Comments on: A seriously meaningful post for a change

By: walt

walt — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:26:51 +0000

I’m guessing a fair amount of the money came from Intel, which used the ad and the glasses to promote their InTru3D technology–which, with better glasses and theater brightness, definitely does produce a superior (more natural) 3D image. I would say it’s too bad they hooked up with a failing network, but that would be mean…

By: Jennifer M

Jennifer M — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:06:42 +0000

Ahh! So that is where the Pepsi notion came from. All in all, it seems as if the entire thing was a rather large waste of money!!

By: walt

walt — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:32:38 +0000

Apparently, it was Sobe, and one particular variety of Sobe–which is owned by PepsiCo, to be sure.

And of three stores I visited that sold Sobe, none had the supposed display of 3D glasses; I finally asked. (Just at a guess, stores aren’t bending over backwards to put up displays of free items that don’t seem likely to yield other sales…)

By: Jennifer M

Jennifer M — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:00:39 +0000

I was never able to actually find the glasses. I agree that NBC didn’t do a good job of informing people where to get them. I had some vague notion that I should be able to find them in the grocery store near a Pepsi display. However, I never did see any (and I am not one to ask). So, my husband and I watched without the 3D glasses – and while I don’t know about him, I got a headache because of the ghost 2nd image. I am also looking forward to getting back to 2D!!