3D Cable and Broadcast Television Discussion

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Originally Posted by the13thman

Same here. By the time I got a 3D TV there were no more 3D broadcasts but in any case I would never have subscribed to Sky as I HATE watching sport and they've had far too much of my money over the years.

I would have liked to have seen what the BBC did but those muppets still can't broadcast local programmes in HD ten years after the analogue signal was switched off...

Sky were still broadcasting when I got a 3dtv, but I have never felt compelled to subscribe to their services. I remember BBC were among the first to drop the service they'd been trialing, and the examples they gave to justify that decision were perplexing to say the least.

But although about 1.5million homes have 3D televisions, only around half of those able to watch Olympics coverage in 3D did so.

Only around 5 per cent of potential viewers watched Mr Stink and the Queen’s Speech in 3D.

Head of BBC 3D Kim Shillinglaw told RadioTimes.com: ‘I have never seen a very big appetite for 3D television in the UK.

... I'm actually impressed with those numbers. None of it is stuff I would watch.

The good thing that came out of it is that between BBC and Sky both produced some decent programming that made it to blu-ray.