I mean blu-ray and even HD TV is still way off being mass market.
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Sorry I couldnt get passed this - imo you couldnt be more wrong, ok BR isnt quite there but with lots of discs selling for £10-13 IN STORE its not that far off mass market (and with well over 1000 titles to chose from now, there is a wide selection)
HDTV IS mass market though, no question about it - it has been for several years (Im not talking 1080p as you would be right about that, but 720p is definitely HDTV and massmarket)
You are entitled to your opinion of course, I just had to say it
If new av amps are required with twin HDMI out and so forth - their main selling point will be 3d without a doubt (in the time frame being discussed there really isnt anything else that would be anything like a "must have" feature as much as 3d), and as stipulated to start with we will be talking about premium amps/recievers at around £2k each, but the glasses will probably be thrown in with the price , and with any large screen tv/ premium projector also I would have thought
I think 3D will be used as the main selling point and I wouldnt be surprised if for this reason alone they force the 2 hdmi's etc route (with sony somehow forced to back down - remember Sony av arm and PS are somehow different companies so in some ways it could be possible for it to cover both angles)
Playstation to show it can be done with HDMI 1.3 (maybe with limitiing factors) and AV company to go with the rest of the electronics companies and do "fully fledged" 3D with 1.4 and dual HDMI.
If it becomes internal fight in Sony, ONLY PS will win (due to money already invested, and imagine how many extra PS3's they would sell as that would make it cheap as chips to get into 3D from a player point of view at any rate), the interesting thing is though I wonder that if /when the PS3 is able to produce 3D, whether that means EVERY br player thats 1.3 is capable also (it has to be to a BR standard, they are all 1.3, and all BR players of this type HAVE to be firmware upgradable due to frequent updates etc). Not saying manufacturers would release the firmware, but it seems likely I would have thought. (obviously it still means that the display has to cope with the signal and display it properly)
In regards to splitting the 3d signal to 1.3 and 1.4 Im wondering if that would greatly complicate the HDMI handshake process that is rudimentary in this type of connection. I dont know enough about it Im just thinking aloud.