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sharideadfish
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Rating:  8
Time with product: 3 Days
Strengths: The PS3 system was easy to set up and easy to play. Having a wireless game controller is amazingly great. The kids and pets aren't tripping over the game as with other systems.
Weaknesses: The Motorsport game is hard to enjoy thouroughly on my 26 inch screen non HD TV. It is difficult to read the race info and hints at the start of each track, because of color contrast on the screen.
Summary: Overall, this is a great system with all the possibilities of online gaming without using my PC. My husband loves the off roading of Motorsport. Wireless game controls are the way to go.
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edleonstgo
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Rating:  10
Time with product: 7 Days
Strengths: 80GB Hard Disk, PS2 games compatible, Motorstorm game included, Bluray tecnology, stylist and great design, wireless control, & good price compare with 60 & 40GB -double capacity with PS3 game include
Weaknesses: Not included HDMI cable & extra wireless controller, price high compare with other systems.
Summary: With the 80GB PS3 can play PS2 games - new 40GB PS3 version doesn't play PS2 games. At the same time with Bluray technology movies has a great resolution in my lcd tv. All in one - play games, movies, and view digital photos using SD card. I'm satisfied 95% with this system, 5% unsatisfied because of the price.
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cobber
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Rating: 8
Time with product:
Strengths: Lots of features, Bluray, wireless controller, backward compatible, internet access
Weaknesses: Cost, expensive games, no Hdmi cable
Summary: I bought this mainly as a Blu ray player. Compared to other players, it's a good value. It is quite a bit more compared to other next gen consoles though. The games look awesome with a HD tv. I wish I could figure out a way to use this with a universal remote instead of using the controller. I like the interface and it's easy to use. The online access seems cumbersome though. It will upconvert standard def dvd's too. I'm a little worried about the price drops lately and different models be discontinued, but I jumped anyway.
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supingmei
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Rating: 10
Time with product: 5 Days
Strengths: blue-ray, wireless controller, 80 gb hard drive, nice graphic
Weaknesses: expensive
Summary: After research I decided on the ps3, it is a nice machine with nice graphics, it has 80gb hard drive, plays blue-ray movies, cd,vcd,and dvd,also plays ps1 & ps2 games, it has wi-fi, blue tooth device connectivity, internet brower, comes with wireless controller. I had lots of fun with the game that comes with it so far.
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mindreader68
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Rating: 8
Time with product: 2
Strengths: Blu-ray player, Good graphics, Upconverted DVD's/Games
Weaknesses: No HDMI cable, expensive, no remote, slow load time
Summary: I bought the PS3 more as a Blu-ray player rather than a video game console. Putting it into that perspective, the PS3 is good system, although there are some small inadequacies.The first thing is, an HDMI cable is a must for this system. Sony packaged the console with a lousy component cable which won't achieve resolutions above 480i. This means that it doesn't provide better than my $30 DVD player on my full 1080p LCD TV. But once I switched the input to the Monster Ultra 1000 HDMI cable, the graphics improved. This is true for both movies and games, for both upconverted PS2 games (in this case, Final Fantasy X) as well as Motorstorm that came in the package.As far as movie playing goes, I played two standard DVD's (Ice Age, Shrek 2) in both my cheap player as well as the PS3. There is a noticeable graphics difference. The colors and the graphics are a bit sharper. It's not as large an improvement as I'd hoped, but it's definitely noticeable.When playing Blu-ray discs however, is where the PS3 really stands out. The picture quality is definitely top notch. I was hoping that I can get away with normal DVD's instead of upgrading and spending a lot of money on Blu-rays, but now I suppose I have to.Another thing that is probably a worthwhile investsment if using the PS3 as a DVD player is a remote. Althought the SIXAXIS controller can serve the function, they really aren't meant to do any more than playing games. I understand that Sony came up with a remote for the PS3, but having read the reviews online, I understand that there are some user-friendliness issues with it. I think I will hold off on it until they come up with a better one.A minor annoyance with the PS3 is the slow load time, both for movies and games. For example, it takes up to a minute to load Motorstorm. Not a big deal right? In the middle of the game, when you are chosing cars, it takes another 40-50 seconds for the car graphics to show up. Loading the race after selecting cars takes another minute and half or so. But I suppose with improved graphics quality, that is unavoidable.Overall, I am happy with the purchase.
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