| Playstation 3 40GB | 
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| From: Sony
Category: Video Games
List Price: $399.99
Buy Used: $360.00
You Save: $39.99 (10%)
New (14) from $499.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  331 reviews
Sales Rank: 35
Platform: Playstation 3
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Graphics RAM: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 13.3
Dimensions (in): 17 x 13.6 x 6.9
MPN: 98006
Model: 98007
UPC: 711719800705
EAN: 0711719800606
ASIN: B000XGJH1O
Release Date: February 12, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Pretty cool August 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Playstation is pretty cool. I was amazed by how functional it was and packed with features. It has gone from being just a game console to a full entertainment system.
Had To Give A Review Based On Another August 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"BLU-RAY:
The PS3 does have Blu-ray, which has won the format war with HD DVD. However, I don't think disc media is going to be around much longer anyway. I believe the real future in high-definition video is larger hard drives and the ability to download movies and videos directly to your console, which the 360 seems to be focusing on. It is worth noting that Netflix is going to make streaming videos available on the 360 in the fall of 2008. "
this was one of the statements given by another reviewer. i can't believe this person thinks that digital downloads will ever take the place of a disc.(hardware on any scale)peoeple want to be able to feel and touch something they've bought. there is a sense of pride in knowing it's their at your fingertips. digital downloads sounds great but there are some noteable problems. i'm only going to discuss the obvious ones. something can happen to a HDD and then you lose that digital download and possibly be forced to be buy it again...one other problem is that digital downloads don't sounds or look near as good as a blu ray/hd-dvd disc
why would anyone want to settle for less?
all in all the ps3 is a great gaming console on all levels. i don't like it as much as my 360 for gaming reasons. from a media outlook it's fantastic
also keep in mind the the ps3 is currently the only blu ray player that can be upgraded:)
 Dont buy the PS3 40gb if you want to play PS2 games August 7, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I got a PS3 off of Ebay. Bad idea. While it works great and it is what is advertised, I didn't know that it can't play PS2 games. I would never expect to buy something from $ony that wasn't compatible with other $ony products.
Ah well, live and learn. Buy a PS3 80gb or 60gb (check on Sony.com for the latest details on PS2 compatability) if you want to play PS2 games.
Well worth the money August 6, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Alright so i just wanted to put my opinion on here about the PS3. I recieved it a few days ago i was impressed with the design of the console. i mean yeah i saw pictures of it on here but its way better when its right in front of you. Everything was easy to set up, it took a few mintues to get the whole running. Thank god i didn't have to buy the HDMI cable (My 47 inch had already). When i turned it on everything was easy to navigate through. The main menu is really nice, very easy to understand. I immediately went on the web just to see how good it is. and i thought it was actually pretty good. the playstation store is really nice, u get to dowloads a bunch of demos, get old games like PS1 games, u get to prviews for movies and much more. I read that some people thought it was noisy, not in my case it did not have the fan noise. With my purchase of the PS3 i ordered 3 games with it, NCAA Football 09, GTA 4, Uncharted: Drakes Fortune. I have yet to play any of them, but i am sure they won't disappoint. One of the things that swayed me to purchase the PS3 was the fact it was a Blue ray player too. i am a big movie guy, i like watching movies and all that. i watched 300 on it and it don't not disappoint at all, it was redicilous thats how good it was. i mean that alone is worth buying the PS3. So in conclusion i believe anybody whos a gamer don't matter if your just a casual or hard core gamer, a movie buff like me should get this console. Basically u getting three things out of it ... Blue ray player ... game console.. Internet. what else can you ask for. If you don't have one...... get one its worth it!!!
Still best option for Blu-Ray player August 6, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought the PS3 as my exclusive Blu-Ray platform after judging it with the newest players that came out in July 2008. The PS3 does everything better than the stand alone players that I've seen and toyed with. What stands out with the PS3 to me is the fact that you have a powerful processer that is dedicated to the best 1080P picture posible while decoding the highest quality audio to send to your receiver instead of bitstreaming it to boot. I'll tell anyone that playing the PS3 signal on my Sony XBR4 with 120Hz motion flow and routing sound through my Onkyo TX-SR705 with 7.1 surround will make a beliver out of most audiophiles. what I find most attractive about the PS3 is the fact that it is upgradable to the latest Blu-ray profiles and it decodes the latest audio codecs out there. Sony says they will always support the PS3 with the latest Blu-ray profiles on the market. I own a XBOX 360 elite and a Wii and will tell you that I prefer gaming on my 360 by a thin margin due to the feeling that the 360 controller feels like a tank in my hands compared to the small PS3 controller. I also know that it's just my mind, but I like the quick cut access to the games on the 360 and straight-forwardness of the menus. Now don't get me wrong on this, but I have a higher opinion of the PS3 because of its versatility. I can surf the net, upgrade the hard drive, play HD movies seamlessly, have a million options I can change, and game at the same time. The thing that still bugs me about my 360 is that the HD-DVD player that was an add on never got the full number crunching power that the PS3 puts into its Blu-ray playback. The 360 always had judder because the 360 either didn't have enough juice to power the HD movies or it was taking breaks doing something else rather than dedicating all of its computing power to the movie. I always had studder in the playback of my HD-DVD drive, something that never happens in the PS3. My brother has a Blu-ray drive built into his Dell tower system with enough ram to make a pixar film and Windows Vista still gives you lazy playback and tons of studder which drives me up the wall. With the PS3 upscaling of my old DVD library, it is a complete system that in my opinion outguns anything out there. Way too many positives including reliability to not give the PS3 the edge over anything gaming or otherwise. So do yourself a favor, get a Sony XBR series LCD TV with a PS3 and don't look back or at anything else out there. You won't regret it.
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