April 20, 2010 10:13 AM

From what I have read....

...[C]ontrary to what you may have read or been told, you don't need special "HDMI 1.4 cables," and frankly you shouldn't be able to buy one, because cable manufacturers are prohibited from marketing cables as such. Instead, cable marketers must label their cables using one of five new logos: HDMI Standard, HDMI High Speed, HDMI Standard with Ethernet, HDMI High Speed with Ethernet, and HDMI Standard Automotive.

If you want to connect a new 3D Blu-ray player to a new 3D TV, you'll just need a high-speed HDMI cable, which is already recommended for connecting 1080p TVs and Blu-ray players. (HDMI Standard cables are generally sufficient for handling video with up to 720p or 1080i resolutions.) And you don't have to pay a lot to get a good high-speed HDMI cable: You can buy a 6-foot cable for less than $10 from an online retailer such as Monoprice.com or Blue Jeans Cable.

April 23, 2010 2:12 PM

Steven J said:  Now, about the glasses. Any chance I can go to a Lasik clinic and get a 2-for-1 deal that restores normal vision and lets me watch 3D TV natively?

You don't even need to do that. Just wink back and forth sixty times per second. ;-)