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The number of tablets may have been the most deafening news out of CES this year, but the number of changes to the 3D TV landscape was impressive for those who paid attention. Vizio unveiled a lineup of more-affordable 3D sets. They announced their 3D TVs won’t require $150-per-pair glasses, but rather simple eyewear included with the set in a four pack. Other manufacturers announced future sets that won’t require glasses at all, but will display 3D images to everyone sans glasses a la the Nintendo 3DS. Still, 3D TVs are largely an

It’s not common to hear about a movie filmed natively in 3D. In fact, only two spring immediately to mind: Avatar, which single-handedly threw the world into the latest 3D craze, and Resident Evil Afterlife, whose director surprised everyone by using expensive 3D technology on a franchise that’s arguably designed for a niche audience of gamers and Milla Jovovich fans. Plenty of other films have appeared on the 3D Blu-ray format, but they’ve almost all been retrofitted, if you will. Not Resident Evil Afterlife. But as unexpected as that 3D info may be, even more unexpected is that it isn’t even the best-looking 3D Blu-ray presentation I’ve seen. The film opens just fine, with some great 3D rain