Advantages: Big choice of games, can be stored flat or on its side, is a DVD player Disadvantages: Disc read error problems do happen after alot of heavy use
, at the back of the unit you have the main power switch (on/off) a sticker with the model number, serial number and type (PAL or NTSC etc.) (mine is model number SCPH-30003), the every important fan, an expansion bay which opens up but to be honest im not entirely sure what this is for (im sure a quick search on Google would give you plenty of sites that will explain though, I'll leave that one to you to explore and stick to explaining what I know) and the ports for the A/V leads and the main adapter.
I have had an intermittent problem with some game discs not loading properly and the well documented, dreaded 'disc read error' showing on screen, though I was lucky we had a disc lens cleaning CD in the house and when I tried that it seemed to work. Remember I bought this second hand and it might well have been used fairly frequently since it came ...
