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Sony PlayStation 3

Last updated
May 28, 2008
Test Center Reviewed by
Melissa J. Perenson
Pros
Cons
Full Specifications
Price when rated - Pricing: Very Inexpensive $600 (as of 2/20/2007)
Overall design - Very Good On-screen menus - Very Good
Ease of Use - Very Good
Responsiveness - Good
Remote control - Good
Other features - Superior
Documentation - Very Good
Performance Color quality - Good: 78
Detail - Very Good: 80
Brightness and contrast - Good: 77
DVD-Video image quality - Good: 71
Overall performance - Good: 78
Specifications - Very Good Maximum component-video-output resolution - 1080i
24p output support - No
HDMI output - Yes
HDMI version - 1.3
Maximum HDMI-output resolution - 1080p
Ethernet connection (for Internet connectivity) - Yes (also has integrated wireless 802.11b/g)
Ethernet connection (for streaming content across home network) - Yes
DLNA compliance - No
USB 2.0 ports - Yes; 4
USB port function - For reading and multimedia files
Component-video Output - Yes
S-Video output - Yes
Composite -video output - Yes
Two-channel analog audio output - No
Coaxial digital output - No
Optical digital output - Yes
Maximum audio output over HDMI - 7.1-channel PCM
Best audio output over S/PDIF - 7.1-channel PCM
Bitstream output to audio/video receiver - Yes
Other audio features
DVD-Video upconversion - n/a
Plays audio CDs - Yes
Supported DVD disc formats - DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW
Plays MP3 DVDs - Yes
Plays MP3 CDs - Yes
Support for two simultaneous video streams (for on-demand picture-in-picture) - No
Supported multimedia formats - Memory Stick Audio Format (ATRAC), MP3, MP4, WAV, Memory Stick Video Format (MPEG-4 SP, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile), JPEG, TIFF, BMP, GIF, PNG
Storage - 60GB
Firmware updates delivered via? - Ethernet/Web download
Disc bookmarks - Yes
Media slots - CompactFlash, Memory Stick, Secure Digital
Other features
Warranty - One year parts/one year labor
Weekday support hours - 14
Saturday support hours - 14
Sunday support hours - 11.5
Toll-free support number - Yes
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