3-D home video

I have yet to get Blu-Ray, but now I see 3-D coming out for the home (with this email blurb from Amazon). Actually I saw a demo unit at Best Buy and was kind of impressed.

So far the pickings are slim. It looks like SamSung is the only company to come out with 3D TVs or monitors so far. And also the only company to come out with a 3-D Blu-Ray player. And the only 3-D movie out so far that I see is Monster vs. Aliens that comes in the SamSung 3D Starter Kit.

I'd say it would be at least a couple of years before 3-D becomes mainstream. The first sign would be Avatar out on 3-D. But this story still ties it to Blu-Ray which is still being far outsold by DVD. OK, more than a couple of years.. I did happen to see the Avatar menu being played on a HD-TV today at Costco, and have to admit that even the menu looked kind of impressive.

[4/26/10] Blu-ray Discs have been around less than four years with the first titles being released in June 2006. There were seven movies released then: 50 First Dates, The Fifth Element, Hitch, House of Flying Daggers, Underworld: Evolution, xXx (all Sony), and MGM's The Terminator. And it was only two years ago, when all the major studios gave up on HD-DVD and went solely to Blu-ray.

[4/27/10] A review of Avatar. It's kind of fun (in a disturbing sort of way) reading these (insert adjective here) critics/reviewers making fun of the best-selling movie of all time. [Here's a clue, the guy has an OPPO BDP-83 player(!)]

[5/14/10] The 3-D Television Buying Guide (still not much content)