Samsung: Our 3D Blu-ray Player Does Work

Samsung's 3D Blu-ray player passed certification despite previous reports of incompatibility.

Yesterday Samsung sent over an email in response toour article about its current 3D Blu-ray players not working. The story centered on 3D Blu-ray movies functioning incorrectly on the players--movies that were ready for mass production and have not yet hit the market.

Supposedly the Blu-ray players were incompatible because they were shipped before the final certification specs were released by the Blu-ray Disc Association. The previous report also stated that the players were on sale at Best Buy, and that Samsung may need to recall the stock while providing a firmware upgrade plan for current customers.

However Thursday a Samsung representative clarified the picture. The Samsung BD-C6900 is the only device in question, and the rep assured us that the player has indeed passed all tests "based on the Blu-ray 3D test specification of the BDA issued to date." This means that the BD-C6900 has officially obtained Blu-ray 3D certification, and it may be that the Blu-ray movies used to unofficially test the player were incorrect.

"Samsung is fully committed to upholding all technology standards issued by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), said Samsung in an official statement. "The Samsung Blu-ray player (BD-C6900) has passed all tests based on Blu-ray 3D test specification of BDA issued to date, and has officially obtained Blu-ray 3D certification at the authorized Testing Center. Samsung products that were shipped to the US prior to receiving final certification are 100% certified and do not require any modifications to play Blu-ray 3D discs."

Strangely enough, the Samsung BD-C6900 is nowhere to be found on Best Buy's website, however the new BD-C5500 and BD-C6500 are available to purchase... both without 3D capabilities but feature Internet and Wi-Fi connectivity.

Cell Phone Inventor Ditches iPhone for a DROID

Martin Cooper is hailed as the inventor of the cell phone. In the past he has said he uses an iPhone. However, it seems Cooper has changed his tune; he has donated his iPhone to his grandson and is now packing a Motorola DROID.

During a recent appearance on C-SPAN, Gizmodo reports that Martin revealed that he uses Motorola's Android smartphone, the DROID. However, despite the fact that he's donated his iPhone to his grandson, it would seem his adoption of the DROID has nothing to do with preference. Cooper says he's just using it to say he's tried it out.

"I always have the latest cell phone, and I try every cell phone out, only because people like you keep asking me," he explained. Right now I'm using the Droid, because I want to get some experience with the Android operating system, and I, so far, have some favorable results."

EVGA Shows GeForce GTX 480, 470 Boxes Too

Check out the threads (or cardboard) that the upcoming Nvidia Fermi GPUs will be wearing on retail EVGA boxes when they launch later this month.

Yesterday we showed you what Palit's GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 packaging looks like. Now we present another card maker's interpretation of what the boxes should look like.

Tom's reader Gin Fushicho pointed us toward EVGA's own box designs for the very same Nvidia GPUs with the same memory configuration. Check them out below.