More like the end of the end. It's been in decline for years. Mind you in a few years when the kit is dirt cheap on Ebay, I wouldn't mind getting an old 3D telly and a blueray player and having a dose of Avatar 3D, which is supposed to be quite good
Seeing as no one actually bothered to link to it, the article
So today we’re announcing the latest development in our plans for 3D. From June Sky 3D is going fully on demand. From the latest 3D movie premieres like Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men Days of Future Past and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, to the very best in natural history with documentaries like Natural History Museum Alive, it will all be ready and waiting for our customers to view whenever it suits them
More like the end of the end. It's been in decline for years. Mind you in a few years when the kit is dirt cheap on Ebay, I wouldn't mind getting an old 3D telly and a blueray player and having a dose of Avatar 3D, which is supposed to be quite good
I think that a lot of TVs are 3D capable now anyway and a fair few BluRay players. It doesn't mean to say people always use the 3D though, I have a 3D BluRay but not a 3D TV so the 3D bit never gets used.
I'm quite happy for them to go on demand only in regards to the movies (their airings are so sporadic and there's barely any on demand content at present)..
..on the flipside I'm guessing this might mean the end of 3D Attenborough projects... which would be a real shame as they've done some great stuff. There's little else they have made that I'd miss.
3D television shows certainly seem dead in the water (not that they were really alive in the first place)..but it really doesn't look like 3D movies are going anywhere. Most of the big blockbusters are still coming out in the format.
It was obvious from the first announcements to those of us with long memories that 3D TV would never be commercially viable and would just be a mainstream gimmick. Sky, TV manufacturers and a fair few consumers could have saved themselves a lot of money if they'd listened.
You didn't miss much, it [3D] was basically a short lived gimmick, like hula hoops and rubik cubes. I am highly unconvinced that Sky's forthcoming effort will fare much better in the long term, once the initial million pound hype dies down.
I was far from the only one with previous experience of 3D who said this.
It was obvious from the first announcements to those of us with long memories that 3D TV would never be commercially viable and would just be a mainstream gimmick. Sky, TV manufacturers and a fair few consumers could have saved themselves a lot of money if they'd listened.
No, it was obvious. Sky were stupid, didn't listen to people who had experienced it years previously. It was a similar kind of corporate blindness/arrogance as Microsoft with the Windows 8 for PC tiles interface and not giving an option to stay with the previous well proven interface.
When big corporations listen to their yes men and ignore obvious comments from their users, like those examples, it's damned annoying and when it unravels, they should expect to be reminded!
Two problems with that link, 1 youtube's compression wipes out any quality gained by the extra pixels, 2 who actually has an 8k screen on which to actually watch it?
Sky closing their 3D linear channel was obvious when the hours got reduced to evening only, then the loss of live sport like another poster has said above.
I don't get why they just didn't close it when the hours were reduced?
Well the none live films and programs in 3D will find a good home in the on demand section.
Sky closing their 3D linear channel was obvious when the hours got reduced to evening only, then the loss of live sport like another poster has said above.
I don't get why they just didn't close it when the hours were reduced?
Well the none live films and programs in 3D will find a good home in the on demand section.
I expect they were waiting until the majority of homes were connected.
Good move though, I expect they were encouraged by the take up of On Demand 3D downloads for Gravity, Frozen and Lego Movie.
Only downside is the films will be deleted from the planner when their Sky Movies licence expires. I've kept a few from the last couple of years.
I expect they were waiting until the majority of homes were connected.
Good move though, I expect they were encouraged by the take up of On Demand 3D downloads for Gravity, Frozen and Lego Movie.
Only downside is the films will be deleted from the planner when their Sky Movies licence expires. I've kept a few from the last couple of years.
For how little its used, it makes sense for Sky that while they're still desperately hanging onto 3D, putting it OnDemand will save them a fair bit in transmission costs AND people can watch when they want.
But i don't expect Sky (Surely) to be spending alot on 3D rights as alot of studios are moving away from it.
For how little its used, it makes sense for Sky that while they're still desperately hanging onto 3D, putting it OnDemand will save them a fair bit in transmission costs AND people can watch when they want.
But i don't expect Sky (Surely) to be spending alot on 3D rights as alot of studios are moving away from it.
