I understand where you're coming from, but comparing reality shows to 3-D tvs is hardly a fair comparison. if you're going by that logic, then ALL TV SHOWS are impractical unless you they're documentaries, news or some form of educational programming. Therefore, practicality doesn't factor in when it comes to any type of entertainment medium.
However, when it comes to technology, practicality does play a huge factor whether or not the item picks up or not. Take Blue Rays and DVDs. Although there are a few people out there that claim Blue rays are the wave of the future..blah blah. The reality is they're not. If that was the case, then why hasn't our society slowly tried to faze out DVDs then like it did with VHS tapes?
Blue Rays are impractical, and quite frankly won't be around for more than a few more years. DVDs on the other hand will be around for a while. Why you may ask? It's practicality. One, they're not as expensive to make; thus keeping the cost of DVDs down. Which IS very helpful in a struggling economy. Secondly, DVD players can not only play DVDs, they can also play CDs too, as well as be played in almost any PC hard drive that allows for DVD playability.
If that wasn't enough, the USA military uses said DVDs all the time to store information on discs; along with other various corporations using the same methods. Plus, from talking to various people that own a Blue Ray player and even sales people at Best Buy and others, I've been informed that Blue rays only work well when you have both a HD tv AND a blue ray. Otherwise, it just comes off looking like regular DVD quality. Gee, with DVDs, it doesn't matter what TV you have, as it will always work. Therefore, it's not a big mystery why Blue Rays are struggling so much they're having to be sold in DVD/Blue Ray combo packs these days. What does this have to do with 3-D tvs? Well, I'll get to that now.
From talking to various people, the 3-D TV only works to play 3-D movies. As in films that were made and/or converted into 3-D onto DVD formats. Therefore, that makes it impractical. One, majority of films ever released are primarily in 2-D. Therefore, that limits the amount of films you can play on your 3-D TV. Plus, as far as I know, it doesn't automatically display TV shows and/or non 3-D films automatically in 3-D for it to work. Of course, I could be wrong on that last part but if I'm right, then that only proves how impractical it is. As the only way I can see 3-D tvs taking off is unless they do two things. One do as grimlock said by getting rid of the glasses and IF...(this is a big "IF", I might add too)...IF TV networks like NBC, Fox and whatnot support 3-D tv, then it might work. What I mean by supporting 3-D tvs is if television networks start to design their programs with 3-d specifically in mind, then yes...3-D tvs will take off. However, until that happens, I don't see 3-D tvs taking off.
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