It's not just a chip. The TV's panel has to support 3D. Regardless of brand, most television panels are manufactured by LG, and LG does not make 3D panels anymore. Even if, say, Samsung or Sony wanted to make a new 3D model television, they couldn't get a panel for it.
You should not need to do this. Home video releases are mastered to a set standard. The point of calibration is to bring your display as close to that standard as it is capable of achieving so that bright films actually look the correct amount of brightness, dark films actually look the correct...
I have no stake in this argument and have no opinion on the new Laurel & Hardy Blu-rays (which I haven't seen). However, on this particular point, it is not reasonable to expect every reviewer to compare every past and present home video edition of a movie when a new copy is released. They may...