40GB PS3 Details; $100 Price Drop on 80GB
Sony has officially announced its plans to release the 40GB PlayStation 3 in North American starting November 2, 2007. The new 40GB PS3 model will come bundled with the blockbuster movie Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray Disc™ (BD) from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and will be available in North America for a suggested retail price of $399 (USD/CND). SCEA has also revealed a $100 price drop on the 80GB model effective immediately.
“We’re pleased to offer the consumer a lower price point without sacrificing the core technology components that make PS3 the most advanced high-definition entertainment system available. Every PS3 comes with a Blu-ray drive, HDMI output, an integrated Wi-Fi connection, Cell Broadband Engine and a built-in hard-drive,” said Jack Tretton, President and CEO, SCEA. “This holiday season we’ll be able to offer attractive retail pricing with a broad portfolio of outstanding games including Ratchet & Clank® Future: Tools of Destruction™, THE EYE OF JUDGMENT™, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune™, Heavenly Sword™, Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare, Assassin’s Creed™, Haze™and RockBand™.”
PLAYSTATION®3 40GB Specification
| Product name | PLAYSTATION®3 | |
| CPU | Cell Broadband Engine™ (Cell/B.E.) | |
| GPU | RSX™ | |
| Sound | Dolby 5.1ch, DTS 5.1ch , LPCM 7.1ch, AAC, others *1 *2 | |
| Memory | 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM | |
| HDD | 2.5” Serial ATA |
40GB |
| I/O | USB 2.0 |
x2 |
| Communication | Ethernet |
X1 (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) |
| IEEE 802.11 b/g |
Included |
|
| Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR) |
Included |
|
| Wireless controller (Bluetooth) |
Included |
|
AV Output |
Screen size |
480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p |
| HDMI OUT |
x1 *3 |
|
| AV MULTI OUT |
x1 |
|
| DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) |
x1 |
|
| BD/DVD/CD Drive (Read Only) |
Maximum Read Speed | BD 2x (BD-ROM) DVD 8x (DVD-ROM) CD 24x (CD-ROM) |
| Dimensions | Approximately 12.75in(W) x 3.86in (H) x 10.8in (D) | |
| Weight | Approximately 11 lb | |
*1 A device compatible with Linear PCM 7.1 Ch. is required to output 7.1 Ch. audio, supported by Dolby TrueHD or a similar format, from the HDMI OUT connector
*2 This system does not support output from the DTS-HD 7.1 Ch. DTS-HD 7.1 Ch. audio is output from a 5.1 or lower channel.
*3 “Deep Color” and “x.v.Color (xvYCC)” defined by HDMI ver1.3a are supported.
October 18, 2007 at 1:02 pm | Hardware, Playstation | No Comments