Optoma 3D-XL

Optoma 3D-XL

Whether you're delaying buying a 3D projector because you already know it won't work with most of the sources you want to use it with, or you already bought one and then found out the bad news the hard way, the Optoma 3D-XL ($400 street) projector accessory could easily be the solution you're looking for. Quite simply, it gives you a quick and easy way to turn 3D-ready into 3D-really, letting you watch 3D movies, TV, and games both in 3D and at the large size you can get only from a projector. The 3D-XL's sole purpose is to convert common 3D formats that won't work with today's projectors into a format that will work. Most of today's inexpensive 3D projectors support DLP-Link and will work with a 3D computer that includes a Quad buffered, Open GL 3D-compatible graphics card. But that's pretty much it. At this writing, projectors have yet to move up from HDMI 1.3 to HDMI 1.4, so they won't work with anything that requires an HDMI 1.4 port. Unfortunately, that includes Blu-ray players in general and at least the PlayStation 3 among game boxes. These projectors also tend to lack the settings that would let them show the 3D format that most cable boxes and the equivalent (like FIOS) use.