Sony Playstation 3 (40 GB) Console

I have recently bought a ps3 and mine plays every game for the ps2 even the first game i got when i bought my Ps2 when the Ps2 was £299 (wow) I dont know what every1 else is on about all you need is 2 link your ps3 up to ur pc and go to a couple of certain sites for some updates and hey presto it plays everything! Now about the Ps3 yes the online side is good but im not impressed im still a big fan of my xbox 360 , which im sure microsoft will make bigger and better.

great price and very quick to respond to emails, new condition so no complaints, packaging was also great,

it was fairly new and had 4 games and 2 controllers comms from the seller was good and very understanding,great item my partner loves it

We picked up this poorly playstation 3 it was in a few pieces but within a few hours it was all back together and running smooth thanks to my son :)

Well as i owned ps1 -- 2 and now had to get the 3.. what can you say about this machine. Graphics are great.. smooth and prefect. in some games almost life like..
Wireless connection allows downloading from the new easy and online gaming so much fun ( altho only tried it once so far lol )
Sony has made this machine update as good as you can imagine.. god help them making Ps4 lol.

I HEARD A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT THESE CONSOLES AND THIS LIVES UP TO EVERY ONE OF THEM ! AMAZING GRAPHICS, SOUND AND GAMEPLAY !

Good item and arrived in super quick time. The box arrived damaged but I was aware of that when I purchased the item. :)

Brand new PS3 for £245 incl. postage? Ok, so the box was a little worn, though this was clearly mentioned in the item description. The PS3 works without a problem, you'd be stupid to pay more really!!

It looked a complete bargain but was never really for sale and i had excellent help from PayPal to get my money back after the auction finished and i paid the seller disapeared. big thanks to paypal great safety net.

Summary:
Pretty, Large, Shinny, Hot. But: A great quality Bluray DVD player (if you can be bothered with controls) AND it plays games - Wow!

All round pretty good! I was very pleased with it.

The device works well and does what it says on the label and overall therefore it is a good system and a good price. I bought it for the Blueray Disk DVD player and when you compare the prices of the dedicated Sony Blueray machines, the PS3 is a fabulous price and physically smaller than a Sony machines that ONLY play DVDs (i.e. no games function!). The games services are therefore a FREE bonus!

There are a number of down sides (none of which stop the device being good) which are really a list of 'gripes' rather than complaints.

OK:
- The user interface is not that intuitive and is too 'slippery', options just slide past and there is lots of forward and backwards stuff happening.
- There are no front panel buttons - I would at least have liked a 'X' and a 'O' buttons (i.e. 'Go', 'Backwards'). Getting the controller started up and wireless connected to the PS3 is not 'instant' and it is the only way to get the PS3 up an operational.
- The classic hand held games controller is for me absolutely _not_ ergonomic, how a button marked 'X' can be the 'Go/Yes' button is beyond me?! You have to switch on teh remote control and wait connect for wireless connection before you can get the console up and operational. The remote controller startup is not instant and really needs two hands to operate eve for most simple functions (even getting a DVD to start playing, or even to shut down the system)! OK perhaps for interactive game play use teh controller is fine, but 'stupid' for other services. I don't suppose Sony are ever going to change that aspect - it is I imagine as embedded in the game console as the 'accelerator, brake and clutch' layout of a car, so, moving on ...
- The case is beautiful big polished plastic like a black japanese enameled box - looks good, but touch it once and you have finger marks all over it. Yes, I know that you don't handle the thing that often, but, there is no easy way to pick it up without making it look awful unless you use gloves.
- USB ports for front access for external devices are hidden under a case projection - can't see them to plug into! More scratches and finger marks!
- Device runs hot all the time
- PS3 40G has no backward compatibility for PS'2' games
- Wireless Internet connectivity was fiddly to enable - it was as if it simply did not 'want to' connect. Took me about 3 days and a bit of online research to figure it out.
- Registering online was hideously lengthy and unhelpful - it may have taken about 20 minutes to do and probably not worthwhile!
- User manual is borderline useless and frankly irritating
- Connection to media player (thorugh the internet/home network) is OK for as much as 'several minutes'. I.e. extremely unreliable/un-usable. This problem _could-be_ my Sony Vaio PC's fault, but there is indequate feedback about which end is having problems and as such it is unworkable and the interface is anyway close to being 'so difficult to use that you don't want to bother'!
It is not obvious to me how you can just:
Play, or
Play random selection, or
Play Album, or
Play this/that artist.
You must go down to track level before you can play anything!

