I got the Mitsubishi WD-65C9 65-Inch DLP TV in November and have been waiting for the Mitsubishi 3d kit. I was able to order this kit from RC Willey and it was delivered today! I hooked it up in a matter of minutes (I also have 3d ready Blu-Ray player) and turned it on. The kit comes with a dvd that previews upcoming 3d Blu-Ray releases and I have to tell you, it is pretty amazing. The 3d is really fantastic and I can not believe that I am able to have this in my living room!! I LOVE IT!!!! When we turned it on...all we could say was "Wow" over and over again. I have one blu-ray 3d dvd movie - Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs - I plan on watching it tonight with my kids. I highly recommend the Mitsubishi WD-65C9 TV and the Mitsubishi 3DC-1000 3D HDTV Starter Pack Kit. Can't wait for more releases!!! Mitsubishi 3DC-1000 3D HDTV Starter Pack
Let me first say that I have 3 3D TV's. I have a 73" Mitsubishi DLP and a 55" Samsung LED. The Samsung TV wins in terms of motion and sharpness, but 3D? Forget about it...the Mitsubishi destroys it. I don't know why, but DLP just mops up the floor with the competition when it comes to 3D. I don't know if it's the ridiculous size, the checkerboard 3D method, or what, but I don't even watch 3D on my Samsung anymore.
Now, this kit comes with 2 pairs of glasses, the 3D emitter, and a Disney sampler Blu-ray. The emitter is a box that plugs into a special port on your Mitsubishi TV and controls the lens swapping of your 3D glasses. This emitter is built into the Samsung 3D TV's, but for some reason it's NOT built into the Mitsubishi's. Probably to keep the cost low for people who want these TV's but don't care about 3D. The box is easy to hook up. It hooks into the back of your TV and then it must also be plugged into a wall outlet. It comes with a remote, but i just leave mine on at all times. I don't think it will overheat. There's a red light on the unit which your glasses must be able to see. I've run into no incidents of the glasses not working, even when swapping them between people and moving around the room. Also, my rechargable Samsung 3D glasses work on it, too, so that's a bonus. The quality is the same. (the Mitsubishi glasses in this box are not rechargable. They use the kind of batteries you find in a watch).
The Disney sampler disc is filled with trailers for 3D Blu rays from Disney, such as A Christmas Carol and Alice in Wonderland. There's not a lot of content on the disc, but Disney is doing a good job with their 3D, so it's a good showcase for your 3D TV.
If you're looking for the cream of the 3D crop, check out IMAX Under the Sea, A christmas Carol, and IMAX Space Station. I've found those to be the absolute best 3D Blu Rays you can get. Alice in Wonderland is ok, but it's a bit unbalanced and some of the CG + live action stuff was not composited very well. Films like Monster House and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs don't look great. When it comes to 3D, live action is always the best, because of the textures. When you have textures which are a lot of solid colors (as you get with animated films), you end up with ghosting...Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which is very cartoonish, has a TON of ghosting. A Christmas Carol, which was made to look photorealistic - does not. It looks great. So make sure you pick up live action films, or at least ones that try to look live action, since they look the best in 3D. Oh, and stay away from Clash of the Titans in 3D! It was post-processed, and was NOT filmed in 3D and it just looks ridiculous!
I've had the Mitsubishi 3d starter pack for a month now, got it from Ultimate Electronics. It took 15 minutes to hook up to a Mitsubishi 73835 Diamond and the PS3. It is amazing and works perfectly. The 3D pops out nice and is very deep inside the TV, and it doesn't have a layered look. The depth is a smooth transition. The glasses are comfortable and light. The 73" Diamond tv is amazing with the 3D kit, it looks better than any of the 3D TV's displayed at the stores. At first I had a little trouble with flickering and the 3D would turn off and back on again, but I had the converter box sitting next to the center channel speaker. Once I moved it away from the speaker, I haven't had any problems. Can't wait until September when playstation adds the blu ray 3D software. I highly recommend the 3D Starter kit with the Mitsubishi DLP's.
I received my 3DC-1000 from HSN last Friday.
I have a Directv HD22 DVR connected to a Sony STR DV1000 receiver (1.3 HDMI), the output of the receiver is connected to the 3d Adapter and then to the my Mitsubishi 73737 TV. The instructions say it will not work with a 1.3 HDMI receiver but it works ok through mine.
If you already have a Mitsubishi 3D ready TV and a newer Directv DVR (HR22, 23 or 24) it is a no brainer to get this kit. Since there is so little Blu Ray 3D content I would wait before getting a 3D Blu Ray player.
I'm guessing that 3D will be a hot seller by Christmas.
When I ordered the 3D Starter Kit in late October, there was no mention on Mitsubishi's web site or in the manual that came with the starter kit that my model #WD-73833 TV required a firmware update. (This is a 2007 model, although my unit was built and purchased in 2008.) The kit arrived November 3rd. I spent many hours that day trying to get it to work, but all I got was a blue screen every time I switched the 3D adapter to 3D mode. Also, my PS3 wasn't recognizing that I had a 3D TV even though I had performed the 3D firmware update on my PS3 months before this. I contacted Mitsubishi the next day, and they confirmed they were aware of this problem and said my TV required a firmware update. I'm sorry, but something that important should have been on their web site as well as printed on Page 1 of the starter kit manual.
Anyway, Mitsubishi has since made it possible to download firmware updates for several of their models, but not for mine. I had to wait a month for them to ship a thumb drive to me so I could perform the update. Kudos to them for following through with their promise to make their 2007 model 3D TV's compatible with 2010 3D standards, but shame on them for promoting the starter kit as if it's all you need to start enjoying 3D on your Mitsubishi TV. Obviously, that wasn't the case for me, so you may want to check with Mitsubishi before you order this kit to see if your model requires an update.
So how is it? The first thing I noticed when I put the TV into 3D mode is the TV emits a high-pitched/high frequency noise, the screen loses some sharpness, the tint of the overall picture changes a bit, and the glasses make the whole screen look darker (just like when you wear 3D glasses in a movie theater). The tint change is especially noticeable when a deep black screen in 2D mode suddenly becomes a muddy greenish/brown in 3D mode. Edges, especially lettering, lose their crispness. To me, it's a bit like switching from BD to DVD, so this is disappointing. (I recently learned why this is: DLP TV's deliver half of the 1080p signal to each eye unlike other 3D TV's that deliver full 1080p to each eye.)
The 3D effect varies, of course, depending on the material. The animation with Timon and Pumbaa looked good in 3D. The clips from "Alice in Wonderland," "G-force" and "A Christmas Carol" each had a few good 3D moments. The 3D effect added a lot of depth to the Disney cartoon "Working for Peanuts," which stars Chip and Dale and Donald Duck. But let's face it, this cartoon wasn't created with 3D in mind back in the day, so there are no real WOW! moments. I would have preferred an exclusive theatrical movie (or several) in this kit like some other manufacturers are offering with their starter kits.
The 3D glasses fit comfortably over my own glasses, and I like the fact that they use common watch batteries so I can quickly replace the battery if it dies in the middle of a movie. For anyone interested in purchasing additional pairs of glasses, the manual confirms that Samsung glasses model #SSG-2100AB are compatible with Mitsubishi's emitter. It says to check mitsubishi-tv.com for additional compatibility, but I couldn't find any information on their site about this topic.
Overall, it adds a cool gimmick to your Mitsubishi DLP TV, but it's not mind blowing. (Perhaps I just haven't seen the right material yet, but for the purposes of this review I thought it would only be fair to discuss the software that comes with this kit.)
Update: I received a pair of Optoma DLP Link glasses yesterday. Although they're a bit heavier and not as stylin' as Mitsubishi's glasses, they're cheaper, don't require an emitter, and most importantly, they outperform them: Optoma's glasses restore the contrast level and deep blacks I was used to seeing on my Mitsubishi DLP TV in 2D mode; I can once again distinguish colors in dark scenes and make out detail that was lost with Mitsubishi's glasses. I plan to sell my Mitsubishi glasses now. I should have bought the adapter only instead of this kit. Oh well. - 3d Glasses - 3d Ready - Dlp - Mitsubishi'
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