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    Image of jonathansj jonathansj
    08/21/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim
    Question: You mentioned the old ps3 (with no backward capacibility) can play ps2 game if it have a ps2 emulator? How about Linux OS installed, can it then play pc games? lets say something like Final Fantasy XI Online or World of Warcraft?
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    08/21/09

    @jonathansj: Not sure, readers?
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    Image of SwahaDoomer SwahaDoomer
    08/20/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim
    actually, logitech just put out a device to allow its Harmony universal remotes to work with the PS3 (the logitech harmony adaptor for PS3)
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    Image of stranger stranger
    08/21/09

    @SwahaDoomer: Yeah, but it's like a$60 Blutooth adapter that plugs into your PS3 and apparently comes saddled with a host of functionality problems that are yet to be ironed out in the firmware. Check Logitech's support forums before buying...
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    Image of BaronAgrippa BaronAgrippa
    08/20/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim
    Wait what? Who is gonna really buy a $24 stand? I've never stood any console on it's side ever.

    Also $100 for a new hard drive huh? It already comes with 120gigs! $100 will get you 500gigs. I popped a 7200rpm 160gig drive into my current PS3 for only $43 off Newegg.

    Also the standby power is about half a watt. When the Slim SAVES 30-50 watts while operating over current ones.

    Your list is really inaccurate in general and only considers the absolute worst case scenario that no gamer or bluray watcher is gonna care about.
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    Danny Allen approved this comment BaronAgrippa was starred BaronAgrippa was unstarred
    Image of Ichinisan Ichinisan
    08/21/09

    @BaronAgrippa: My brother and I both use the vertical orientation. His PS3 comes out from behind his TV with the slot aiming slightly forward. It works VERY well. Mine sits in front of the swiveling "spine" that holds up a 52" flat panel, and gives the appearance that the TV is balanced on top of the PS3. I use a low-profile right-angle HDMI adapter and a right-angle AC power cord (custom-made) and the setup is just awesome. The new "slim" PS3 is actually deeper in one dimension, the orientation of the embossed logo is different, and the "PS" logo above the disc slot does rotate; all of which do not complement the vertical orientation with the new model.
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    Image of Jesús Maita Jesús Maita
    08/20/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim
    I just want to know what games use the usb ports? i want to buy the new ps3 slim, but if a have to buy a usb hub i prefer the old one.
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    08/20/09

    @Jesús Maita: The old one also only has 2 USB ports, unless you're talking really old.
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    Image of Bandit Bandit
    08/20/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim
    13. No IR port for controlling the system with a universal remote. Fail.
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    Image of ShoyuRamen ShoyuRamen
    08/20/09

    @Bandit: Not really a deal breaker.
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    08/20/09

    @ShoyuRamen: It's inconvenient, but it's not a dealbreaker.
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    Image of Bandit Bandit
    08/20/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim
    12. It plays Blu-Ray discs! Slim or not, it's still a freakin' PS3 and will play the same Bluray movies you throw at it!
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    Image of Alessar Alessar
    08/20/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim
    Just a little note: the 80 gig PS3s that have four USB ports are the ones that have partial PS2 backward compatibility. The ones cut down to two offer no backward compatibility.
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    Image of AlphaUltima AlphaUltima
    08/20/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim
    1. Pro -100
    2. Con +24 and tax
    3. Con +100 for new hdd
    4. Con -time to dl, which could've spend on playing the damn thing
    5. Con
    6. Con
    7. Con +money wasted on standby power
    8. Con +new media reader
    9. Con +new USB hub
    10. Con +new bravia HDTV
    11. Con +rebuying games you already have for your xbox360
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    Image of Sea Chicken Sea Chicken
    08/20/09

    @AlphaUltima: So don't buy it then.
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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    08/20/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim
    As I understand it, all PS3's will support Bravia Sync, thanks to the 3.0 firmware upgrade.

    Oh, and swapping out the hard drive? One screw, and it's located on the bottom under a plastic popup tab, not on the front.
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    Image of AndromedaHorse AndromedaHorse
    08/20/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim
    I think obne very serious and unmentioned concern of mine is this: how is the video quality compared. They turned down the dials and took away, yet no mention concerning video quality with Bluray and video games. I don't care if they did/did not mention it, I would like to see side by side comparisons. I wonder if they also started to use a cheapoer drive... *cough cough hack hack arg*
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    Image of Le0nidas Le0nidas
    08/20/09

    @AndromedaHorse: Why would there be any reason to think the video quality would be any different? Turned the dials down? If you are referring to how it uses less power this is mostly due to the smaller process of the cell (45nm) and swapping for some other components. Same CPU (just smaller), same GPU, same memory. No "dials" were turned down so there is absolutely no reason to think video quality would be any less. You dont thin ksomeone would have already came out and said that if it had?
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    Image of rodro rodro
    08/19/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim
    How about power consumption? Any changes?
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    08/19/09

    @rodro: It uses about a third less power.
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    Image of yungjerry703 yungjerry703
    08/19/09

    @rodro: 33% less power consumption if i'm not mistaken.
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    Image of AXSLV2 AXSLV2
    08/20/09

    @rodro: 32% less power
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    08/20/09

    @rodro: Yes, no. Maybe. I don't know. Can you repeat the question?
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    Image of Zordon Zordon
    08/20/09

    @rodro: Less than Nine Thousand.
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    Image of Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition Lysdexia_NoKotakuEdition
    08/20/09

    33.33 repeating of course
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    Image of bigtimes bigtimes
    08/20/09

    @My Secret Identity: You're not the boss of me!
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    Image of FuturePastNow FuturePastNow
    08/19/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim
    Wonder what happens if you insert a hard drive that has PS3 Linux preinstalled on it.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    08/19/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim
    Hmmm. I'm kinda cheesed about the USB port reduction because they are dirt cheap, but when they make thousands of units, I suppose it starts mattering.
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    08/19/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim

    Kotaku has a video and they tested its ability to stand on its own and it was fine.. oh and again i dont know who read the FCC stuff but its just 120's and 250's in the FCC papers (seen above from Kotaku
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    08/19/09

    @Sir Gibler: oh and heres the video
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    Image of BlueToast BlueToast
    08/19/09

    @Sir Gibler: Yeah, that's wobbly, shaky, and absolutely not "fine".
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    08/20/09

    @BlueToast: I agree completely - Stephen Tolio or whatever his name is (who was a tool when he had a show on G4) obviously had a conclusion he wanted to make and then set out to prove it. Problem is, the video doesn't show what he wanted it to show *at all*. But he continues to claim otherwise.

    I would never stand a console up like that, where basically brushing past it or bumping into your TV stand would knock it down. (The original PS3 is a completely different matter, and it does stand up "fine" without a stand.)
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    08/20/09

    @BlueToast: Also, let's see him try to actually press any of the buttons when standing up that way. Easy to do on the old model because they're touch sensitive. Try it on this thing without a stand and you'll be sans-PS3 pretty quick.
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    08/20/09

    @badasscat: well unless youre just thumbin' it and not using any of your other fingers to stabilize it, well yeah i see room for issues
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    Image of chapoec chapoec
    08/19/09

    In reply to 10 Things You Need to Know About the PS3 Slim
    The PS3 seams backwards to me. The first ones released are better with more features. Instead of adding features they are removing features.
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    badasscat promoted this comment chapoec was starred chapoec was unstarred
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    08/20/09

    @chapoec: All console redesigns remove features, and always have.

    Compare this: [ep.yimg.com]

    With this: [www.pugo.org]

    Let's see if you can spot the differences. And this was 30 years ago.
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