Folks, the LCD isn't going away.
It does make for a better experience, both for the player and to attract new people.
Some of you really need to get over this.
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Quoted from Rondogg:I play virtual pinball when I go to shows and it is getting better and better, but it is still far from the real pinball experience. Miles from the real pinball experience. Fact is though, in 10 years virtual pinball may be basically indistinguishable from the real thing with a lot more upside. It may even be sooner than that. No doubt there will be a lot of old men railing about "real pinball" but those were the same guys who complained about automatic transmissions, smartphones and digital music. They eventually convert or just get marginalized, screaming bs in a corner somewhere.
The truth about our hobby is that it will never be much more than a niche interest until machines are less expensive and maintenance free - virtual pinball will eventually solve those problems. For now though, I prefer the real thing but I'm open minded and excited about the future.
That is a complete nonsense comparison. All three of your examples are extensions of the original item. A digital pinball game is not an extension of Pinball. It's simply a video game mimicking pinball.
However, you will eventually get over this video pinball fantasy....... or be marginalized screaming BS to your fellow Millennials.
Quoted from benheck:Kids used to play Cowboys and Indians outside with toy pistols and sticks. Now they all play Call of Duty.
The technology of simulation can create better than real life experiences. It's just hard to imagine with pinball because the technology we use is a f'ing joke compared to the games industry.
And if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon.
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Quoted from JodyG:If you are talking about the plastic Trex variety, I would think that would warp and sag over a 21" x 43" playfield. I haven't been in the field for a few years, but I am fairly sure they still do not have synthetic structural members for decks because of this inherent weakness.
Correct. I had a Trex deck put in my back yard this summer. The load bearing members are still made from real wood.
Quoted from spfxted:The passive glasses are the same ones you wear in the theatre. Almost every major film still comes out in 3D. Many of the 3D Blu Ray releases sell out except now we send our money overseas to get them. Most of my "film friends" have 3D TV or 3D projection. A bunch of them have bought extra TV's and store them. (just in case) Some of the 3D capable TV's are now in the $1,500 to $2,500 range! Bah!
When the new Avatar films come out, maybe there will be a resurgence....
3D wasn't even part of the 4K Blu-Ray spec. It's dead.
Quoted from Rdoyle1978:3D isn't possible yet in 4k consumer players; it'll be back
It's not a matter of possibility....it was left out on purpose.
Quoted from fosaisu:What's the beef with HDR? Super vibrant colors are all good in my book. Nothing like that soap opera effect BS they set as the default on the new TVs such that you can barely watch a show at the bar anymore.
3D would be just fine if they could do it without special glasses. But has has been noted a time or two here, no one wants to wear special glasses. Maybe in 10 years when we're all wearing Google Glasses or smart contacts all the time anyway it'll be an easier sell.
Agreed 100% HDR and "True/Smooth Motion" are two completely separate things. HDR allows more colors on video to better capture all of the 35mm frame's glory.
True Motion is shit with a capital S.
Quoted from BC_Gambit:But VR has a bright future, hopefully pinball can keep up!
Pinball doesn't need to keep up with something (VR) that has nothing to do with it.
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Quoted from Mr68:Some of the know it all people bragging in this thread also predicted the end to Jersey Jack a few years ago.
JJP is slow at everything....including going out of business.
Interpret that as you will. 
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Quoted from Ericpinballfan:Universal Pictures/Amblin Spielberg.
And Micheal J Fox would still never sign over release of his rights, and Christopher Lloyd has also expressed no interest.
Michael J. Fox has said that his agent was responsible for keeping him off the backless on the old Data East game, and that he regretted it after the fact.
Christopher Lloyd licensed his image for the BTTF game, as well as Addams Family. Seems he's up for it as long as he's paid.
Quoted from adol75:I didn't even know actors owned rights to the characters they play. I wonder if that's why on WOZ, Judy Garland is mentioned separately.
Not to their characters, but they own the rights to their likeness.
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Quoted from lancestorm:No one knows, but in that Todd Tuckey PBS program they mentioned an estimate for Stern at 8 - 10k / year. That's 21 - 27 / day.
Love Todd and his videos, but he made more than one factual error in that interview.
Stern has said many times they are doing at least 50 games per day.
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Quoted from Shapeshifter:Is it 5 days of nothing now?
No, it's zero days of something.
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Quoted from iceman44:What if people are too lazy to swap out a PF? You know if it takes more that 2 or 3 connections people start freaking out.
Currently, Stern's SPIKE system is only 3 connectors.
I'm sure that could get paired down to 2 by an improved system.
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Here is Dux from 1937. This was the first game to adopt the size and shape of pinball that we are all familiar with. Besides its standard size, it is a coin-operated, electrical pinball game with steel balls, electric bumpers and registers and totalizes points which are displayed in the head unit. The head unit also contains backglass animation. There is also the equivalent of jackpot scoring with the "repeater" bumper.
If you cut through all the nitpicking and minutiae, the only major thing that is missing here are the flippers. What does this mean? I think we generally like pinball as it is, just slightly re-arranged each time.
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