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You guys knew I was going to chime in here right... :)

3D on any current TV's is severely limited. Below are the problems...

1. HDMI 1.4 TV's do not support gaming at 1080p per eye in 3D. They will do 1080p for bluray (24 hz) and 720p for gaming (60 hz) only. This isn't a big problem for console 3D as consoles can't even do 720p in 3D, but for PC gaming it is quite a problem.

2. LED, LCD, and Plasma active shutter 3D TVs suffer from ghosting/image crosstalk. This is when left eye sees a part of the image from the right one. It shows up like a slight halo around the image... Below is a diagram of current TVs showing levels of crosstalk.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-CBEMmEHDyy4/Tqm21EVaGRI/AAAAAAAAAfw/STjld3yf6pE/s1152/TV_crosstalk.jpg

Only DLP based 3D TVs and projectors do not have any crosstalk.

3. Passive displays show 3D at 1/2 the panel resolution. 1920x540 amount of lines is used to deliver the image to each eye. If that image is sub 720p...frankly it looks like crap.

My advice for 3D if you plan on gaming on it lot - get an HDMI 1.4 enabled 720p 3D DLP projector and a good 2D TV for other purposes.

Reason 1 - no ghosting crosstalk in 3D
Reason 2 - big screen and lack of resolution can be hidden very well with DLP tech
Reason 3 - native resolution is 720p, 3D gaming resolution is 720p. 1:1 pixel to pixel mapping to displays native resolution always produces the best image.
Reason 4 - price. projector, mount and good screen for under 1000 bucks.