3D fans less likely to watch films converted to 3D
Phil Lelyveld
Entertainment Technology Center
[3D Focus]
Out of 515 readers who responded to the poll question, “Does the fact that a film is converted or ‘real’ 3D influence whether you watch it?” 285 said yes (55%) and 230 said no (45%). From a positive viewpoint, the results might be closer than some would expect and possibly indicates a growing acceptance of 2D to 3D converted movies. If one were to ask the same question a year ago, it would be fair to expect a greater disdain to conversions.
3D Focus readers are likely to be more interested in 3D than the average movie fan but the question was designed to gage how influential the fact that a movie was shot natively in 3D or not was within this demographic.
Despite the flurry of rushed 2D to 3D conversions post Avatar, the quality of conversion has dramatically increased as studios allocate more time to the process and conversion houses like Prime Focus and Legend3D continually update their tools. …
See the full story here: http://www.3dfocus.co.uk/3d-news-2/3d-fans-less-likely-to-watch-films-converted-to-3d/6988
