Disclaimer: ‘Viewing in 3D may cause disorientation for some viewers. Accordingly, DO NOT place your television near open stairwells, cables, balconies or other objects that can be tripped over, run into, knocked down, broken or fallen over.’
The world’s biggest electronics company has issued an extraordinary health warning about the dangers of watching 3D television. Pregnant women, the elderly, children and those suffering from serious medical conditions are among a wide range of people said to be at risk.
The alert extends to those who have been sleep deprived or drinking. It highlights alarming side effects such as confusion, nausea, convulsions, altered vision, light-headedness, dizziness, and involuntary movements such as eye or muscle twitching and cramps. Samsung says there are also concerns that those with epilepsy could be at risk of fits – as they are from strobe lighting and photographers’ flashes on normal television.
Watching 3D on TV, which involves wearing special glasses like those used for 3D movies, bombards the eyes and brain with a succession of flashing images that appear for a fraction of a second. It is a new way of seeing things and so puts unusual strain on the body. The warning has been posted on a Samsung website and appears designed to protect the manufacturer from any legal claims for compensation if people fall ill.
However, the language could seriously damage the launch of 3D, which is being pushed heavily by manufacturers and broadcasters as a breakthrough. One internet blogger wrote: ‘I’m happy… this will kill 3D-TV.’ However, one cynic responded saying: ‘I wonder if I should put a patch on one eye so I don’t see anything 3D.’
Reverse psychology… this will just make it MORE appealing, like the drug ads.
#20–T-1==I don’t think, and did not mean to say I was stupidly using ====, and I certainly did not justify it, and I’m not being intentionally different, and I don’t feel proud about it.
Now, annoying YOU is an entirely different matter. Heh, heh.
Focus on the issues, not the personalities. Breathe Deeply. Have fun.
#21
If that IS the case then stop using it lol. To continue using it IS what you’ve stated you are not. That and your pathetic use of your name and description. If it doesn’t shout “I’m a prick because I think I know it all” to you then orange must be the new red.
You’re no Emily Dickinson, give it up and rant “normally.”
One thing for sure: 3D is poison for your wallet.
I’m afraid I’m going to miss out on 3D television. Due to a quirk in my vision, I don’t have binocular vision due to a strong preference to see with my left eye.
It also made me a lousy athlete, that whole hand eye coordination thing. Anyt sport that uses a ball is bad news.
#24 Rick – you might still be able to use the 3D television since it rather forces your eyes to see the images alternately. But I bet you wouldn’t like it,.
#22 TheOne == are you aware that you’ve left a space out == between “The” and “One”? Quite annoying ==== as is you’re habit of going all capitals for ‘IS”. You’re right == Bobbo is NOT the new Emily == but === orange IS the new red.
#19 Bobbo – How dare you suggest I’m a dentist!
So finally, some part officialdom agrees with my gut hunch about excessive 3D use. You’ll be glad that iPads and iPhones, won’t become 3D anytime in the near future. Besides, the majority of what we think we’re seeing in 3D, in the natural world, we’re not. Beyond a certain range, our eyes just are far enough apart to notice a spacial difference. And these popular movies, are just going to push the limit of that, to make it more appealing. Until moviegoers finally rebel and declare enough is enough, with their wallets. The same will happen with Tvs. So why spend thousands of bucks for a 3D set today, that will be 3D useless in a decade. Apparently their last major Tv “breakthrough”, the HDTV, already is.
I rather spring for a new Tv, that simply delivered regular 2D programs that didn’t all suck, so much. But that’s not a technology problem. That’s a Tv network executive bureaucracy problem. Mediocrity rules the media.
It may be that Samsung’s warning gets them off the litigation hook. The same way the cancer warning gets the tobacco industry off that hook too. And you can bet that all other 3D Tv set and game console makers, will follow suit. But at least they hadn’t taken the Toyota policy, of covering the problem up. I for one, hope there will always be 2D versions of movies, either in cinemas or on DVDs. I’d rather my brain remained in control of my film watching experience. And not become the plaything of some weird ass Hollywood big shots.
Imagine the 3D battlin’ seizure robot show!