Can't touch 42 inch 1080p 3D at this price! Found it on new years for $450. But with no reviews that were out there on it, it's a risk to buy sight unseen. But not really once you have. I thought some of you might be out there looking for someone who had something, anything to say about this specific product.

Curtis is a little known mfr, but their other sets get good reviews where it counts for 3D, in the display. (OBTW, they're NOT the phoenix of Curtis Mathes, an exceptionally high quality mfr that went under in the eighties).

You'll want to read DisplayMate's 3D shootout review on Passive 3D superiority to the earlier (and still market dominant) Active 3D.

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Bought a refurbished Samsung BDC5500 3D player on the same order (yes, it is a pattern you're seeing here). Hooked up both & was watching 3D blu-ray in under an hour last nite for only $530 combined.

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I purchased this tv to basically just see if it was even any good for the price..I have to say this tv wrks great ! The 3d movies look great the regular 2 d looks great and blue rays 3d or not also look great! I feel like i got such a bargain on this tv and is the best buy i have done in a long time!! Buy this set !! You will get the quality of a top shelf brand name for much cheaper!!! A must buy for anyone who wants 3d at a bargain price!

I bought this TV from Amazon, but with a price match to CompUSA. It arrived last week, and so far, it works perfectly--as well as I could possibly expect for the under-$500 price I paid.

The passive 3D technology (using lightweight polarized glasses) is generally both impressive and unobtrusive.

a) The one true 3D Blu-Ray movie I have watched so far is Disney's Christmas Carol. 3D effects were impressive but not eye-popping. However, I think that was Disney's deliberate intention--to avoid exaggerated 3D effects that might nauseate children and give adults headaches over an hour-and-a-half span.

b) 3D (side-by-side) YouTube videos (streamed from the Internet to my Panasonic BDT215P Blu-Ray player) look good. The TV automatically recognizes side-by-side video and displays it in 3D.

c) 3D photos and videos on my HTC Evo 3D phone play reasonably well, in 3D, on the TV via a simple MHL adapter. The quality is lower because the pixel... Read more