3D TV with Google TV

Last week I took delivery of a Panasonic 50" 3D TV (TC-P50VT20), I purchased from Best Buy along with the Logitech Revue Google TV/camera bundle.  I too learned that the DIRECTV 3D programming is not compatable with the Logitech system.

I'm  heading to Radio Shack to obtain an HDMI output splitter to see if it will allow me to use both without manually disconnecting the cables and still enjoy 3D.

I'm in pretty much the exact same situation, and was contemplating the same, i.e. HDMI splitter, out of the DirecTV DVR, into the splitter, one outgoing line to one port on my Receiver. the other via the Revue box. Did it eventually work out? Thanks for sharing.

Here are your constraints:

1) Box must be 3D compatible.  So it either has to be HDMI version 1.4a or it has to state it is 3D compatible to work.

2) Keep in mind of the HDMI's spec's requirement for lowest common denominator.  For instance if one output goes to a device that accepts 5.1-channel audio and the other splitter output goes to a stereo device, then both devices will only get stereo.  Same holds true for video resolution.  Just something to be aware of when looking up to splitters.

3) DirecTV 3D is not HDMI standard - it uses older version of the HDMI spec and then adds 3D "on top".  While all 3D-capable splitters and maxtrix switchers I've seen have worked, it isn't a guarantee.

I think this one would do: http://sewelldirect.com/HDMI-1-4-Splitter-2-port.asp

The one line that will bypass the Revue will directly connect to my 3D enabled AVR (5.1, 1080p), so it will be interesting to see how Revue will downgrade sound/video. Fortunately not that much programming from DirecTV delivers 1080 and/or 5.1.

For this splitter, the 1.4a is good, the lack of EDID spoofing is not good. EDID spoofing allows the EDID to be changed to force different configurations (such as 5.1-channel to all devices) bypassing the lowest common denominator problem. Some of the more expensive switchers have this capability.

Over half of the HD channels on DirecTV are in 5.1 (Dolby Digital 5.1) - check your receiver to tell. The major networks are also all 5.1 now. So you'll have stereo unless both devices hooked up to the switcher are 5.1-channel devices.

If you mean 1080p (not 1080) then you're correct - it's only on PPV that 1080p is used. 1080i is a different story.

It's not the Revue that will change the signal but the DirecTV receiver (the source) does the change based on what it receives as a valid configuration from the sinks (AVR and the Revue in this case).

Thanks again for responding. Are you aware of any currently available products which also provides EDID spoofing? I am very much a rookie, trying to overcome the issue with Logitech Revue only supporting HDMI v1.3 and not wanting to manually switch cables each time I want to enjoy some DirecTV 3D programming ...

As for 1080p, I use my PS3 to deliver that to the Pioneer VSX-820 AVR (Blu-Ray, NetFlix, Vudu).