Verizon Plans to Bring 3D to FiOS TV
Print3D TVs were all the rage at this year’s CES, and now you can buy your very own for about $3000. The content will be harder to come by though. A few providers like DirecTV have announced plans to start 3D broadcasts, but now Verizon is floating their own 3D plans. This is certainly big for the few people that have FiOS TV in their area and actually wants to get a 3D TV.
Verizon’s Shawn Strickland said the new 3D offerings should be available before the holiday season. Strickland seemed concerned about the level of current technology saying, ‘Our goal is to offer a product that has a fully automated HDMI format-switching capability that switches between 2D and 3D, not via ponderous access to the TV's setup menu.” Well, this would be nice, but can they do it? Having a smaller customer base could make them more nimble as this first generation of 3D technology inevitably grows and changes. Any FiOS customers out there? Is this good news, or are you just passing on 3D?
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margoba
April 03, 2010 at 2:07pm
I actually don't have FIOS yet, but I did get an email from them that they are going to be installing in my building within the next month or so, and I am deciding whether I actually want to switch or not.
That being said, I have no interest in 3D, so it will not influence my decision, and if I go FIOS, I won't be watching in 3D.
-barry
Blaze589
April 03, 2010 at 7:16am
It's good news for FiOS customers because it does the latest novelty. Though I don't see it becoming more than a fad, at least until 3D is plausible without the aid of glasses.
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Keith E. Whisman
April 02, 2010 at 8:17pm
I'm going to pass on 3DTV for right now. Although watching the president lie on national tv in full 3d does sound compelling.
Neufeldt2002
April 02, 2010 at 6:24pm
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LaptopSWAT
April 02, 2010 at 5:06pm
Does this mean they will charge a "fee" to use a pair of glasses now? lol
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