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18 PS3 tricks Sony doesn’t tell you

Source : Dean Evans / www.tech.co.uk : Got a PlayStation 3 For those of you ps3that have picked up Sony’s shiny black plaything, we’ve put together a Digital Home top ten of tips that you won’t find in the user manual.

1) Play games from any country

Harbouring a desire to play Super Gaiden Ninja XI? Now you can. In fact, you can handily play any PS3 game from any country. On holiday in the States and spot the latest release at a bargain dollar-to-pound price? Help yourself. So far, at least, PS3 games aren’t being region coded. That said PS2 and PS1 games are so you can’t play a US title on a Euro console.

And let’s not forget that Blu-ray movies are region-coded so the barriers aren’t completely down yet.

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Sony Introduces Environmentally Friendly OLED XEL-1 Television

Sony Introduces Environmentally Friendly OLED XEL-1 Television

Sony will be releasing new OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) televisions that will be distributed exclusively to the Japanese market this December.

The pint-size 11 inch, XEL-1 television will cost 200,000 yen (around $1,700) per unit. Sony does have plans to be releasing larger models in the future.

The Sony OLED XEL-1 TV is said to have advanced levels of contrast and brightness, a broad spectrum color reproduction. OLED technology is also known for being extremely environmentally friendly. Despite their small size, they really look clean, modern and overall aesthetically pleasing to the eye. For us here in the US, hopefully Sony will decide to market them our way in 2008.

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