3D TVs are set to disappear from South African store shelves, following Samsung, LG, and Sony dropping 3D support for their displays.<\/p>\n
In early 2016, Samsung, LG, and Philips turned their back on 3D TV, saying consumers never embraced the technology<\/strong><\/a> or based their buying decisions on 3D support.<\/p>\n This year, Sony followed suit<\/strong><\/a>, which means that most major TV makers will not launch new TVs which offer 3D capabilities.<\/p>\n In South Africa, 3D TVs have already started to disappear from the shelves of retailers like Dion Wired and Makro.<\/p>\n Dion Wired only stocks a handful of 3D TVs from LG, while Makro offers two 3D TVs from LG and one from Hisense.<\/p>\n The death of 3D TV should not come as a surprise. 3D broadcasting never caught on and having to wear special glasses to watch TV was never going to be popular.<\/p>\n Even Netflix\u2019s extensive 3D movie library and the wide range of content on Blu-ray was not enough to save the technology.<\/p>\n Makro\u2019s marketing director Melanie van Rooy said they have not seen a significant demand for 3D TVs in their stores.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have noted that since 2016, the majority of the TV brands have stopped shipping 3D-enabled TVs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n There are still a few TV models with 3D technology available, but Makro foresees a possible discontinuation soon \u2013 particularly with the rise in popularity of UHD TVs.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the last year, we have found that customers are increasingly demanding UHD 4K technology.\u201d<\/p>\n Serena Lee, Hisense SA\u2019s TV product manager, told MyBroadband that the demand for 3D TVs in South Africa has declined.<\/p>\n \u201c3D feature requirements for TV are no longer necessary, with fewer movies currently supporting 3D, although 3D movies still exist in cinema,\u201d said Lee.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can\u2019t say that it will disappear completely. However, the demand certainly has declined.\u201d<\/p>\n Lee said Hisense will not manufacture any 3D TV models this year.<\/p>\n This article first appeared on MyBroadband<\/strong> <\/a>and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n 3D TVs are set to disappear from South African store shelves, following Samsung, LG, and Sony dropping 3D support for their displays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":105003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8585],"tags":[23895,21491],"class_list":["post-114823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-3d-tv","tag-dead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}3D TV demand in South Africa declining<\/h3>\n
Hisense dropping\u00a03D TVs<\/h3>\n
\nNow read:\u00a03D TV is dead, finally<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"