Last year many people, including President Obama, wore 3D glasses to see some of the 3D commercials that were being aired. Intel made 125 million pairs of 3D specs available for Super Bowl TV spectators in 2009. This year, despite all the interest in 3D movies, the Super Bowl ads appear to be 3D free. Real 3D television is still on the way with some manufacturers already gearing up mass production. Some experts believe 3D tv will be dead on arrival. Extra expenses - like the super expensive $200 3D glasses - will curb demand but there is so much interest in 3D technology that manufacturers will probably eventually find a way to reduce costs.
NBC sold out it Super Bowl commercials this year. Advertisers are gambling the Super Bowl will help them sell products by placing $3 million, 30-second ads during the game. Etrade's "talking baby" ads were a big hit last year generating lots of new accounts. Every Super Bowl week always generates lots of beer sales which is why you see so many beer commercials.
This year some of the big ads include a 3-D spot promotiong the Monsters vs. Aliens film. Monsters.com wil be promoting a new job opening. Pepsi's Frito-Lay had the public create and vote on some of the ads it will be showing on Super Bowl sunday. One of the Frito-Lay ad contestants will win $1 million if the commercial takes the top spot on USA Today's Ad Meter.
MySpace will be posting the Super Bowl ads here on Sunday afternoon. Spike also has the Super Bowl commercials here.
Kristin Bentz talks about some of this year's advertisers in the video below. Bloomberg also detailed video report on the Super Bowl ads here.
