PS3 slim

Advantages: Blu-ray, free online, nice extras like vidzone & iplayer. Almost silent operation
Disadvantages: Rubbish controller, still expensive, online nowhere near as good as xbox live

...Well, had the slim for a few weeks now (my 1st ever playstation), personally, I'm a little underwhelmed by it, I've been a gamer since the nintendo game & watch days & owned @ least 1 of the current gen consoles since the Mega Drive(Genesis). Graphically the system has the potential to wipe the floor with the 360, but this is really only going to apply to PS3 exclusives as any software house making a multi-platform game is going to be as cost effective (lazy) as possible & use the same graphics on all the games where possible(ok, they need to dumb them down for the Wii). My problem here is that I have yet to get a game for it that runs in 1080P, they all seem to be in 720P! Why???? I'm sure they are out there, but I haven't found one yet. I guess this is down to most HD tv's being HD ready rather than Full HD. Sound-Yeah, ok...

andyamn 27.10.2009 · Read review
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Formula One Championship Edition (PS3)

Advantages: Fantastic Graphics
Disadvantages: 2006 Season Cars & Drivers

...This was one of the "free games" I got in the bundle when I bought my PS3 and being a huge fan of Formula one I was prepared to be disappointed by the game - this however is not the case. The game is modelled on the 2006 season - so no Lewis Hamilton, not a bad thing though as it does mean Michael Schumacher is still bombing round the track in his Ferrari, in arcade mode you can choose to race as any of the drivers from that season, however my favourite mode of the game is the career mode where you start at one of the lesser formula one teams and build up a reputation that one day will see you driving for the big boys. The graphics on this game are fantastic and providing you turn off all the driving aids it gives you a good competitive drive around some pretty realistic circuits, to date I think this is still the best racing game...

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TomTom One 3rd Edition

Advantages: Easy to use, great additional features
Disadvantages: Slightly slower than other models on satellite detection

... TomTom One 3rd Edition Background TomTom have long been the leading name in Car Navigation Systems. For this reason, they are often not the cheapest, but are definitely the most reliable and have the best features. The TomTom One is the original version, therefore the simplest, yet the 3rd edition has many of the features of the newer Car Navigation Systems. Price and Packaging My TomTom One was bought as a Christmas gift for £122 from the website Pixmania. As already said, you can get cheaper models but the TomTom has the best features. The packaging is simple, a square box with the instruction booklets in the bottom, the accessories (windscreen affixer, USB cable and in car charger) on top of the booklets and the TomTom itself in a plastic case sitting at the top. Setup The TomTom One 3rd Edition...

martin0201 26.12.2007 · Read review
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Tom Tom ONE V3

Advantages: Easy to use.
Disadvantages: Some local information missing.

...I am hopeless when I am driving and I do tend to get very lost. I looked around for all the products on the market because I did have a strict budget. This fell into my price range of £50-£100 and so I thought I would go for this one. It seemed the easiest to use and also being fairly hopeless with technology I decided that this was the best product to go for. When it arrived it was really easy to set up. There are step by step instructions for you to follow from the moment you turn it on and if you follow them all it only takes 10 minutes to set up and then you are ready to go. On top of that it is easy to charge as it comes with an in-car chager and a USB cable that you attach to your PC and it charges from there. To get up to full battery you need to charge it for only 2 hours. The touch screen makes it easy to use...

sarahtheoneandonly 08.01.2009 · Read review
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The Sims 3 - The Best One Yet?

Advantages: New careers; personality traits; Great graphics and speed on my laptop
Disadvantages: Lack of choices within Create-A-Sim; Could be slow on some users PC's/laptop's

...a professional career as a footballer (more on this later). You can edit your Sims to look however you want them to look (overweight, underweight, beautiful, ugly...). They must then carve out lives for themselves - moving into houses (you can build these yourself), furnish their houses, get on their career ladders, have families...the possibilities are (almost) endless! CREATING A SIM With TS3, you can create Sims with far more detail than you could in the previous two games. You can create toddlers, children, teenagers, young adults, adults, and elders. You can either choose one of the pre-loaded faces on screen, or you can shape a face easily by dragging the mouse to create cheekbones, or a stronger jaw, for example. You can make your Sim have big muscles, a bony physique, or largely obese. I was disappointed with the range of hairstyles...

