The Sony PlayStation 3 is the most versatile home entertainment machine. Features such as video chat, Internet access, digital photo viewing, and digital audio and video will likely make it the central component of your media set-up. The PS3 features IBM’s “Cell” processor and a co-developed Nvidia graphics processor that makes the system able to perform two trillion calculations per second. It boasts an HDMI port, which delivers uncompressed, unconverted digital picture and sound to compatible high-definition TV and projectors. The system is capable of 128-bit pixel precision and 1080p resolution for a full HD experience. Sony’s PlayStation 3 games are encoded onto the Blu-Ray disc media format, which can hold six times as much data as traditional DVDs. This increase in capacity–combined with the awesome power of its processor and graphics card–promises mind-blowing games once developers have learned how to fully harness the new console’s power. The PS3 will also support CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R formats. Inside the controller is a high-precision six-axis sensing system that accurately detects fine movements in pitch, roll, and yaw, as well as three dimensions of movement, to control games. It uses Bluetooth 2.0 wireless technology and can support up to seven wireless controllers at a time. The PlayStation 3 will be backward compatible with PlayStation and PlayStation 2 games, which means you’ll be able to play all your favorite games without keeping all the old systems. The console will have slots for Memory Stick Duo, an SD slot and a Compact Flash memory slot. It comes with a pre-installed hard disc drive. The PS3 supports 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T Ethernet, as well as IEEE 802.11 b/g wireless networking protocols.
Features
* Games use Blu-ray discs as media format
* Features a powerful Cell processor and a dynamic RSX graphics chip
* Completely backward compatible, all the way to the original Sony PlayStation
* Built-in Wi-Fi access for easy connection to gaming services and the Internet
Despite all the talking about its price been “too high”, this is an excellent game machine. As any other video game console in its first year, all you need to do is wait for the upcoming christmas season to get a lot of new games.
Sony has developed the new multimedia center for your home, and the Playstation 3 has already replaced my PS2, my upscaling DVD player and my wireless media player under the TV (talk about costly devices!).
