I have a 3D tv and I can watch 3D with my 800se.
It comes up split screen then I just select sbs on the TV to get a 3d picture.
The bouquets are easy enough to edit on the box using the menu key on the remote but your right enigma is crap.
hdmi 1.4 is fine if you like to waste your money, I have cheapo ones (3mtr) and they work fine,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI unless your running long lengths then you need to up the quality but anything under 5mtrs should be fine.
If your getting sbs then the cable is working you just need to select sbs from the 3d menu on the tv.