4K, 3-D, and Other Acronyms!

One thing that we saw a lot of at CES this year was the introduction of much more affordable 4-K television sets. Some of you may be asking what’s a 4-K TV? Basically, think of it as a television system that allows viewing of four times the information of a 1080P television system. That’s much denser pixels that we currently have on our flatscreen TVs!

Now, for all intents and purposes, 3-D didn’t make it as a popular TV option. Now, before I get a lot of letters about how great 3-D is, and how much you love your system, hold on! You have to agree that 3-D as an option on HDTV’s has not really caught on in a big way commercially. In fact, Visio has announced that their new lineup of TVs for 2014 will not include any 3-D systems. That ought to tell you something!

Call me old-fashioned, but when I go to see a movie these days, I specifically go to see the 2-D movie, and skip paying extra money for the 3-D movie. The 2-D version is much clearer, easier to watch, and I don’t really feel that I’ve lost anything by losing 3-D. It’s just not that big a deal. Maybe it’s because I’m used to 2-D, or maybe my mind allows me to conceive of what I’m seeing as a 3-D spatial environment without any visual trickery!

Either way, expect 3-D to be totally phased out by other manufacturers as well, and look at it this way; your current 3-D HD television will be a collectors item! Although when it comes to technology, that’s not necessarily a good thing!