I have a 3D TV valued at $3100 (Costco gave it to me for $150). I have 2 pairs of $200 glasses (thankfully came with the TV) that somehow require power to watch the 3D TV that plays the same movie I watched in the theater with non power-requiring-glasses. I have a PlayStation3 valued at $400 or so that supposedly has the capability to play a 3D movie, if one existed that I wanted to watch. I have a subscription to DirecTV that also costs around $100 a month if I want HD (and now 3D) content. Can I watch 3D movies with my current setup? No.
Why?
It’s interesting you should ask… they’ve decided regular HDMI can’t support the 3D signal and so, I now also have to upgrade my $3,000 receiver I got for Christmas a few years ago to be able to process 3D HDMI. Oh it supports normal HDMI, just not 3D HDMI…
I wasn’t silent when they came to tell me I could not sync my iPhone with more than one computer without deleting my music. I wasn’t silent when I plugged said iPhone into an iPhone enabled radio that now doesn’t “support that accessory”. I wasn’t silent when I lost my save progress and my Platinum trophy in Assassin’s Creed II because their servers went down and they’re required to have an internet connection to in order to play.
I’m sick of these cruddy business practices. Isn’t it capitalism’s solution that there should be a great product by an honest and true company that I can support with my hard earned money? Well, the last place I seem to be able to find those companies (like BeyondCompare3, Dwarf Fortress, 37Signals, etc.) is on the internet and even that they want to crud up with a tiered speed structure (thanks Google and Verizon for not being evil).
Am I the only one fed up? Where’s the honest business man supposed to fit into this? Maybe I’m not loud enough, I’m just not sure how to get any louder.