So, most of the problems/gripes are with the interface in ALL respects.

But for the interface, it would be EXCELLENT

I think the gaming quality of this product is much better than the other consoles sony have done and also any other console out there on the market. I think the vast majority of games available are superb as it is a newish console. I rate this console as the best so far. Will take some beating. I have nothing that I dislike about it and the online gaming is superb.

i liked this ps3 because the seller had 100% feedback and what he offered was good value for money once the item had come it was how he had described in perfect condition with the 7 games.

Operating system is smooth and sleek, however some of the game graphics are not as smooth as the Xbox 360. Sony should have updated the controller with analogue triggers not just buttons.

After only 5 weeks, about 2 hours gaming and watching one (yes 1) BD movie the machine failed terminally. Sony recognised the fault but where not helpful when ebay was mentioned even though my PS3 was brand new and sealed! So ebay buyers be warned. They did eventually agree to a refurb replacement for the now very common fault of the laser unit failing.

Overall a fantastic Blu-ray disc player but an average console.

The PS3 is a very fast processor for the Folding@Home (F@H) distributed processing research projects. You can purchase a "Faulty" PS3 for much less than a fully operational one and there is a high probability that it will work fine for F@H.

John

Its great to play use ps3 and really good, its look brand new to me but worth to buy! deffo use it every night if i got time to have rest and play!

Thanks you

To be fair, the actual hardware was never really going to be in much doubt. And after your first few hours in the company of the PlayStation 3, you're likely to be impressed.

Several initial thoughts went through my head. Firstly, the machine's really quite heavy. Secondly, aesthetically, it's really quite smart. And thirdly, and surprisingly, is that given the immense processing grunt under its glossy, buffed-up exterior, it's very quiet in operation. It certainly puts the Xbox 360 in the shade in that department, I know, I now have both.

When I switched on for the first time, following as simple a connection procedure as you'd expect with a games console, I signed up for the PlayStation Network and downloaded an advised, but not compulsory, update. This involved us getting the machine online, which was thankfully straightforward. A built-in wireless receiver or the Ethernet port at the back are your two choices, and we tried both, finding the machine adapted to either at breakneck speed. It's an extra £50 for the xbox 360 wireless connector...

The download and application of the upgrade took care of the first five minutes or so, but eventually we got to spend some time with the browser interface. This bears striking similarities to the one Sony employed with the PSP, and given that the two machines have a degree of interoperability, that's perhaps unsurprising.

It was interesting to note, going through the menu, just how Sony has made it easy to support elements you'd usually not expect it to be so welcoming of. The option for an OS install took us aback, and we were pleased to see the Folding@Home client built in too. But on top of that, the likes of keyboards, mice, Web-cams and such like - all of which can hook up via the assorted USB ports - are very easy to add.

Media support is well-rounded, too. That 40GB hard drive inside the machine can be filled with music files, for instance, and several codecs are supported. Likewise, there's Blu-ray and DVD playback. The former - the reason why the machine is so over deadline and so over budget - actually turns out to be a bit of a trump card. While we've not had the pleasure of many Blu-ray players, we're informed by colleagues who have that the PS3 is one of the finest, if not the very best, Blu-ray disc playback device on the market, to the point where many are picking up the PS3 for precisely that reason, rather than for its gaming prowess. It's aided - again, for the time being scoring a point over its Microsoft-produced rival - by the native inclusion of HDMI, meaning full 1080p output is well within the realms of the console (a new model of the Xbox 360 is expected to add this feature shortly).

But it's the games which ultimately will be the biggest influence in the rise or fall of the machine. But there's little doubt that the PS3 is capable of some incredibly impressive-looking games. Sony's track record should ensure that the shortage isn't a long-term one. There's also, of course, Sony's equivalent to Xbox Live Arcade, whereby games can be bought and downloaded onto the console online. A free game was available at launch and you can expect lots more, for sub-£10 price tags, in the future.

thus is a fantastic console which is recommended to all. im not into racing games a lot but these are good i prefer action and football however a great buy.

This thing is fantastic, from the sexy sheen on the black case as you take it out of the box, til the moment your in a game smashing some skulls!

