Just as its DVD playback ability made Sony’s PS2 more than just a home gaming console, the powerful multi-media features found on the Playstation 3 make it an extremely versatile home entertainment center. It will likely become the central component of your media center, with Internet access, digital audio and video, video chat, and the ability to view digital photos. However, even with all these extra built-in abilities, it is still first and foremost a home gaming console… and a very powerful one!
What’s Inside
The PS3 combines a co-developed Nvidia graphics processor with IBM’s Cell CPU, allowing the system to perform two trillion calculations per second… about 320 times faster than the PS2. In addition to traditional composite and AV connections, it also includes a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port, which sends uncompressed, unconverted digital audio and video to HD TVs and projectors. The PS2 is capable of 128-bit pixel precision and 1080p resolution, delivering a complete HD experience.
Blu-Ray
Games for Sony’s Playstation 3 are encoded using the Blu-Ray disc format, which is capable of storing six times more data than traditional DVDs. In fact, it has been reported that the Playstation 3 is such a high-quality Blu-Ray device, that many people in the market for a Blu-Ray player choose the PS3. Once game developers learn how to fully harness the power of the PS3, the increase in storage capacity together with the incredibly powerful processor and graphics card promise a truly mind-blowing gaming experience. The PS3 can also support CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, and DVD+R formats.
No PS2 Compatibility
The one disappointing feature of the latest PS3 models is that they do not support PS2 software. The original PS3 did feature PS2-compatibility, but they are now extremely hard to get, if not impossible.
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