Sony PS3 500GB Super Slim Console (PS3)

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Certainly the more detail - and textures - going through the pipeline seems to incur larger performance hits and more screen-tear. If you thought the Slim looked and felt cheap next to the grand piano finish of the original PS3, you'll be singularly unimpressed with this console. Plastics lack much in the way of a premium finish, while the slot-loading Blu-ray drive has been swapped out for a top-loading arrangement with a sliding lid that rattles somewhat. net is owned by Gamer Network Limited, a ReedPop company and subsidiary of Reed Exhibitions Limited.

It's an interesting thought, because the potential is there for the bargain-basement PS3 to actually outperform its more expensive siblings.Sure enough, slotting in the 250GB upgrade addresses the problem, restoring the 60 frames per second update. Instead, the top of the drive slides open across the console's top, operated by a front-mounted button.

It looked a premium product, but in terms of size it could give some home cinema amps a run for their money. The PS3 can’t match a dedicated budget Blu-ray deck such as Sony’s own BDP-S390 or Panasonic’s DMP-BDT220, but detail levels are good, colours are nicely judged and motion is handled well enough. Gone is the quality finish and feel of the predecessor, although the curved design survives to an extent.This was probably to be expected bearing in mind that PS3 hard drives are all encrypted with a per-unit key. At this point, the entirety of the flash chip is copied onto the hard drive in a somewhat lengthy procedure.