They do have better off-angle 3D viewing and show fewer jagged-edge artifacts. But you sort of get what you pay for.Īctive and passive 3D TVs cost about the same, but battery-powered active shutter glasses are heavy and expensive. And it's not even necessary to buy into the Blu-ray ecosystem at all-there are cheaper, easier ways to find 3D video. If you have a PlayStation 3, a firmware update in 2010 already upgraded your console to play 3D Blu-rays. The good news is that the price of 3D components has come way down the better news is that you might not need anything new at all. What can we watch with these things? Is there a way to get a little stereoscopic entertainment without shelling out a fortune for discs and extra components? Equipmentīefore we can answer the question of what to watch, it's worth asking: Do I have the right equipment to watch 3D? For sure, you've got the TV, but if it were up to the electronics industry, the purchase of a 3D TV would trigger a secondary buying binge of a 3D-capable Blu-ray player, a new home theater system, and maybe even a 3D video camera. But leave a bunch of glasses splayed out on your living room coffee table and family members are bound to get curious. I expect most 3D sets will spend the majority of their time displaying flat video-most 3D sets are also no-compromise 2D sets. Now, just because your new set has 3D capability, that hardly means you have to use it. What was once a premium option is becoming the norm. But a funny thing has happened in the past two years: A growing number of manufacturers have started to integrate 3D functionality into their sets as a matter of course. In 2010, the first wave of 3D TVs hit the market with much fanfare, but customers largely yawned-the sets sold at a premium, stereoscopic content was limited, and the glasses required to view 3D were complicated, uncomfortable, and expensive. Stuart Tyson You may, in the next few years, purchase a 3D TV-and not even realize it.

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