PlayStation 3 technical specifications
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[1] The PS3 has 256 MB Rambus XDR DRAM, clocked at CPU die speed.
Notes: ^ a Registered with FCC on January 31, 2008 with request for confidentiality[10] ^ b Registered with FCC on January 31, 2008 with request for confidentiality[11] ^ c Registered with FCC on July 3, 2008, with request for confidentiality[12] In terms of audio, the PS3 supports a number of formats, including 7.1 digital audio, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio and others; audio output is possible over stereo RCA cables (analog), optical digital cables, or HDMI.
The PS3 slim features an upgraded HDMI chip that allows bitstreaming of lossless audio codecs to an external receiver (earlier versions had to decode the signal internally before outputting it via LPCM).
All models released after August 2008 have been reduced to two USB ports at the front, as well as dropping CompactFlash and SD card support.
[31] The PlayStation 3 Super Slim weighs at least 25% less than the Slim due in part to the slot-loading Blu-ray drive being replaced with a top-load disc reader similar to the original PlayStation's, but with a sliding cover.
Blu-ray disc read speed maximum is 2× (72 Mbit/s [8.58 MB/s]) (1 Mbit = 1 million bits), region coded type allowing the use of: DVD disc read speed maximum is 8× (86.40 Mbit/s [10.3 MB/s]), region coded type allowing the use of: Compact disc read speed maximum is 24× (29.49 Mbit/s [3.51 MB/s]), region coded type allowing the use of: The PlayStation 3 Sixaxis[41] is a controller that is very similar in appearance to that of its predecessors, the DualShock and DualShock 2.
Using Bluetooth, the PlayStation 3 BD Remote allows users to control videos and music on Blu-ray Disc and DVD.
The Blu-ray Disc movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby was included with the initial 400,000 release copies of the PS3 in North America,[46] while the first 500,000 European PlayStation Network activations after launch received a free copy of the Blu-ray release of Casino Royale.
[49] It was also bundled with the card game The Eye of Judgment released in the United States on the same day as the camera itself for US$69.99,[50] and in Japan and Australia on October 25, 2007, for JP¥9,980 and A$159.95, respectively.
[citation needed] The PlayStation 3 does not include interfaces for legacy PlayStation peripherals, though IGN.com tested a legacy controller using a PS2-to-USB adapter, finding that it is compatible, though most other devices (such as the Guitar Hero controller) may not be compatible.
[53] However, with the release of firmware 1.70 for the PlayStation 3, Sony has added support for previous Guitar Hero controllers with generic PS2-to-USB adapters (although the whammy bar is not functional).
Nyko started production on the "Play Adaptor", a PS2-to-USB adapter allowing for guitars and other PlayStation 2 peripherals to be used on the PlayStation 3 and was scheduled for release in Q2/2007, but Nyko stated at the end of March that the production of this device had been postponed due to compatibility problems with the PS3.
[54] The PS3 supports both the USB EyeToy camera/webcam and SOCOM Headset for video and voice chat.
