Specifications
The Sony Playstation 3 features :
- Powered by a Cell Broadband Engine.
- It also has a built in Blu-ray Disc
player built into it. Blu-ray Disc are the future in home video with its 50-100GB memory and 1080p
High Definition capability.
- The Sony Playstation 3 uses SIXAXIS wireless
controllers that can use motion detection and that connect wirelessly using Bluetooth allowing it to range
up to twenty meters(sixty-five feet) and are rechargable via usb ports in front of the Playstation 3 system.
The Playstation 3 also supports up to seven of the SIXAXIS wireless controllers at the same time.
- A RSX GPU
- 256MB XDR Main RAM 256MB GDDR3 VRAM for memory
- 20, 40, 60, and 80GB HDD
- 4 USB 2.0 ports and 256MB XDR Main RAM 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
- For internet communication it uses, Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) and IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi:
PLAYSTATION 3 delivers always-on
online connectivity, offering
a world of online possibilities including multiplayer gaming, text and video messaging, voice chatting,
downloading content and browsing the internet
(Sony, 2007).
As for the Audio and Visual outputs, Sony's Playstation 3 has one HDMI port, one AV Multi Out,
one Digital out, and a Blu-ray/DVD/CD drive read only
. The Sony Playstation 3's demensions
are approximately 325mm (W) x 98mm (H) x 274mm (D) and it weighs about five kilograms.
