Went to my local BestBuy store to check out some of their digital projectors and found they still had their 3D TV set up. The thing that really surprised me was it was playing Avatar ... in 3D.

It was the real deal - I was watching Avatar in 3D. The image was as clear and sharp as you could expect from watching it in 2D on Blu-ray. The 3D really stood out and was more apparent than it was at the theater (this was probably due to the brightness of the TV).

From what I understand, as long as you have a 3D compatible TV, all you need are shutter glasses, a 3D Blu-ray player, and any Blu-ray disk, then you're set to go.

I guess I know what I'm buying next once I get the money. :D

I'm not in any hurry to look into 3D TVs at the moment. I will when they stop making movies 3D using the "conversion method" (even though it seemingly has no correlation to its affect on 3D TVs). Start making legit 3D in theaters, that will make me want to look into this =).

I too went to Best Buy Saturday and saw they had a 3-D TV playing, and I was like, "let's see how it looks" so I powered up the glasses, put them on, and didn't want to take them off... it was astounding! It really was 3-D! Crystal clear!

How was it compared to theater 3-D stanley? Would you say better, worse, or same? I think with the right setup the 2D is better in home which interests me about the 3D :D

Wow, I'm surprised they actually were able to retrieve the 3d film from Fox :O

Anyway, I've been thinking about getting a 3dtv, but they're expensive as hell (double price here in Sweden on everything, too. Not joking.), and I'm afraid they might become.. well, outdated, very quickly - if the standards change.

The disk was 2D. I asked. The TV and Blu-ray player converted it to 3D.

No kidding.

So wait, the movie itself doesn't need to be in 3-D? if I pick some random Blue-Ray movie and stick it in the 3-D Blue-Ray player on the 3-D TV it will turn it into 3-D?

And Gunny, I don't know... I didn't really think about the theater (why I didn't is beyond me) i'll have to see it again to answer honestly

No, the disk itself doesn't need to be 3D. You can pick up any 2D Blu-ray disk, stick it in a 3D Blu-ray player and watch it in 3D on a 3D TV.

That's awesome :P
Won't be like the cinemas 3d I suppose, since I'm guessing it's just a frame delay on one eye.. but I'm guessing it's cooler than normal 2d :D

The only difference I noticed between 3D TV and cinema 3D is the brightness of the picture which in turn made the 3D more noticeable. The quality of the picture, the sharpness, and the colors are all the same, it's just in 3D.

Nice, I still haven't seen a 3D TV... I doubt I will in the foreseeable future either :(

Okay, holy crap that is amazing! I would've bought one even if it was for 3-D movies, but now I MUST have one!!!

2D picture cannot be turned into 3D. It's nowhere near the same. A real 3D is when you can literally see the object from two angles. Those 3D TV's are only manipulating the 2D image so that it looks like things are closer, but that's no more that what was done in 80's. Avatar was filmed with a camera system that works like human eyes.. and it should look a lot better than just simple depth manipulation. But if you really didn't notice much difference, that's good to hear! :)