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tomtastic · 10-05-2020, 12:25 AM

It's interesting reading some of these older posts. I think there's a few reasons that broadcast 3D failed and mostly it didn't have anything to do with 3D.

Take ESPN3D. Did any of you guys watch it? I did and I can't remember too many games that were actually live. I think I may have watched one game live and in 3D, the rest was rebroadcast. That doesn't work for sports. Sports is a live event entertainment and most of the content on ESPN3D was not live. So ESPN3D was doomed to fail from the start.

Another was programing. There were two channels on Directv, besides ESPN3D and the CINE channel. N3D and 3Net and both channels didn't offer much in the way of content. 3net threw in some IMAX documentaries but you could also buy them on Blu ray of course and would look better. But the made for broadcast programming was let's say not made for prime time. I liked a lot of what 3net put on in 3D but I'm sure many wouldn't too.

Yeah, I really miss that time period. 2012-2014 when there were 3 or 4 3D channels on. I had Blu ray 3D or I could just turn on the TV and have broadcast 3D all the time, 24/7 3D. Yes, the commercials were repetitive but it was in 3D and I think, despite being half resolution and lower bitrate, still looked decent at the time.

I was able to record off of 3Net the National Park series in 3D which I put up on YT but I wish I had recorded more. They shut down 3Net rather quickly in 2014 around September and I didn't get a chance to get any more content. It's now gone forever I suppose.

I remember watching the Olympics live in 3D. I don't remember what channel it was on. That was pretty cool. Yeah, most reasons they failed weren't even about 3D. It didn't really get a chance to take off with better programming.

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10-05-2020, 12:25 AM	#27
tomtastic Active Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2019	It's interesting reading some of these older posts. I think there's a few reasons that broadcast 3D failed and mostly it didn't have anything to do with 3D. Take ESPN3D. Did any of you guys watch it? I did and I can't remember too many games that were actually live. I think I may have watched one game live and in 3D, the rest was rebroadcast. That doesn't work for sports. Sports is a live event entertainment and most of the content on ESPN3D was not live. So ESPN3D was doomed to fail from the start. Another was programing. There were two channels on Directv, besides ESPN3D and the CINE channel. N3D and 3Net and both channels didn't offer much in the way of content. 3net threw in some IMAX documentaries but you could also buy them on Blu ray of course and would look better. But the made for broadcast programming was let's say not made for prime time. I liked a lot of what 3net put on in 3D but I'm sure many wouldn't too. Yeah, I really miss that time period. 2012-2014 when there were 3 or 4 3D channels on. I had Blu ray 3D or I could just turn on the TV and have broadcast 3D all the time, 24/7 3D. Yes, the commercials were repetitive but it was in 3D and I think, despite being half resolution and lower bitrate, still looked decent at the time. I was able to record off of 3Net the National Park series in 3D which I put up on YT but I wish I had recorded more. They shut down 3Net rather quickly in 2014 around September and I didn't get a chance to get any more content. It's now gone forever I suppose. I remember watching the Olympics live in 3D. I don't remember what channel it was on. That was pretty cool. Yeah, most reasons they failed weren't even about 3D. It didn't really get a chance to take off with better programming.

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