Choose your adjective. About anything will fit, just so long as it's way beyond great! Tonight, after hooking up my new Panasonic 3D BluRay player to my Mitsubishi 73738 3D HDTV and putting on a pair of 3D glasses that came with my Mitsubishi 3D adapter kit, I could hardly believe it was just two short weeks ago that I stumbled on a 3D demo in my local Best Buy store and now here I am in my living room watching my own 3D programming. I had read in a couple of places that the 3D effect from sources for television was nothing like the 3D effect you saw in the movie theater. Well, as far as I'm concerned, it's not........it's far better!! After figuring out how to pick the proper 3D input on my TV and then selecting the checkerboard format on my 3D BluRay player and learning how to turn on my 3D glasses, I was ready to watch both my new 3D demo DVDs, one of which came with my BluRay player and the other with my Mitsubishi 3D Adapter Kit. Both contained programming that was nothing short of mind boggling. Those out here who have raved about the coral reef segment actually understated things as far as I'm concerned. But the one selection that made me actually gasp and then laugh out loud was the Tour of Rome selection which showed an overhead shot of a juggler in action, where suddenly those three white balls actually seemed to be flying into my living room!! Just amazing!! And, the Grand Canyon segment from the perspective of the front of a raft going through some rapids on the Colorado River made me actually reach up to protect my face from the water, which appeared to be splashing into my living room.
Now I can only eagerly await my first sporting event in 3D. If it's even half as good as these demos I've seen, I will feel every penny I spent was more than worthwhile! In buying all this 3D equipment now I really went against my usual way of doing things. Normally, whenever a new technology appears on the scene, I do as much research as I can and then wait to see which of any possible competing formats becomes predominant. I also wait for the prices to come down, which they invariably do. But there are just those rare times (and for me this was one of them) where I say to hell with the cost, do the research and then go ahead and spend the money. For me, after seeing 3D in action, it was just one technology I wanted and wanted NOW!
And, I haven't even gotten into all the other features listed for this BluRay player which, from the look of things, are going to be pretty challenging for this 72 year old brain. But I do know the capability of being able to wirelessly access online movies and other materials is going to be even more amazing yet.
Like the man said, "You only go around once....but if you work it right....once is enough!"