Why spend thousands on a 3D TV set? For a lot less, you can add AVerMedia’s 3D TV card to your PC and watch local 3D broadcasts. The strange thing is, they DO look better on a PC.

If you want to take TV on your PC to the next level, there’s only one way to go – add the world’s first 3D TV tuner card. Together with some other necessary accessories (a 3D-capable monitor, 3D graphics card and 3D glasses kit), AVerMedia’s AVer3D CaptureHD will let you watch 3D TV broadcasts on your PC that are as good as anything you’ll see on a proper 3D TV.

While 3D broadcasts are still relatively rare  – launched in Australia in 2010 when Channel Nine screened the NSW vs Queensland State of Orgin rugby league series – many more are planned by the TV networks in 2011. The conventional way to see one is to buy one of the 3D TVs now on the market, from vendors like Samsung, Sony or Panasonic. These TVs won’t leave you with much change from $4,000.

Full story with many pictures here: http://apcmag.com/worlds-first-3d-tv-tuner-card.htm

Or you can spend around $1,000 to get 3D television on your PC. The AVer3D CaptureHD card itself retails for $199. Distributed in Australia by Altech, the PCI-e card  lets you tune into 3D broadcasts and also record and manage them with its 3D Media Center software. In all other respects it’s a standard HDTV tuner card, able to display and record full 1080p HDTV. AVerMedia says a USB dongle version will be announced soon.