The most-hyped home electronics product in years -- 3-D TV--has arrived. Quietly.
Amazon.com has started selling Samsung 46-inch and 55-inch TVs that are capable of showing 3-D programming.
The prices for the LED-backlit sets are $2,600 and $3,300, respectively -- a premium of as much as 20 percent over Samsung's comparable, non 3-D sets.
Sears.com, Onecall.com and other retailers also have the Samsung 3-D sets available for pre-order.
A spokesman for Best Buy, the largest home electronics chain in the U.S., said the 3-D sets will be in its stores by mid-March.
But one big thing is missing: content.
No 3-D Blu-ray discs will be released until this summer, and although DirecTV has said it would have dedicated 3-D channels on its satellite service, no launch dates have been announced.
ESPN and the Discovery Channel said they would create 3-D channels.
But at this point, viewers who buy 3-D TVs will have to settle for regular, 2-D programming.
