If you are ready to buy a 3D TV, what's on the new hardware anyway? Fortunately, some TV networks have been ready with their 3D shows.


Discovery

Dicovery Communications is teaming up with IMAX and Sony to launch a 24/7 3D television network. IMAX and Sony will obtain television rights to 3D movies which will air on Discovery's 3D network. Some programming will be offered by the new channel. It will cover such topics as engineering, science, technology, natural history, space, and so on. And there will be plenty of nature shows are good match for the realism of 3D.

ESPN

The sport channel – ESPN – will launch a 3D TV network in June. It will show at least 85 sporting events this year. The first 2010 FIFA World Cup match between Mexico and South Africa on June 11 will be its inaugural 3D show.

The network that has tested ESPN 3D for more than two years is optimistic that its audiences will cheer the new show.

DirectTV

Are you a subsriber of Direct TV HD? If so, in June 2010, you will get a free software upgrade that allows you to watch three 3D channels. The first channel will show movies, documentaries, and other fare. The second, 3D DIRECTV on Demand, will have sports, music, and other content. A third channel will have free 3D sampler demos.

To develop shows in 3D, DirectTV is working with a number of big-name content providers, such as CBS, Fox Sports, Turner Broadcasting, MTV, and NBC Universal.

Blu-ray

If you also plan to buy 3D-capable Blu-ray player, there will be a number of titles you can choose from. The titles will follow “Avatar”, “Up”, and “Alice in Wonderland” that have been a natural for 3D home theater.

Will you buy a 3D TV this year when they are launched? There are many reasons why you have to buy it. Not only because of TV broadcasters will have interesting 3D programs, but you will also see Blu-ray content and players in the market this summer. Blu-ray Disc will play a big role in the 3D revolution.

Disney says it will have a 3D version of A Christmas Carol out by the fourth quarter of 2010. DreamWorks and Samsung have announced a deal with Technicolor to replicate content in 3D.

Interestingly, ESPN will show 85 sporting events in 3D. Sony is partnering with Discovery and Imax to have a 3D channel by 2011. And broadcasters - such as BSkyB - are getting into the act, too.

Manufacturers are also thinking about 3D on a computer, notebook, and mobile phone. Not less than 80 percent of PC games are currently available in 3D.

For filmmakers, a 3D camera will arrive in the fall: Panasonic $21,000, professional-grade Full HD camcorder. It will be able to record video from each of its twin lenses.

There is no reason you will not buy 3D TV. But you need a kind of 3D TV buying guide you can trust.