[caption id="attachment_947" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Mitsubishi 3-D Starter Pack"]Mitsubishi 3-D Starter Pack[/caption]

Both Mitsubishi and Samsung have been producing 3-D-ready TVs for years. However, back when they first starting making and selling their 3-D TVs, the 3-D technology was much different than it is today. The result was that their TVs simply no longer worked with today’s technology, so the companies had to send out upgrade kits to be compatible.

Late last year, Mitsubishi released an upgrade kit for its DLP TVs, which is a technology no longer used by any TV manufacturer except Mitsubishi. These DLP TVs are adequate in quality, but they are often much thicker than today’s flat-screens. Their two-feet deep sets are no good for placement in TV lift cabinets. However, the company believes in the technology and will, in 2011, be releasing a 92-inch 3-D TV in DLP for under $6K.

But back to the upgrade kit, the 3D Starter Pack. The pack will work for both Mitsubishi and Samsung 3-D-ready DLP TVs (not including plasma models), and it comes with two pairs of active-shutter 3-D eyewear, a 3-D emitter, and updated 3-D adapter with remote, and HDMI cable and a Disney 3-D Blu-ray disc that includes trailers for several 3-D Disney films. You can find the 3D Starter Pack in most electronics stores or online at http://www.mitsubishi-tv.com/.