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SONY Announces European
PLAYSTATION3 Specification
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SONY Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced that
PLAYSTATION3 to be launched in Europe, Middle East, Africa and
Australasia on 23rd March, 2007 would utilise
a new hardware specification.
The European PLAYSTATION3 will feature the Cell Broadband Engine, 60
GB hard disc drive, Blu-ray Disc player, built-in Wi-Fi connectivity
and the SIXAXIS wireless controller. It also embodies a new
combination of hardware and software emulation which will enable
PLAYSTATION3 to be compatible with a broad range of original
PlayStation titles and a limited range of PlayStation2 titles.
“PLAYSTATION3 is first-and-foremost a system that excels in playing
games specifically designed to exploit the power and potential of
the PLAYSTATION3 system”, said David Reeves, President of SCEE.
“Games designed for PS3 offer incredible graphics quality, stunning
gameplay and massively improved audio and video fidelity that is
simply not achievable with PS and PS2 games. Rather than concentrate
on PS2 backwards compatibility, in the future, company resources
will be increasingly focused on developing new games and
entertainment features exclusively for PS3, truly taking advantage
of this exciting technology.”
Some additional PlayStation2 titles will become compatible on the
PLAYSTATION3 system through regular downloadable firmware updates,
which will be made available through the PLAYSTATION Network, or via
PLAYSTATION3 game discs, with the first update planned for the
launch date of the 23rd March 2007. Users will be able to check
whether their titles are compatible with PS3 at
http://faq.eu.playstation.com/bc. This site will be available on
23rd March to meet launch day.
The full specifications released by SONY today are included in their
completeness below.
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European PLAYSTATION 3 Product Specification
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Product Name |
PLAYSTATION®3 Computer Entertainment System |
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Product Codes |
Europe, Middle
East and Africa: CECHC04
UK and Ireland:
CECHC03
Australia/New
Zealand: CECHC02
Russia/India: CECHC08
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CPU |
Cell Broadband Engine™ |
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GPU |
RSX™
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Audio |
Dolby Digital 5.1 ch, DTS 5.1
ch, LPCM 7.1 ch, AAC, others1,2
AAC Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-base processing) |
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Memory |
256 MB XDR Main RAM, 256 MB
GDDR3 VRAM |
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Hard Disk |
HDD |
2.5” Serial ATA – 60GB |
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Inputs/Outputs3 |
USB |
4 x Hi-speed USB2.0 |
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Memory Stick™ slot |
Supports standard/Duo size, MagicGate™, Memory Stick PRO™
and high speed data transmission |
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SD Memory Card slot |
Copyright-protection function is not supported |
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CF slot |
(Type I, II),
Microdrive |
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Networking |
Ethernet |
(10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 1
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Wi-Fi |
IEEE 802.11 b/g |
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Bluetooth |
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR) |
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Wireless Controller (Bluetooth) |
SIXAXIS™ Wireless Controller
Built-in rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery
Voltage - DC 3.7V
Battery capacity
– 610 m/Ah
Weight – Approx 136g |
AV Output |
Resolution |
576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p |
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HDMI |
HDMI (supports Deeep Color / Ver 1.3a) x1 |
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Analog |
AV MULTI Out connector x 1 |
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Digital audio |
Digital out (optical) connector x 1 |
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Disc media
* read only |
CD |
PlayStation® |
CD-ROM |
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PlayStation®2 |
CD-ROM4 |
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CD-DA (audio CD) |
CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW |
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Super Audio CD |
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DVD |
PlayStation®2 |
DVD-ROM4 |
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DVD-Video |
DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, AVCHD |
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Blu-ray Disc |
PLAYSTATION®3 |
BD-ROM |
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BD-Video |
BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE*
*BD-RE
version 1.0 is not supported
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BD/DVD/CD drive maximum read rates |
BD x 2 (BD-ROM), DVD x 8 (DVD-ROM), CD x 24 (CD-ROM) |
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Dimensions
(excluding maximum projecting part) |
Approximately 325mm (W) x 98mm (H) x 274mm (D) |
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Weight |
Approximately 5Kg |
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Kev J.
23/02/07 |
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