4K on the other hand....
To be honest I see 4k being at worst a complete disaster or at best a very slow uptake rate. Why? Simply because to notice the difference in picture quailty (at a distance of 3 metres) you will need at least a 55" screen.
In US or Canada (or any country where the average house sizes are large) this won't be much of an issue, but here in the UK our average house size is one of the smallest in the developed world. Add in the fact that some people (those happy with the old terrestrial tv) have been forced to upgrade their TVs or at least buy a freeview box, all add up to 4K having very limited demand in the UK.
However it will grow slowly and not die out like 3d tv, which is something that every 30 years or so gets pushed and then disappears a few years later.
Most people who are interested in 3D buy Blu-Ray 3D discs, of which there are plenty. The trouble with 3D TV is that it's so clunky with having to switch the picture and having messages to put up with. 3D Blu-Ray is much smoother.
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They are probably push that away for 4K
Anyway that will take a while anyway to develop but it will eventually come.
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Interesting news.
EDIT: Where did you find the news from, you can't just create a news thread without a source.
Ian.
Ah okay thanks
Is it the start of many cuts that Sky have to produce to save money?
More like the end of the end. It's been in decline for years. Mind you in a few years when the kit is dirt cheap on Ebay, I wouldn't mind getting an old 3D telly and a blueray player and having a dose of Avatar 3D, which is supposed to be quite good
I think that a lot of TVs are 3D capable now anyway and a fair few BluRay players. It doesn't mean to say people always use the 3D though, I have a 3D BluRay but not a 3D TV so the 3D bit never gets used.
..on the flipside I'm guessing this might mean the end of 3D Attenborough projects... which would be a real shame as they've done some great stuff. There's little else they have made that I'd miss.
3D television shows certainly seem dead in the water (not that they were really alive in the first place)..but it really doesn't look like 3D movies are going anywhere. Most of the big blockbusters are still coming out in the format.
For example, Posted on 22-08-2009 at 22:57:
I was far from the only one with previous experience of 3D who said this.
Maybe in 10-20 years they will resurrect it with holograms flying out of the screen
They need to make u keep buying tvs so gimmicks aplenty
Aren't you a clever clogs.
4K with the expanded colour space is supposed to look 3D anyway.
This is 8K:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crhk7W2pdGU
4k doesn't look 3D. However, 4k/3D is stunning. Fortunately, the majority of 4k TV's have 3D capability.
No, it was obvious. Sky were stupid, didn't listen to people who had experienced it years previously. It was a similar kind of corporate blindness/arrogance as Microsoft with the Windows 8 for PC tiles interface and not giving an option to stay with the previous well proven interface.
When big corporations listen to their yes men and ignore obvious comments from their users, like those examples, it's damned annoying and when it unravels, they should expect to be reminded!
Two problems with that link, 1 youtube's compression wipes out any quality gained by the extra pixels, 2 who actually has an 8k screen on which to actually watch it?
I don't get why they just didn't close it when the hours were reduced?
Well the none live films and programs in 3D will find a good home in the on demand section.
I expect they were waiting until the majority of homes were connected.
Good move though, I expect they were encouraged by the take up of On Demand 3D downloads for Gravity, Frozen and Lego Movie.
Only downside is the films will be deleted from the planner when their Sky Movies licence expires. I've kept a few from the last couple of years.
For how little its used, it makes sense for Sky that while they're still desperately hanging onto 3D, putting it OnDemand will save them a fair bit in transmission costs AND people can watch when they want.
But i don't expect Sky (Surely) to be spending alot on 3D rights as alot of studios are moving away from it.
4K on the other hand....
To be honest I see 4k being at worst a complete disaster or at best a very slow uptake rate. Why? Simply because to notice the difference in picture quailty (at a distance of 3 metres) you will need at least a 55" screen.
In US or Canada (or any country where the average house sizes are large) this won't be much of an issue, but here in the UK our average house size is one of the smallest in the developed world. Add in the fact that some people (those happy with the old terrestrial tv) have been forced to upgrade their TVs or at least buy a freeview box, all add up to 4K having very limited demand in the UK.
However it will grow slowly and not die out like 3d tv, which is something that every 30 years or so gets pushed and then disappears a few years later.