There's something about 2013's Consumer Electronics Show that's different from every other iteration this decade. You might not realize it immediately, for it's marked by the absence rather than the arrival of a new technology, but it's there and we're all sensing it on a deep, subconscious level. And it feels good.

3D is gone.

You no longer need to pick up a pair of polarizing glasses on your way into a big company's press conference. There are no more 60-foot posters with people exploding out of flatscreen televisions. The super glitzy marketing videos now relate to the far more tangible benefits of higher resolutions, curved displays, and the beauty of OLED. The show floor space dedicated to three-dimensional imagery has been decimated, relegating a dubious technology to its proper position as a sideshow rather than a leading cause to upgrade your TV.

I have to admit, it's the contrast of OLED that I'm interested in. 4k is fine, but I'm not that bothered about it.
I couldn't care less about 3D.

My dad has a passive 3D TV and the effect is [LIFTED]. A friend has an active 3D TV and the effect is [LIFTED]. I'm not particularly against 3D but have yet to be impressed by a home TV set.

I'm pretty sure the "3D is dead" claim is nonsense though as one manufacturer was showing a 4K no-glasses-required 3D TV at CES IIRC.

I have to admit I've not experienced 3D on a TV set. I've only experienced it at the cinema and TBH it just gives me varying degrees of headache depending on how bad the effect is. Bear in mind that I don't normally have headaches and even when I do, I don't bother with painkillers.

I'm going to have to replace our very old TV soon and I'd definitely be interested in a 3D TV now that there are more movies being released for that format.

I watched a video of a demo of an 8k TV an some images almost seemed to 'pop' out of the TV in a 3D effect.

Here it is. Go to around 42 seconds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCcYrcyaFQA