[quote name='poker360']Are you talking about this: (or something along these lines?)
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Samsung...HDTV/2135072.p?id=1218310760716&skuId=2135072
Your comparing a 51" 720P Samsung Plasma (that is outdated and very low end) passive 3d display.
The 24" is 1080p ACTIVE 3D Display WITH active 3D glasses (which will retail for $70), includes TWO games (which will probably be retail $80 - 100 around the release of this TV), and an HDMI cable.
So lets say:
Playstation 3D Display 24" - $330 - $350ish
Resistance 3 - $50 or $60
Motorstorm - $20 or $30
3D Glasses - $70
HDMI Cable - $10
For those unfamiliar with the difference between active and passive:
Passive 3D essentially splits the resolution of the 3d images in half, and uses two different lenses.
Active 3D, on the other hand, has technology in the glasses, and keeps full resolution of the 3D image on screen. The glasses repeatedly blink back and forth (very very fast) to give you a full resolution 3D image.
More tv's now a days are using Passive since it's cheaper, but Active is truly the best for quality.
I personally have no intentions on buying a 3D TV, although i cannot deny this a a great deal for an active 3d television.[/QUOTE]
There is a total of 3 tv lines that use passive. Active is by far the leader. So I don't know where you got your info. LG LCE/LED is the only line that really uses passive. Let alone the recommended viewing distance to get "good" 3d dimensions is basically up to 2' away from this. 1080p over 720p means virtually nothing besides a number to brag about in under 32" TVs (why do you think you see so little 1080p sets in that range).
I will admit the split screen is cool, but effectively this gives you a 12" screen. I would assume that would be way too small.
Plus 3d, as of right now, is limited to 24fps because of HDMI limitations on 1.4. The HDMI structure can output more, but the it needs revamped again. This will be in HDMI 1.5 which isn't looking all that close right now. Virtually all games in 3d will downgrade to 720p 3d because that is the only way that it can achieve a stable >24fps in 3d over HDMI 1.4 (30 fps is the low end of fps before the images start messing up in various ways).
Even after all you have to look at black levels (mll) and contrast, how it handles motion and gamma/color accuracy. I have seen many 1080p TVs look much worse than 720p TVs.
I would just inform you to look into what you are buying when you look to purchase this.
This tv, while having good paper specs, is just too small for it's specs. For those that are thinking about it, just save up and wait for a sale. I got the panasonic 50" st30 for $939 with a $150 amazon GC and the avatar bundle (2 3d glasses and avatar 3d, avatar 3d sells for $100+ on eBay which I sold).
This wasn't the best deal out there a while ago either.