3-D TV packages hit stores, start at $3,000

Posted March 9, 2010 at 9:11 a.m.

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An attendee looks at a Samsung 3D movie at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Associated Press | Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week. This inaugurates what all TV makers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room.

Samsung Electronics Co. is announcing Tuesday that it is selling two 3-D sets, combined with the required glasses and 3-D Blu-ray players. The packages start at about $3,000. Panasonic Corp. has said it will sell its first 3-D set Wednesday.

For now there isn’t much 3-D programming to watch on these TVs. Samsung is including a 3-D copy of “Monsters vs. Aliens” on Blu-ray discs with its packages.

 

9 comments:

  1. Matt March 9, 2010 at 9:59 a.m.

    I honestly cannot believe people think this is cool.

  2. John Q Public March 9, 2010 at 10:10 a.m.

    I was under the impression that majority of the current fare on television was already 3-D;
    Disgusting, Deplorable and Despicable.

  3. james March 9, 2010 at 10:35 a.m.

    Whether 2-D or 3-D its still unwatchable crap.

  4. Why o Why March 9, 2010 at 10:54 a.m.

    Waste. No channels are broadcasting in 3D

  5. Ralph Cramden March 9, 2010 at 11:50 a.m.

    Check out Season One, Episode One of “The Honeymooners”. Ralphie boy better get his wallet out!

  6. Pfnerd50 March 9, 2010 at 11:58 a.m.

    I smell a Betamax redux.

  7. inLaw March 9, 2010 at 12:19 pm

    Amazing how people still remember the Betamax flop. Or the Digital Compact Cassette or HD-DVD format.

  8. Pfnerd50 March 9, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    Yeah, inLaw, it’s called memory.

  9. inLaw March 9, 2010 at 1:21 pm

    Amazing how people still remember the Betamax flop. Or the Digital Compact Cassette or HD-DVD format.