Are the companies having a laugh?
First there is far too little content around to justify buying a 3D TV.
Especially since Microsoft announced last week a 3D imaging technique that needs no glasses.
So surely any sensible IT bod will wait a year or two.
But in the mean time, have a laugh and ask Currys for a demo.
I went into Currys for a 3D TV demo and was told that the TV did 'upscaling' to 3D. I asked them to explain this and I had to try hard to reframe from laughing.
They seem to actually think that the TV can turn _any_ 2D programme currently on Freeview into a simulated 3D show in real-time no less and they tried to show me a '2D->3D' 1 min demo from a USB stick.
This 2D-3D demo was less effective than real 3D TV but it did have a 3D effect.
I tried to explain that they had the wrong end of the stick about up-scaling and what they had tried to show me was pre-rendered 2D to 3Dvideo and I had to leave before I started choking with laughter.
Oddly the '2D -3D' or 3D demos they had on their £2200 TV were obvious at the wrong data-rate or just plain broken as they kept on stuttering and pausing. No reason from the staff as to why these were the only 2 demos available (no 3D Bu-ray was available and no they didn't have it connected up to Freeview!) Dude - If I'm shelling out £2500 I want to see it working!
Last thing.
I spoke to a recent Currys 3D TV customer and he was asked to shell out a further £50 for a HDMI 1.4 cable as one wasn't included (choke) with his £2500 TV.
He went home and tried a HDMI 1.3b and guess what, it worked just fine.....
Nice one Curry. Don't think you'll get many sales...