The buzzword is 3D. Everywhere you look in the videophile forums, they’re talking about 3D. Its future is still a little hazy; glasses, no glasses, polarized, anaglyph.. no one really knows. Today, Sony has made its bets and showed a glimpse into that future by releasing its new lineup of 3D displays.

Sony has decided, for the time being, to stay with active shutter glasses that will work with their proprietary high frame rate screens, offering full HD 3D images. Most of the TVs announced will require you to purchase an additional 3D sync transmitter and the 3D glasses, $50 and $150 each respectively. However, the granddaddy television, the Bravia XBR-LX900 series will include both the sync transmitter and two pairs of the active shutter glasses. Those top-of-the-line displays come in either the 60-inch flavor for $5000 or 52-inch for $4000, and both have onboard 802.11n to connect to your network.

Other models down the line include the XBR-HX909 with 52-inch and 46-inch variants for $4,000 and $3,500 respectively and the KDL-HX800 with 55-inch, 46-inch and 40-inch models going for $3,400, $2,700 and $2,100 respectively. None of which include either the glasses or sync transmitter.

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