During its E3 2011 press conference, Sony revealed the contents of a 3D monitor bundle. The 3D monitor is Sony’s way of bringing more 3D content into smaller residences such as dorm rooms and apartments without the need for an expensive 3D television. This $500 bundle was originally going to ship with a copy of Resistance 3, but that’s not the case anymore.

3D technology is like a freight train that won’t slow down. The public hasn’t taken to 3D to a large extent, but that doesn’t stop manufacturers from making its products 3D compatible. Nintendo is doing it, Sony has done it and Apple has just been granted a patent for a new 3D display.

I have been spoiled. For over a year I have been using a perfectly respectable, affordable 19-in. HD widescreen monitor on my desk (an Acer, if you must know). After using Sceptre’s 27-inch HD LCD monitor for less than a week, I feel like I’m going way back to a Mac SE screen when I plug in my old 19-inch monitor.

Sharp announced it is making mobile 3D displays that don’t require special glasses to use. Instead of requiring consumers to buy glasses that show different images to each eye, Sharp’s screens contain technology that already send opposing images to the left and right eye.

If my eyes are getting worse, I might have to blame game developers and publishers. No, I’m not sitting too close to the TV while gaming (10 feet away, thank you). Instead, the in-game text is getting smaller and more difficult to read.

Case in point: I physically measured the word “CAMPAIGN” in Halo, Halo 2 and Halo 3 on the same TV being played through the Xbox 360. Yes, I took a measuring tape and pressed it against a TV screen.

The word “CAMPAIGN” appears in the menu of all three games in the franchise and should be indicative of the menu text used throughout each game. In each case it is white on a dark background and written in all caps.

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At CES 2008 (January 7-10, 2008) Alienware was representin’ with an uber wide format monitor running a modified version of Crysis. The prototype Alienware DLP RPTV is a 42-inch wraparound monitor with 2880×900 resolution and is curved inward to allow for peripheral vision. The screen uses OLEDs (organic light emitting diodes) and can be used more »