{"id":896,"date":"2007-06-01T21:28:54","date_gmt":"2007-06-02T01:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/01\/ps3-very-initial-impressions\/"},"modified":"2007-06-01T21:28:54","modified_gmt":"2007-06-02T01:28:54","slug":"ps3-very-initial-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/01\/ps3-very-initial-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"PS3 (very) initial impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finally entered the new so-called next generation of gaming by purchasing a PS3 from Circuit City online.\u00a0 I use their \u201cpick it up\u201d option for major purchases, and Circuit City was running a deal where you get a free Sony Wireless Six Axis controller.\u00a0 I also ordered a Sony Memory Card Adaptor; figured I would need it to transfer my PS2 saves.\u00a0 Final tally was $658.03 including tax.<\/p>\n<p>Circuit City had a crap collection of PS3 games; nothing I wanted.\u00a0 I also could not quickly locate the Blu-Ray movies, so I quickly took my goodies and left the store.\u00a0 The Circuit City mall complex also features a Toys R Us, an EBGames, and a GameStop.\u00a0 I figured I would try Toys R Us first, because I hate getting repackaged games from EB and GS.\u00a0 I left Toys R Us almost $200 poorer with Resistance, Elder Scrolls, and Formula One.<\/p>\n<p>After getting the system home, I disconnected the PS2 and started unpacking the PS3.\u00a0 My first impressions of the system are great packaging job by Sony, and the system itself is solid as a brick; a super sexy brick.\u00a0 You may laugh at the packaging comment, but that sort of thing matters to me when I am sending several hundred bucks.\u00a0 Reassuring?\u00a0 Maybe.\u00a0 Thankfully my HDMI cable arrived today from monoprice.com; no idea why Sony ships this system with an old fashion composite cable (cost savings no doubt).<\/p>\n<p>System setup was quick and painless.\u00a0 There were a few options to setup a user profile, date\/time, and screen resolution \u2013 the PS3 automatically switched me to 1080i.\u00a0 Next up was the network setup.\u00a0 The PS3 easily located my home network, and after entering the connection info (network password), I was connected to the internet.\u00a0 I was then told that I needed to update my firmware.<\/p>\n<p>This particular system came with 1.51 firmware.\u00a0 The system told me that 1.80 was available, and I started the update at 8:08PM.\u00a0 The download was completed at 8:21PM.\u00a0 Next up was accepting the end user agreement.\u00a0 Applying the update took 5 minutes.\u00a0 By 8:28PM, the PS3 was rebooting, ready for me to play some games.<\/p>\n<p>I threw in Formula One Championship Edition, and my oldest son remarked at how nice the graphics looked.\u00a0 My wife was obviously not that impressed; she said she can \u201cmake milk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At this point I am not going to comment on the games; that can come later with some more play time.\u00a0 As it stands now, I have a lot in front of me.\u00a0 How long does it take to charge the controller?\u00a0 Does the controller charge while the PS3 is off?\u00a0 How do I upscale my DVDs?\u00a0 What sort of adaptor do I have to buy to use PS2 accessories (assuming I need them)?\u00a0 What sort of DVD\/Blu-Ray remote should I purchase?\u00a0 How do I connect my PSP and what are the advantages of connecting the systems?\u00a0 How do I transfer other media to the PS3 (i.e. iTunes music library)?\u00a0 And so on and so forth.<\/p>\n<p>I think I am going to need a drink.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally entered the new so-called next generation of gaming by purchasing a PS3 from Circuit City online.\u00a0 I use their \u201cpick it up\u201d option for major purchases, and Circuit City was running a deal where you get a free Sony Wireless Six Axis controller.\u00a0 I also ordered a Sony Memory Card Adaptor; 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