The PS3 is a beautiful machine, it looks sleek and the reset/power button, and the eject button are both touch sensitive and integrated as to make the PS3 look even better.

The machine is extremely easy to set up, although it does take a little time to download updates, but the machine does it for you so the less tech-haeded among us would have no problem whatsoever!

The XMB (the interactive menu used by the PS3) Is also easy to access and fairly intuitive. I don't see any problems arising out of using this, and it allows you to access media from your harddrive or computer, music, settings, the playstation network (PSN) aswell as games.

The PSN us a good feature of the PS3. It is free to sign up and use and it allows you to download a variety of things from sony's store such as game/movie trailers and demos. It also provides a basis for purchasing certain games and downloadable content for games you already own.

The PSN also allows you to make friends that you can chat to, and invite them to play your favourite games online with you.

Loading up games is also fairly easy. Just pop the disc in, let the install take place, then youre ready to go! Even a person that has never owned a console will be able to use this as it is so simple!

The games ive played so far are GTA4 and MGS4. Both of these games having cracking gameplay and stories, but for me, MGS4 pulls out ahead, using the PS3 to the best of its ability and showing off seom truely next gen potential.

The PS3, for me, was an ideal purchase. I have never looked back on it, and never will.

seller i bought this off scammed me out of £300 and paypal could only recover half that amount, waste of fucking space.

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You can trust this seller with expensive items.

Payed my money and got my ps3 straight away.

Wrestled with my tv and POW!!! runs like magic, Thanks again Dave.

The seller sold a playstation 3 console with Blue Ray disc damaged...,
It works for five minutes then freezes, I turn it off then back on and thats when it comes up with code error 80010541.
I am very sad with this purchase..,I want to send it back to seller.

If you are a bit adventurous with your gaming hardware the PS3 will not dissapoint.

1) It's a good gaming platform equal of anything on the market both in terms of graphics and in terms of games available. It is also not at the top of its game yet, with the Cell processor still not really pushed to its limits and Blu Ray will allow for larger games as PS3 games currently are no where near fill up a disk.

2) The online network seems to be vibrant with lots of gaming oportunities (not charged for the service like XboxLive. Sure, there are some functions that Xbox Live delivers better, but they've had years to get it right, so I would hope it was good. It only requires Sony to write some code in order to remove the kinks in the PS3 online experience.

3) It connects with your PC (Set up as a media centre)to allow you to listen to your music, watch videos and look at your photograph (still a little work needing done on this). Later this year the PS3 will allow you to recieve and record digital TV broadcasts onto the PS3 hard disk. It looks like there will be download on demand services (TV & Films) coming up as well.

4) Talking about item (3), it's a breaze to upgrade your hard disk - I now have a 320Mb and it took about 30 minutes, including figuring out what to do.

5) Another evenings work and I had the basis of a Linux computer operating system installed an fully configured with Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, a web camera and microphone, wireless networking, email and a 'Skype' like application all configured and running on my HD TV. Add to that USB hard disk with 1TeraByte of space (Less than £150) and you have a moderate specification desktop PC. Have not tried playing Windows games on it yet (I think that Sony have placed limitations on accessing the graphics accelerator on a Linux PS3), but otherwise it does everything my desktop requires (Desktop Publishing, Editing and managing Photographs, CAD, database stuff, webserver, ftp, Email, VOIP, instant messaging, surfing the web, capture/basic video edit, docking bluetooth gizmos with the PS3, backup restore file systems). I've tried it all and it all works (ok, possibly more than 1 evening set up for everything).

6)When you can record TV on you PS3 later this year, U can connect a PSP to the system via the internet and watch your recorded progams anywhere in the world on the PSP (good for those boring business trips in nasty hotels when it's raining outside and the boss won't splurg for payTV).

7)Oh, did I say that it plays BluRay movies.

8)Basically, this box looks to be close to replacing 3 or 4 electronic boxes in your living room/study (not quite there yet), as well as playing games with it.

9) I'm sure I have not found out about all the things you can do with a PS3.

Way impressive if it all comes off in a user friendly way. Can't see the Xbox360 competing with that lot for long. I had to buy another so that my son can get his back.

PS. I'm not knocking the Xbox360 in any way. My sons best mate has one and they both enjoy playing with either games consoles to the same extent, so I reckon they must both currently be equally good as game consoles.

The PS3 is the coolest console on the planet, I have the built in HDD , BLU ray player, and not to mention the games.