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So my wife and I went to an electronics store to purchase a a television for our bedroom. Got it home and opened it up and found that it had a few extra things in the box. One was an actual screwdriver for putting the bracket together. I'm not talking about a little piece of crap, I'm talking a real, sturdy piece of hardware. The second thing was the batteries for the remote were not the generic kind you find in most electronics. They are Duracell. Huh.

Then I saw them. 3D glasses. Two sets. The new kind that fit over glasses. I double checked the box and sure enough, we'd accidentally purchased a 3DTV. We actually paid LESS than we would have for a comparable television of equal size. Add in the fact it logs in remotely to my wireless router and can not only stream Netflix directly to it but from my computer and has widgets like Pandora or Yahoo fantasy football...this is a kick-ass TV. And I paid very, very little for it.

My wife and daughter are right now watching Tangled in 3D on HBO. All is good.

Are the glasses polarized type or shutter type?

How can I tell?

Dave said:

How can I tell?

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If they need batteries/recharging, chances are they're shutter glasses.

No batteries. Those were for the remote.

interesting... polarized 3D TVs are kinda rare. Well, should be cheap on movie nights, you can get extra pairs of glasses for peanuts.

Really? Whoa! This gets better & better!
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Holy crap! We got this for FAR less than 50% off the price!

WOW. nice buy there.

Sounds like a mix-up. A similar but much better deal that my Razer headset win.

So... party at Dave's house?

Good reviews too: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004T1YAEI

Apparently the glasses are polarized, and are real3d compatible, so you can get extra pairs simply by going to the theater, watching a real3d movie, and not recycling the glasses.

stienman said:

Good reviews too: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004T1YAEI

Apparently the glasses are polarized, and are real3d compatible, so you can get extra pairs simply by going to the theater, watching a real3d movie, and not recycling the glasses.

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This is all a plot to increase real3d ticket sales!

Well done! The Samsung I got doesn't have 3D, but it has the Smart Hub with Netflix, Pandora, and Hulu Plus. For $599 instead of list price of $1200.

Dave said:

Really? Whoa! This gets better & better!
Added at: 20:47
Holy crap! We got this for FAR less than 50% off the price!

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Was gonna say before I clicked that that I saw that Vizio now has 3D offerings & that they were typically at a lower price point than most 3D offerings.

Hadn't done much research on them yet though. I had just assumed the TV was 3D capable, but that you needed the 3D blu-ray player that was sitting beside it to take advantage of it. I've been meaning to get a really nice, larger model for my living room, something in the 50" range. Maybe those days are getting closer.

nice

Disconnected said:

nice

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I think that may be our first non-schadenfreude use of that smiley in this community.

I dunno, might be more like a Weekend at Bernie's than a House Party....

Shegokigo said:

I dunno, might be more like a Weekend at Bernie's than a House Party....

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That sounds even better.