it's going to be the odd man out, since new movies will be getting HDR and 3D won't. .....The popular, the better for UHD BD, but unfortunately, at the expense of 3D.
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If you look at sales stats, the market has not accepted 3D. The market share for 3D titles is ridiculous small. People complain about Disney not releasing some titles in 3D, but if I were a Disney exec and saw those numbers, I wouldn't release in 3D either unless there was virtually no incremental cost.
If you look at the top 20 physical media titles, only 7 have a 3D share and that share ranges from 2% (Minions) to 7% (Everest). If you look at the list of the 20 titles with the top BD market share and look at the top 3D share below it, it ranges from 1.17% (The Little Mermaid) to 16.96% (Ant Man).
IMO, the industry launched 3D too early. The quality of most home 3D initially sucked (not that it's been that great theatrically either). I didn't see impressive home 3D until I was at a seminar and saw a TV that used passive 3D glasses and the 3D quality was quite good. In fact, most of the audience was using the same Real 3D glasses used at movie theatres. I didn't even realize that was possible on consumer TVs. If the industry had launched with that, I think there would have been far more acceptance of 3D.
But having said all that, I'm still surprised that 3D isn't part of the UHD spec.
Personally, I'm still waiting for my holographic TV. Popular Science predicted over 50 years ago that we'd have it by now. I'm very disappointed.
