In its first foray into 3D TV, Coby Electronics...

In its first foray into 3D TV, Coby Electronics is testing the waters of both active-shutter and passive 3D TV technology, President Michael Troetti told us at CES last week. The company demonstrated a bevy of backlit LED LCD TVs, including 22-, 24-, 32-, 40-, 46- and 55-inch models, offering 120 Hz refresh rates and two HDMI 1.4 inputs, he said. A 22-inch passive 3D model didn’t survive the trip to CES, Troetti said. “It was too banged up,” he said. But plans call for the passive 3D TV to launch in April. Troetti said the TV targets the gamer market, in which users typically play in a small space such as a bedroom or dorm room and don’t have the budget for pricy active-shutter 3D glasses. The LED-based 3D HDTVs range from $399 (22-inch) to $1,699 (55-inch). Coby also showed its first connected TVs. The company had planned a Google TV model powered by the Android OS, Troetti told us, “but Google’s on hold, so we're on hold.” The Internet TV models will roll out between January and June, he said, in 23-, 32-, 40-, 46- and 55-inch screen sizes ranging from $349 to $1,599. Coby also showed new Kyros tablets, all running Android 2.1 and priced under $300, including 7-inch ($179), 8-inch ($249) and 10-inch ($299) models.