Speaking to the Hollywood Radio Television Society on Tuesday, Carey said the 3D TV will ultimately have just a niche role in the nation's living rooms, reports TheWrap.com.

Carey, who was previously CEO of DIRECTV, a strong booster of 3D TV, said some consumers will use the 3D set for certain sporting events and movies.

"(But 3D TV) isn't the second coming of HD, and if you say it will have the speed of adoption that HD had, I'm not buying that," Carey said.

Many industry officials have tried to compare the slow adoption of the 3D TV to the slow advancement of the HDTV a decade ago. The Consumer Electronics Association has estimated that only 1.1 million 3D TVs will be in homes by year's end. But TV makers and other 3D TV defenders say that consumers will eventually embrace the new format as they did the high-def set.

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Samsung thinks so. The TV maker yesterday held a coming out party for its plan to add content apps to televisions and other TV-related devices such as Blu-ray players.

Inviting developers to attend the first 'Free the TV Developer Day' in San Jose, Samsung hopes that the TV will become a 'Smart TV,' enabling viewers to perform a variety of tasks in addition to simply watching programming. (Other TV makers are developing their own versions of the Smart TV.)

"2010 is a momentous year for the television industry and for transforming the viewing experience of people worldwide," Samsung said in a statement. "To vitalize the Smart TV market, it is crucial to provide quality local content tailored to consumers of different countries."

Samsung says it now offers more than 200 applications in close to 120 countries including such popular iPhone and iPad apps as Pandora, Twitter, Google Maps. Select new Samsung HDTVs also come with Hulu Plus, ESPN Next Level and Skype.

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The agreement comes less than two weeks before the NFL season (ESPN has the broadcast rights to Monday Night Football) and less than a month before the start of ABC's new fall season.

The two sides have been bickering in public over the new carriage agreement. If a new agreement was not reached by September 1, Time Warner subscribers could have lost the SD and HD signals to the Disney-owned channels.

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The move, which has been expected, will be designed to keep the video retailer in business. The bankruptcy will focus on allowing Blockbuster to restructure $1 billion in debt.

However, the Times reports that Blockbuster will likely close between 500 to 800 stores during the bankruptcy process, which could take up to five months.

Blockbuster has already closed hundreds of stores in the past year or two to streamline operations and reduce debt.

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The communities getting the new HD channels are New York City, Mount Vernon, Hudson Valley and New Jersey.

"Time Warner Cable now has the HD programming that matters most to New Yorkers, with all the HD games of all nine New York sports teams and NY1 in HD," said Howard Szarfarc, Executive Vice President of Time  Warner Cable's NYC Region.

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The DVR service reported that it had 2.4 million subscribers at the end of the second quarter, compared to 3 million at the end of last year's second quarter.

TiVo reported in May that it had 2.5 million subscribers at the end of the first quarter, a 100,000 decrease from the end of the fourth quarter of 2009.

The decline suggests that the DVR company seems incapable of maintaining its subscriber base. TiVo reported having 4.3 million subscribers in 2006, but the sub numbers have been dropping steadily ever since due to increased competition from satellite and cable DVR services.

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DIRECTV and TiVo announced in 2008 that it would renew their marketing partnership and launch a new HD DVR in the second half of 2009. However, that deadline passed and company executives pushed the launch date to the first half of 2010.

TiVo CEO Tom Rogers said last April that the DIRECTV set-top would be available in the "latter part of this year." He did not offer a specific reason for the delay.

And yesterday in a conference call following the company's release of its second quarter statement, Rogers hedged again on the exact timing for the box.

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Several medical experts have concluded that it could give some Americans headaches and feelings of nausea. And now a new research study finds that many consumers agree that 3D could pose a medical risk.

According to Strategy Analytics, 17 percent of 2,000 consumers say they believe that watching 3D programming could be harmful to their eyes. (The report was cited by Home Media Magazine.) And another 55 percent said they weren't sure if they would be harmed or not.

TV makers are desperately trying to persuade Americans that 3D HDTV is the next big thing. But many consumers have expressed reluctance to buy a new set, having just purchased a set during the nation's Digital TV transition.

Now, the survey results regarding medical concerns would seem to create another obstacle in the path of 3D TV.

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The package, which enables fans to watch all NFL games every Sunday, will cost non DIRECTV subscribers $350 for the entire season.

The satcaster says the games, which will be available on computers, the iPad and smart phones, will be displayed in 'super high resolution."

At its web site, DIRECTV calls the video 'HD quality streaming." And a DIRECTV spokesman tells the New York Daily News that the online video will be "full 720p video resolution."

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Over the last few years there has been a growing tradition, and number of great deals available on line on “Cyber Monday”, the Monday following Thanksgiving weekend.

If you didn’t manage to find what you wanted during this years Black Friday last week, today’s Cyber Monday has many HDTVs on offer for some great savings.

Just as with the Black Friday post, here we will try and find you all of the best Cyber Monday HDTV deals available online!

Amazon Cyber Monday HDTV Deals

As always Amazon is always a great place to find some great deals, and with cyber Monday it is now different. They have a dedicated Cyber Monday page with many great savings on HDTVs.

• Samsung BD-P1600 1080p Blu-ray Disc | $149
• Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player | $229
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• Samsung UN55B7000 55-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV | $2,649 (-$800)
• Samsung LN32A450 32-Inch 720p LCD HDTV | $399.99 (Almost half Price!)
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• Panasonic VIERA G10 Series TC-P42G10 | $949.95 (Save $250)
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Dell

Sharp 47″ 120hz HDTV only $799 | (Save $400!)

BestBuy

BestBuy have a large number of cyber Monday offers in both their HDTV and Home theater sections. There are too many to list individually here, so check out their main cyber monday section!