Sony PSX.Sony has already updated the PSX PSX Sony Playstation PSX Playstation X (name of the CD add-on unit for the pre-production NES) PSX Professional Services Expo PSX Play Station . The PS2 in angel's clothing (incorporating the game machine, a DVD recorder and a hard disk) has been changed--and not for the better, from what we can tell. The changes were hastily made to meet last year's holiday rush. Haste makes waste, of course. Before this "update," we would have said that if you don't have a game machine yet and have been thinking of buying one, this would be a good time. The altered specs are: -- Dubbing speed from the hard drive to DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. has fallen from 24X to 12X. -- DVD+RW (DVD+Read Write) A rewritable (re-recordable) DVD disc for both movies and data from the DVD+RW Alliance. DVD+RW media can be read on DVD-Video players and computer DVD-ROM drives. , CD-R (CD-Recordable) A writable CD technology using a type of compact disc that can be recorded, but not erased (CD-Rs are "write once" discs). CD-R discs are used to master CD-ROMs, to back up data and to make copies of data for distribution. , MP3, TIFF and GIF GIF in full Graphics Interchange Format Standard computer file format for graphic images. GIF files use data compression to reduce the file size. The original version of the format was developed by CompuServe in 1987. playback are now no longer possible. -- You can now no longer play back Cybershot movies. -- It's now compatible with the upgrade via PlayStation BB Internet service. -- It's gotten heavier, so now the 250GB DESR-7000 is 5.8kg, and the DESR-5000 is now 5.7kg (both up from 5.6kg). Well, it would have been the time to pick up a PS2 if Sony hadn't decided to drop all these features. Apparently, the Sony men in white coats couldn't squeeze the above-mentioned elements into the PSX in time for launch, but, they say they may be able to provide the MIA features by way of a future software update. No guarantees, though, which is a bit weak, no? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] More info: www.sony.jp/CorporateCruise/Press/200311/03-1127/ |
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