systems and methods may be provided embodying a novel approach to allow a consumer to easily manage the 3d configuration settings of their 3d capable tv set while connected to a legacy video set top box device that has a digital video output port . stereoscopic video will be transmitted in one of multiple “ frame - packed ” or alternating pictures formats that includes both , the compressed picture data of the left and right views , embedded as if it was a regular 2d picture in a standard mpeg2 transport video stream . deployed receivers will decode and output a compressed video stream as if it was a 2d video stream . the stereoscopic image can be delivered in one of the multiple frame - packed formats : side by side , top half adjoined to bottom half , or according to a checkerboard pattern corresponding respectively to the left view and right view .