Samsung BD-C6900 3D

Having been spotted up for sale once before, before being unceremoniously yanked from the virtual shelves a few hours later, Samsung’s 3D-capable Blu ray player, the BD-C6900, is now finally shipping. Announced back in January at CES 2010, the BD-C6900 obviously supports Full HD 1080p content but also includes both wired and WiFi connectivity for streaming media and internet-connected widgets.

There’s also DVD upscaling to 1080p, BD-Live support and 1GB of onboard storage, together with a skinny 39mm-thick design. DLNA support means the BD-C6900 can be used as a media-stream receiver, and there’s support for Dolby Digital TruHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.

Of course, many people will be looking at the deck for its 3D capabilities, and it’s compatible both with Samsung’s own 3D HDTVs and the general Blu ray 3D standard. The Samsung BD-C6900 is priced at $399.99 from Amazon, and is available now.

ASUS Eee Box EB1501U and EB1012U with USB 3.0 hit site

We’ll admit, it took us a short while to figure out the difference between ASUS’ new Eee Box EB1501U and Eee Box EB1012U nettops compared to their outwardly-identical predecessors – each uses Intel’s dual-core Atom

330 processor paired with NVIDIA Ion graphics – but the key is in the connectivity. That “U” suffix stands for USB 3.0, with the EB1501U getting two front-mounted USB 3.0 ports and the EB1012U getting three spread across the front and side panels.

Otherwise the two nettops are functionally unchanged. That means you get a slot-loading DVD burner on the Eee Box EB1501U, complete with gigabit ethernet, WiFi b/g/n, VGA and HDMI connectivity, while the Eee Box EB1012U lacks the optical drive but has the same ports and measures over 10mm thinner.

There’s also plenty of USB 2.0 ports along with eSATA and S/PDIF, a 250GB hard-drive and support for up to 4GB of RAM. No word on pricing for each of the Windows 7 Home Premium systems, but the regular (i.e. non-USB 3.0) EB1501 and EB1012 are currently selling for $480 and $387 at Amazon.

HTC Desire spotted rocking silver chassis [Video]

Love the HTC Desire but not feeling the standard brown casing that we’ve seen up until now? Your luck is in: a silver version of the Snapdragon-based Android handset has been spotted over in the Netherlands, where it’s already up for pre-order. Both devices are functionally identical, beyond the brighter casing on the silver model.

Currently listed as an exclusive from online retailer PDAshop.nl, the silver Desire is expected to begin shipping on April 9th and is priced at €449 ($620). The regular brown Desire is believed to be arriving at some point in April in Europe generally; we’ve not heard of any carrier offering the different color variant.

Vincent Audio C-60 is the perfect CD player for rich audiophiles

When it comes to listening to music, I am content to pop a CD into the PS3 or the CD player in the car. For some people a normal CD player or other device for listening to their music does not cut it. If you are the sort of audiophile that refuses to slum it with conventional CD players, Vincent Audio has your device, assuming you are loaded anyway.

The Vincent Audio C-60 is a CD player that has switchable vacuum tube and solid-state

output stages. The player also uses a premium Philips top-loading transport and enhanced mechanical and electrical isolation all working to provide the best possible sound.

The player uses a 24-bit.192-kHz PCN1792 DAC with 8x oversampling. The player can be changed between the solid-state output and the 6922EH vacuum tune line output with the included remote or by pressing a button on the front of the player. Outputs include balanced XLR, RCA, coaxial digital and optical digital outputs. The price for the audiophile grade C-60 is a hefty $4,695.

Squishy Lights Make for the Best Luminous Trees

It’s no secret that we’re fans of all kinds of tech and gadgets, but we especially hold a soft spot in our hearts for things like this. They’re just fancy, and crazy enough to pique our interest. Of course, if you were to actually put any of these squishy lights in your home, you might get some second glances, or maybe even some dumbfounded stares, but isn’t it worth it? After all, you could probably take some solace in the fact you’d be the only one on the block with them.

These spheres are created from modular silicone, and they’re just squishy enough that we’re sure you’d take a few minutes out of every day to play around with them. The really cool part though, is the fact that these lights react to one another. While you’re able to turn one on by its lonesome, the real illumination happens when you bring more of the balls close together. Hence the reason you’d put them together in the pictures you see, or as luminous trees. They don’t seem to be very tall though, so they probably can’t really light up any significant amount of space. Which is a real shame.

The Squishy Lights were designed by Julien Bergignat. Unfortunately, there’s no word on when these luminous spheres will come to market, and the only word we have on a release marks these things hitting the land of France before anywhere else gets a crack at them. But, they have to be launched somewhere, so the faster the better. Hopefully the French can figure out a great way to use them, so that by the time they make it around the world, we can figure out a better way than making strange piles of glowing orbs in the corner of our room.

Astro A30 Costs $150 and Connects to All Your Gaming Platforms

A few years ago, the bigger your sound system was, the better your house was. You were the envy of all your friends, neighbors, and relatives. And while that may still be the case in some houses around the world, it’s definitely looking like the headphone revolution is still going strong. In this case, we’ve got a pair of gaming headphones that aren’t just for your computer. Oh no, Astro wants to make sure that if you play a game, that you can plug in your expensive, shiny new headphones into whatever it is you’re playing it on.

There’s definitely other gaming headphones out there, quite a few of them, actually, and many of them have the ability to connect to your PC, and video game console. Astro goes a few steps further though, and allows you to connect while you’re on the move. Have an iPhone or iPod Touch? Plug ‘em in! Have a PSP? Not a problem! Although, we can’t sit here and say that everything is all perfect. Unlike the majority of other gaming headsets out there,” the Astro A30 is just designed to be headphones. No microphone, so you can’t speak to your gaming buddies over online play. That doesn’t mean much for the iPod Touch/iPhone, but we’re sure that the majority of people who play online games on their Xbox 360 want to be able to talk to people.

When it’s all said and done, these headphones are going to cost you $150. And while we may believe that’s a bit too high for these precious headsets, we could be wrong. After all, we haven’t had the chance to play with them, and the sound quality of these bad boys could blow us away. We just don’t know. Unfortunately, our wallet speaks louder than our words, and right now, it’s shaking.

ViewSonic VNB132 & VNB141 ViewBooks and VPC190 all-in-one hit shelves

ViewSonic’s latest notebooks and all-in-one desktop have finally gone on sale after being unveiled at CES 2010 back in January. The ViewSonic VNB132 ViewBook and VNB141 ViewBook have 13.3- and 14-inch displays respectively and use Intel’s CULV processors, while the ViewSonic VPC190 All-In-One

has an 18.5-inch display and an Intel Atom D510 processor.

The VNB132 ViewBook pairs the SU2300 Celeron CPU with a 320GB HDD and 2GB of memory, along with WiFi b/g/n, three USB 2.0 ports, a 7-in-1 card reader, both VGA and HDMI outputs, a 1.3-megapixel webcam and a 4 cell battery. It retails for $649. Meanwhile the VNB141 ViewBook gets the SU7300 Core 2 Duo CPU, a 250GB HDD and 2GB of memory, as well as WiFi b/g/n, the same ports as its smaller sibling, and an integrated DVD burner. It retails for $829.

As for the ViewSonic VPC190 All-In-One, that runs Windows 7 Home Premium on 2GB of memory, and has a DVD burner, 1.3-megapixel webcam and six USB 2.0 ports. There’s also WiFi b/g, 10/100 ethernet and a 4-in-1 memory card reader. It retails for $629.