Why Hasn't 3D Quite Taken Off in the Consumer TV Market?

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In this guest post, blogger Kathleen Hubert examines why, despite its potential, 3D television has not really impacted the consumer market.

I  n the recent past, television manufacturers started creating setups with 3D capabilities. The decision to add this technology onto televisions came from the movie industry. Popular titles like "Avatar" and "Alice in Wonderland 3D" succeeded because they looked amazing with this feature added in. Unfortunately, consumers have not responded as well to 3D televisions as they did to movies with the technology.

For starters, these televisions usually cost a couple hundred dollars more than regular LCD or Plasma screen setups. The economy is currently in shambles, and most people cannot spend that extra money on a television. 3D technology does not exactly stand as a vital necessity for most consumers. For the same price, an individual could simply buy a much larger television that plays high definition video and audio.

Upon release of 3D televisions, most content providers did not create a whole lot of content for the new medium. An individual would be stuck watching non-3D content on their expensive television. Only movies and shows shot with 3D cameras could display the technology after all. Obviously, that did not matter whether a person saw the program at the Lahaina Hotel or in their own living room. This severely limited the content a person could enjoy in this medium.

Another concern for consumers involves the glasses necessary to watch 3D movies and television programs. In reality, most people find them annoying to wear in order to watch a program. Most people want to simply turn on the TV and watch their program without having to wear special glasses. Losing a pair would mean that a replacement would need to be purchased. For most individuals, this whole situation simply added more of a hassle to these TVs that other setups do not come with.

In the near future, prices on 3D televisions will drop in noticeable ways. More content and movies will be produced using the medium too.Consumers may very well return and give this technology another shot once those two things happen. Until then, most 3D televisions are going to continue selling poorly, which means manufacturers may lose a lot of money before they start earning it. Millions of more people may start watching 3D televisions from the Lahaina Hotel or other locations, but that will not happen yet.

From the start, consumers responded poorly to 3D televisions for various reasons. The price of these setups and the lack of content hurt the medium's popularity. Even moviegoers are turning away from 3D because these films cost extra money to watch. Sadly, these televisions with 3D will not sell well until content providers and movie studios make more high quality content using the technology. The concept was introduced too early, and consumers immediately turned away from 3D televisions before they even started to pick up steam.

By Kathleen Hubert

Kathleen Hubert is a blogger who writes  on a variety of different sites.  Check out more of her work at lahainahotels.com.