Sonic4290 19.08.2009 · Read review
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Tom Tom one V3 Europe with TMC receiver - Good VFM

Advantages: Price, Free traffic updates, slimline, Tom Tom one home
Disadvantages: Accuracy of TMC (not tom toms fault), Map problems,

...I Recently replace my Garmin Street pilot unit with a TOM TOM V3 Europe (Traffic edition). I mainly did this because I wanted a low cost traffic solution, and I was able to get this from Halfords for under £170.00 (at the time of purchase) It came complete with the TMC receiver module. Another reason for choosing Tom Tom was how disappointed I was with my Garmin, and how much better my Wife's Tom Tom one original was compared to it. The unit is small and light, and the TMC receiver stays in my car fixed on with suction pads. It has a touch screen, and the menu icons are quite large. However I have thick fingers and I find that the touch pad keyboard screen used for Post codes/addresses is too small and I often get letters/numbers that I havent touched. The display screen is smaller than compared to many other units, but I have...

P_S_Price 16.04.2008 (17.04.2008) · Read review
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Playstation 3

Advantages: Easy to control
Disadvantages: Can't play normal dvds

.... ~~~Versions~~~ The versions of the Playstation 3 are 40 GB (not that good) The 60GB version (this is what I have) And there is the 80 GB version (that has lots of memory). Out of those I prefer the 80 GB version because it has the most memory and you can save lots of games on it, the 40 GB version ids useless because you can save as many as the 80 GB version plus you can download games on the Playstation 3 so the 40 GB version can't download as many games as the 80 GB or the 60 GB, the ones that are recommended to buy is the 80 GB version and the 60 GB version because the 60 GB can store games like all the versions of the Playstation 3 which are the 40 GB, the 60 GB and the 80 GB History Playstation 3 was known by the public on 16th may 2005, the version of the system was not presented there yet, either ~~~Top...

Car.Dude42 03.04.2008 (10.10.2008) · Read review
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playstation 3 slim: the facts!

Advantages: very powerful, multifunctional console
Disadvantages: No real price cut

...The PS3 Slim is the latest PlayStation 3 games console, but it is essentially the same console as before, but with slimmed down components and a new, smaller body. The key improvements in the PS3 Slim are the 120GB hard drive, up from 40GB, 60GB and 80gb in previous UK versions and making it slimmer has made it 36 per cent lighter, 33 per cent smaller and it consumes at least 34 per cent less power (for you know worry about you electricity bills). The PS3 Slim represents a new console just in time for x-mas, one that could start to make sony some profit because up to this is due to the vast majority of PS3 sold so far (around 24 million of them) have been sold at a loss. However, new manufacturing procedures have changed this recently, and a redesigned 45nm Cell processor along with other similarly small and power efficient components...

jonnyhal 29.10.2009 · Read review
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Playstation 3 Great Product

Advantages: Useful, Multimedia Functions, Entertaining, Internet
Disadvantages: Does have the odd problems mostly HDMI issues.

...The Sony Playstation 3 is a great console, due to the fact it has alot exciting new features from the previous sucessors. One of the main reasons the PS3 has done well in the war against other consoles is that the games available on the this platform are much vast. The also have a quite alot of games which are exlusive to PS3. Some buyers only buy the ps3 because a certain game is availiable on this platform. Thats one of the main purposes i purchased the ps3 because i liked previous games which were on the previous console. I have played all rival consoles and compared to the xbox i would have to say the graphics look better on the PS3. I tested playing the same game on HDTV at 1080p even though the game was out putting at 720p. The contrast of colours and the detail stood out more on the PS3. The XMB( Xross Media Bar) developed...

GStar_ 19.07.2009 · Read review
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Sony Playstation 3 (PS3)

Advantages: Best Entertainment System Avaliable, Region free games only
Disadvantages: 4GB file limitation External Storage, Cant read NTFS

...I am going to be reviewing possibly one of the biggest console in the market currently the PS3. Firstly I have one and it is great, now let's take a look at it in detail: LAUNCH November 11, 2006: This is when it debut in Japan November 17, 2006: It released in North America March 23, 2007: Finally was released in Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Africa and New Zealand. The UK launch was a shock for who went to it, as it was announced that everyone in the queue would receive a 46" Sony Bravia TV worth £2000. The launches did not turn out great for Sony as initial figures were low, here are the figures below: Worldwide: 5.59 Million - Japan 1,341,000 - North America 2,105,500 - Other 1,300,000 The launch was initially supposed to be as follows: November 11th for Japan and November 17th for North America...

dharma.roy 30.11.2007 (03.12.2007) · Read review
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