The assortment of Sky TV packages has now been added to so as to include a package which includes 3D TV. For those unawares popular movies such as Shrek and Alice in Wonderland can now be viewed in 3D at home provided one has a pair of 3rd dimension viewing glasses and a matching TV. I understand the basic principle behind 3D viewing. That is that if the same object is photographed from two different angles and if those two angles are superimposed, a realistic depth can be viewed.
What I don’t understand is why existing digital films cannot be adjusted so as to achieve this effect on a non-digital television? The 3D glasses combine the two images into one. Why can we not place these two separately blurry images onto any telly and put on our special glasses? Apparently not, we will need a 3D TV and prices start at around 1200 pounds for these. Also needed is a Sky HD box, but that is furnished gratis from Sky TV. Sky has dedicated an entire channel to 3D broadcasts. Virgin Media has a 3D channel very close to launch and no doubt the success of the Sky endeavor will determine how quickly we see 3D as standard in the Virgin HD box. Consider that the time span for HDTV to become commonplace after its introduction was a full ten years before it became a popular norm. Also consider that in the 1950s 3D movies came and went as consumers eventually rebelled against the eyewear involved.