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With passive 3D TV, the kind used in most U.S. movie theaters, just about any cheap polarized 3D glasses will work with any TV. With its rival active 3D, however, things are less simple and more expensive.

XpanD, a manufacturer of active 3D glasses for movie theaters and, increasingly, 3D televisions, aims to make active 3D glasses simpler to use. Its YOUniversal 3D glasses are the company's latest specs designed to work with multiple brands of television, and the first and only 3D glasses available said to work with every active 3D TV released in 2010, 2011, and this year. They're a bit more expensive than competitors', but better and more versatile in many ways.

I'll be comparing these glasses with the Samsung SSG-4100GB and Panasonic TY-ER3D4MU throughout this slideshow.

Read the full review of the Xpand X104 YOUniversal 3D glasses.