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Why Your Next TV Should Be A 3D TV

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I have been dealing with 3D projects affiliated to movies and TV for about five years and the CEO of RealD has sat on my CES panels twice. I am always impressed by the company's work with Hollywood, but to be creditable, I have personally been on the fence when it comes to adopting 3D for my own use.

I have felt that 3D is somewhat of a gimmick and in the pantheon of 3D movies, it is not willy-nilly germane to the actual plot. The only films I've seen that really seemed to benefit from 3D were Hubble 3D and Break Station 3D at IMAX theatres and various movies about deep sea creatures.

I recently saw a big, however, that finally made me realize that 3D in movies can be critical to the actual story—Martin Scorsese's work of art, Hugo . The story, set in 1930s Paris, follows an orphan boy who lives in a train standing and takes it upon himself to wind the massive clocks. This may seem like a boring subject, but in the hands of Scorsese, it unfolds into an convoluted story about the technology that birthed silent films. Scorsese's use of 3D is vital to the actual legend line and the way the 3D camera probes the intricacies of the technology behind early 20th century clocks and implicit movie making actually makes this film come alive.

Source: PC Magazine