3D TV ready TVs are already around and all the main manufacturers produce them, Sony, Panasonic etc. The idea has been around for decades but the industry needs something new to keep the public interested and buying. Most of us have watched a 3D movie at some point in our lives but it has always been a momentary thing in movie theater and TV viewing history. Is this latest attempt going to be any different? Not in my opinion. I believe it’s the fact that we have to wear those funny red and greeny-blue lens cardboard glasses. It’s enough to put most people off. Well just to top it off, the glasses are now different and yes you guessed it, expensive! $400 to $800 a pair. Well it’s already put me off but you can check them out at sony.com.

Sky intend to start broadcasting in 3D on some channels this year.

If you have an old CRT TV and you are ready to purchase a flat-screen TV then you have two basic choices, LCD or Plasma. LCD is the cheapest and most commonly used new TV, it typically provides all the new viewing standards you require with High Definition (HD) picture resolution and HDMI socket(s) for connecting Blu-Ray and/or latest gaming systems e.g. PlayStation and XBox 360. Plasma TVs give you the same viewing standards but with richer colour and greatly reduced motion blur. Plasma does however produce more heat than LCD. More often than not, people will start with LCD and then later upgrade to plasma. Don’t let me persuade you to go straight for plasma though as they cost considerably more.
If you are going to buy a new TV then you can be almost certain that it will offer the 1080p screen standard. I don’t know any store that now sells any CRT TVs.
1080p is now the viewing standard for LCD TVs and gives the viewer what is called “progressive” scanning at the top resolution of 1080 horizontal picture lines. Progressive scanning simply put gives the viewer greatly reduces motion blur.

I hope this was helpful. If you would like to have a look at some new TVs (and be sure to checkout the technical information) then try TV&Video
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An excellent performer in the Blu-Ray world is the Oppo BDP-83. Now when I say excellent performer I mean excellent at playing BD movies. Fast to load and start, very little time is wasted when swapping BDs and flawless in its performance. If you are just watching movies and are not too concerned about anything else and you are prepared to spend a lot of your hard earned, then at $500 this might be the machine for you.
However, this machine does NOT have the online functionality that other manufacturers do like LG, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony and this usually comes at a far lower price. If you want a range of features from a system then this will probably not be the one for you but, it does exactly what it says on the tin and it does it brilliantly. The user’s viewing experience has been optimized to the maximum.
If you are swayed then have a look