There are a few things I don't believe in. 3D is one of them. I just don't see it catching on. I think I read a report that said sales of 3D tickets at the movies are on a decline as well. I'll stick to 2D. did I mention 3D gives me a bad headache?

Few other things I don't believe in. Bluray. HD. Spending large amounts of money on useless gear. Another thing. Why pay $8 bucks to see a movie on the silver screen then spend over $30 for the Bluray movie?

Anyhow...

I bet you're still using VHS.

No - standard DVD player and old school television that still has a crisp nice picture. I've had people show me HD compared to standard TV. I see very little difference other than the price to upgrade to all the latest gear and a huge bill for HD programming. I'm happy with what I have.

The usage so far suggests that most people actually turn the 3d off on the 3DS and leave it off because it doesn't work unless you're perfectly stationary. So you can't use it if you're playing on say a bus/car/airplane, or are a fidgety person, or you need something resembling decent battery life (it helps a bit there at least, but the 3DS battery is a sad joke).

Glasses-free 3d TV doesn't work because the viewing angle is so small to get the effect properly. You can't have your friends over to watch something because they all have to crowd around in the small viewing angle. It's an impressive tech demo, and not practical at all in real life.

I'm with Island Dog. I can't stand 3d movies because of what they do to my eyes, and the sooner this whole fad goes away the better.

The third deminsion is a waste until it is a hologram that gives surround imagery.

Blu-ray on the otherhand has practical applications: namely cheap, long term, bulk storage. Not to mention it involves advances in laser tech which is always good.

WOM - Even a 10 dollar Bluray costs more than admission to see the original movie on the big screen.

External hard drives are a better choice. Bluray burners are still quite expensive.

Ah, but lets not loose sight of the fact that you can get popcorn for $1 a bag, soda for $1.25 a 2 litter, candy for $1 for 2 and the most comfortable seats in town. Not to mention privacy, movie extras, the ability to skip the ads, to pause to use the restroom and to watch it any time you want and as many times you want. The way i see it, $9.99 is a bargain, especially when it's a kids movie that your kids need to watch several times a day everyday.

I'll wait for that technology.

You are thinking short term storage. I am talking about for archiving things forever.

And from a quick look at Newegg Blu-Ray discs are better priced for the capacity they provide. Which in the long run (or if you are archiving lots of data) will make Blu-Ray cheaper. Plus the failure rate of discs is likely to be much lower than that of drives.

For normal users backup needs Blu-Ray is not the best choice, but it does have its place.

I find few things more amusing than people getting 3d tv's to watch skewed images of 3d objects just to give themselves a headache faking abnormal scene depth.

Blu-ray disks (like all burned media) have a shelf-life. It's not a "forever" solution.

Considering solid state drives can have somewhere between ~230-4000+ years "between failures", I'd say Blu Ray probably won't be replacing hard drives for outright storage anytime soon. I mean, the entirety of the data is exposed on a disc. At some point in time, you have to move it from storage to player, and something can happen (or a 3 yo can simply walk by and it becomes a new coaster).

Regarding 3D... it's always seemed like the movies are doing it to draw an audience specifically for the novelty. It often adds absolutely nothing to the story or experience other than "wow, it's 3D".

The only two movies that I felt did fairly well were Aliens vs Monsters, and Tron. Both had reasons for it (one was about emphasizing the different sizes involved, and the other spent most of the time in a video game), and they flowed very nicely. Neither were "too" blunt about it (although the first time it shows up, they make sure you are aware of it).

Most movies just use the 3-D for a new way to pull a Scare Chord on the viewers. Way too gimmicky.