The official Top 12 must-have toys for Christmas 2008 from the Toy Retail Association.
The toys predicted to dominate children’s Christmas lists this year are set to ignite dreams of stage and screen fame , says the Toy Retailers Association (TRA).
The TRA’s annual ‘Dream Toys’ list, the only official prediction of Christmas bestsellers, reveals a trend [...]
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UK retailers have started pre-orders for the Playstation 3, although the console has already been released in the US the release date in Europe isn’t until 7/03/2007. If you want to make sure that your one the first to get one then you’ll have to get your pre-order in early.
The price of the console is a shocking 549.99 at Play.com.* but this isn’t unexpected as it contains a Blu-ray player allowing you to watch 1080p HD movies which if bought seperately would cost approxiately 1200. Playstation 3 is a powerful next-generation console with a 20 or 60 GB hard drive, a Wi-fi net connection on the 60 GB, a HDMI port (not available on any of the other consoles), a sixaxis controller and more. Read the BBC Factfile for more info.
Play.com.* have are offering the following specification:
* CPU: Cell Processor
* GPU: RSX
* Sound: Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-based processing)
* Memory: 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
* HDD: 2.5″ Serial ATA (60GB)
* I/O: USB 2.0 (x4) - MemoryStick/SD/CompactFlash
* Communication: Ethernet (x1 / 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) - IEEE 802.11 b/g - Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
* Wireless controller (Bluetooth)
* AV Output: Screen size 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
* HDMI OUT - (x1 / HDMI NextGen)
* 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)
* Super Audio CD 2x
* Dimensions: Approximately 325mm (W) x 98mm (H) x 274mm (D)
* All pre-orders will be fulfilled on a first come, first served basis and game titles in this package may be changed, subject to availability. One per customer.
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