When 3D TV launched in the middle of 2010, major consumer electronics companies scrambled to be the first on the block to grab the consumer dollars. Unfortunately, it's been fairly well established that most jumped the gun by launching a slightly premature product to market and have being playing catch-up since. There is no one guiltier than Panasonic, who came out of the gate with undoubtedly the best 3D set - the VT20 series Viera Plasma, but graced with undoubtedly the worst 3D glasses, a piece of technology whose impracticality is matched by its performance issues.