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PlayStation 3 is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment as the successor to the PlayStation 2 in a series of PlayStation. It competes with Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii as part of the seventh generation of gaming consoles. Big shiny black console to dominate any platform that is placed under the TV. Sony might get around to going small, but it never does on the first outing – remember how big the PS1 and PS2 were first time around? Well the PS3 makes both look relatively tiny considering. There is no two ways about it, the PlayStation 3 is a big beast, but a shiny one at that.

Its storage medium and one of its best features is its Blu-Ray drive. Other key features include the PlayStation Network, its robust multimedia capabilities and connectivity with the PlayStation Portable. It comes with an interchangeable, integrated hard drive, wi-fi, a Dualshock 3 controller, two or four USB slots, a HDMI slot, power cable, and a composite slot and cable.

The PS3 measures 12.8 inches wide by 3.8 inches high by 10.8 inches long. There’s no external power supply for the PS3. On the front, four USB ports for connecting (and charging) controllers and other accessories, including USB keyboards, charms, and PSP. Rounding out the front panel is a memory card reader, a door that supports not only the memory card of the entire family on the Memory Stick from Sony, but Compact Flash and SD / MMC, too.

PlayStation 3 can read digital photos attached to various USB devices including digital cameras, PSP, USB flash drives as well as the home burned CD-R. As for the music, the PS3 is compatible with most major file types of music, including MP3, ATRAC, AAC and WAV, and like the Xbox 360 has a built-in music visualizer. On the video front, PS3 plays Blu-ray discs in full high definition DVD movies. It also supports MPEG1, MPEG2, video files and MPEG4/h.264 USB drive or media.

Sony said a bug with the console clock was responsible for the serious technical glitch, which has left thousands of PS3 owners are unable to connect to the PlayStation Network..

It has warned PS3 owners not to use their games console until it has issued a fix to resolve the problem

“As you may be aware, some customers have been unable to connect to the PlayStation Network today,” Sony said in a statement. “We believe we have identified that this problem is being caused by a bug in the clock functionality incorporated in the system.

“We hope to resolve this problem within the next 24 hours. In the meantime, if you have a model other than the new slim PS3, we advise that you do not use your PS3 system, as doing so may result in errors in some functionality, such as recording obtained trophies and not being able to restore certain data.

“We are doing our best to resolve the issue and apologise for any inconvenience caused.”

Gluck first came to light during the night as the internal clock and calendar in the PlayStation 3 is included in the period between February and March. A lot of PS3 owner reported that their clocks were reset console itself December 31, 1999 or January 1, 2000.

Others said that they had been unable to access or play content downloaded from the PlayStation Network and, in some instances, discovered that their trophy and achievement data had been corrupted or deleted.

It remains unclear whether the patch will restore or repair the data trophy.

For those who plan on regularly using their PS3 for playing Blu-ray and DVD movies, this is an attractive Bluetooth Remote style tend to be well thought out button layout and design. Because this is the only official remote available for the Playstation 3. It uses Bluetooth for communication instead of the conventional infrared (IR) or radio frequency (RF) standards. It can be used at any time to change music tracks and downloaded games, Blu-Ray or DVD movies or TV shows. The remote also is very responsive and faces no line-of-sight issues because it uses Bluetooth radio, not IR (infrared).

If you do a lot of movie watching with your PS3, the Sony PlayStation 3 Blu-ray DVD Remote is a nice luxury, but it’s not a must-have accessory for the PS3. Provides distance and adjusts to the table with the rest of their consoles from Sony, and you’ll never need more, while watching movies, listening to music or simply browse the XMB. The buttons may be more relevant, leading to your friends funcitoning PlayStation buttons that we all learned to love.

As with the game controller, you also can turn the system on and off using the key adorned with the PlayStation logo. Additionally, if your PS3 is off, you can hit any key on the remote and it will power on. This is wonderful, but it also increases the likelihood that you – or anyone in your household – can accidentally press and turn the PS3.

With a street price of $25, the Sony PlayStation 3 Blu-ray DVD Remote is reasonably priced. If you wonder: is it worth buying one over say, an extra Wireless Controller ($ 50), the answer will depend on how you intend to use the PS3 as a movie watching machine. As it is, once you get used to using the wireless game controller as a remote for Blu-ray and DVD playback, it’s actually pretty decent. The remote simply makes accessing certain features and menus easier and faster. And it makes you think you are actually operating a component home theater, not a slot machine. If an action is little more for convenience, by all means, pick it up.