Two quick questions

[neo946]

Before the PS3 came out, I read that for every 4 hours you had it it turned on that it would put an extra $80 on the electricity bill. Is that true? And, if you had a usb cable, could you directly download content to the PS3's hard drive?

[jehutyb]

I dont think it is possible for a console to do that, the only things im aware of putting out that much power is some big power tools

[Darkatomz]

complete BS. there's no way a console can use more power than your house uses in 2 months. i have all of the data, but it's in the manual, but i dont wanna copy it out...

as for the direct dl, im not 100% sure. i havent tried it myself.

[pspcrazy]

I dont believe you can directly download anything other then firmwares into the ps3 hd.

[neo946]

Thanks, I thought that $80 thing was bull.

[n8ve]

Originally Posted by Darkatomz

complete BS. there's no way a console can use more power than your house uses in 2 months.

Dang my bill this month was 98 dollars! I guess i should use the fire wood stove to save me some more money.

[valiand]

4hours=$80
1hour=$20
I dont know but i know that for you to be using that much electricity, you'll pretty much be running like a small town of appliances. I think its about 20 cents an hour to run our split cycle air conditioner and that uses a fair bit of power so i dont think the ps3 will use that much power.

[neo946]

I have a couple more questions if you don't mind, I thought I would go ahead and post them in here instead of creating a new thread. I've heard about some problems with the PS3 (of course) like overheating and the inability to read disks. Does this happen to over 50% of the systems? Or is it about 1 in 10000 chance something will be wrong with the PS3?

Also, if they make it thinner, that'll basically be the only upgrade, nothing major, right?

Another thing, if I can't connect the PS3 to the internet will that be a big problem? Thanks again.

Originally Posted by vincentquest

I am gonna wait for the PS3 chip upgrade next year. Sony announced they will be producing the PS3 with a a lower cost chip that is faster than the current processor chip.

So well see how that turns out. Until then Im satisfied playing PC Games and PSP games.

Is this true?

[latino736]

i have NEVER had a prob with my PS3 and usually i play @ least 5hrs aday


looks wise probably


yes you need a connection for downloading stuff off PSN store

[Master Victor]

Originally Posted by neo946

I have a couple more questions if you don't mind, I thought I would go ahead and post them in here instead of creating a new thread. I've heard about some problems with the PS3 (of course) like overheating and the inability to read disks. Does this happen to over 50% of the systems? Or is it about 1 in 10000 chance something will be wrong with the PS3?

Also, if they make it thinner, that'll basically be the only upgrade, nothing major, right?

Another thing, if I can't connect the PS3 to the internet will that be a big problem? Thanks again.


Is this true?

only for the updates but you can dwnload them to your computer and transfer them from there to a usb storage or your psp memory card (only for the 60 gig)and update from there your system .2 the slim ver of PS3 won't be out till about 2 0r 3 more years