Hardware Reviews

Sony PSP GO Review

By StockoSun, 01/24/2010 - 17:54

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The PSP GO is the latest revision of the Sony Playstation Portable. It was released October 1st for a whopping price of £225 and here are my thoughts.

The Go is a lot lighter and thinner than the other models, what is lost is the UMD drive and it has slightly smaller screen. It has 16GB of storage in the PSP itself and you can buy Micro SD cards to use as separate storage, the main change you'll notice is that the screen can slide up and down kind of like a mobile phone. You can only buy games from the Playstation Store using your Playstation Network Account, which you can use on your PS3 or you can create a new one on the PSP itself. The handheld itself looks slick, neat and it was definitely a good design for the console, its more compact and portable due to its size and it feels nice to play with. The analogue stick is placed differently, near the bottom of the console, which can take time to get used to though its good once you get used to it. Read More »

Testing the PS3 VideoStore on PSN

By bggriffithsTue, 12/08/2009 - 15:23

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Ok, so the new PS3 Video Delivery Service has been online in the UK for a couple of weeks now and the collection of titles is fattening up nicely so it’s about time we got stuck in.

First up I tested an SD version of Escape from LA (101 mins) starring Kurt Russell. The file size was 1570MB and my ‘20 Mbps’ broadband was running at its typically poor Friday night rate of around 10 Mbps. Wanting to test how good the film would play while it was downloading, I gave it a few minutes head-start, during which time it got up to 5%.

Fantastically, I managed to watch the whole film without it stopping once, the download itself finished with half an hour to go before the film finished. You can monitor the grey line (like a buffering bar on YouTube) ahead of the playtime when you press Select to see if the film is going to catch up the current download progress. The quality of the visuals and sound was surprisingly high considered it wasn’t the HD version and was more than a match for the PS3’s excellent DVD upscaling. Read More »

PSN Video Delivery Store Launches in the UK: An In-depth Look

By bggriffithsSat, 11/21/2009 - 00:35

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Well, it took more than a while but UK PS3 owners can now rent and buy films over the PlayStation Store by downloading them straight to their hard-drives.

The new part of the store launched at a Soho London party this week with a live performance from Little Boots and a set from radio 1 DJ Annie Mac in what essentially felt like a massive house party complete with crazy decorations similar to the zany indoor locations seen between programmes on Dave. The free bar went some way to keep everyone in the party mood too. In addition to the DJ rooms there’re several smaller ones with a few demo screens displaying the new store facilities, and taster screens of The Watchmen and Wolverine. Free booze aside, we at Game Hub were on hand to grab all the important facts for the launch of this long awaited service. So here’s our run-down and early impressions. Read More »

The Nintendo DSi - an overview

By Ste_RossWed, 03/04/2009 - 20:38

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Like many people, I spent Christmas day surrounded by my family and having sat there trying to digest the mountain of food that my loving folks had insisted I eat (growing boy and all...) my niece was sat next to me on the sofa clutching her Nintendo DS, using the wand to control a dog. Perplexedly I asked something along the lines of 'So do you get to shoot anything?' at which point I received the mandatory teen sigh. I've never really been sold by the idea of the DS, I'm a console gamer to the core, I never saw the right reason for owning one but will that change with the advent of the latest DS carnation? – the Nintendo DSi.
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3 xbox accessories your box deserves

By adminSun, 03/01/2009 - 17:29

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If there's something I like nearly as much as games and gaming it's gadgets and...gadgetry! So what could be better than a brief look at the top gaming gadgets, with the top 3 Xbox360 accessories!
Our first of the top 3 must-have accessories for xbox 360 owners is the humble play and charge kit. The play and charge kit solves two annoying console gaming issues. The first is the dreaded wires threading their way across the floor, getting in the way and causing a hazard for anyone inconsiderate enough to pass between you and the TV! With the play and charge kit you can make full use of the wireless capabilities of an xbox 360 controller, with up to 30 hours of gaming per full re-charge. The second problem, having to constantly top up on new batteries, is gone forever with the built in rechargeable battery in the play and charge kit. With the dreaded "Please reconnect controller" always coming at the worst times, you'll save both money and stress after a few months with the play and charge kit!
Our second top accessory is the Universal Media Remote. The Xbox 360 is a multimedia machine, distinct from just a games console. Many people use the box to play DVDs and Music as well (shame about the HD/Blu-Ray issue), thereby making a remote to control this without the game pad a great addition when using the xbox as a multimedia centre. The Universal Media Remote can also be used to control the TV and with the additional capability to sync your windows PC media center with the xbox, an all-in-one remote is even more useful. Read More »