This article says you can switch the HD easily, and aparently the instructions are in the manual.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4911

Well, looks like those people were right as mentioned above. Heck, there's even some connecting 3.5" drives to the machine. In the link above there's already mod talk about getting it to work with standard drives.

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o...ang/ps3hdd.jpg

Here's some additional news in regards to the PS3's Blu-Ray playback for those interested. The machine apparently runs near-silent according to the folks over at AVS, and its PQ (picture quality) surpasses that of another BR player. He has more impressions but I'll just quote the movie playback bits:

Source

There's a potential issue I'm hearing about... It was brought up by Jonnyram over on GAF, which is that apparently you can only use one of the three outputs on the system at once. That is to say, if you use HDMI, you use that only. That's a big problem for me, considering that I always hook up my sound outputs to a mixer that leads to my speakers. I honestly had no idea HDMI contained sound data as well, so considering that my monitor has no speakers, I honestly don't know how I'm going to handle hooking up sound while still keeping the awesome resolution...

I kind of doubt this will be the case, or at least if you use a combination of HDMI and the digital output for home theaters. Even if this was the case, a firmware update should be able to fix something like that.

Well, I went through the Sunday ads, but no specials on any of the games. They all sell for $59.99 and most are all available the day of the sytem. I guess I'll head to Gamestop and reserve Resistence.

It's already been covered elsewhere, but the machine allows for a few Audio + Video output combinations. Like SOLDIER said, you'll likely be able to have HDMI handling the video and the optical out going to your receiver.

Edit: Heh, browsing through GAF's HDTV thread, one of the members (CrazyMoogle) mentioned the audio/video routed through different outputs.
Source

In some minor news, the console supports HDMI 1.3 (or is it 1.3a), even though there are few HDTVs out there that can take advantage of this. Not to mention the complete lack of content using DeepColor.

Well, I was helping out at Digiexpo and for the stage presentations we had the picture come through HDMI and sound from the AV port. Since there are separate settings for video and sound output, it would make no sense to not allow multiple outputs at once.

A bigger issue I'm more concerned about is over wireless internet devices. Since I reserved the $500 model, that means no wi fi for me, since I already use the following for online gaming for my PS2.

http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WGA11B...8&s=videogames

It should work the same for PS3, though a confirmation would be nice.

Also, I stopped by my Gamestop again to reserve Resistence. I'll be picking up both the system and game come this Friday. Fun times ahead.

I reserved the $500 PS3 as well, Soldier, but then again taking a console online isn't a huge thing for me. I'll eventually do it, and when that time comes I'll buy the wireless network adapter for it. Until then, it's offline gaming for me.

In reply to the folks that pointed out the sound solutions, thank you so much :D

I was totally freaking for a while last night while tired. I'm glad I don't have anything to worry about.

Problem solved, hype back in action ;)

As Friday comes closer, the more I dread the date. I was unable to pre-order the damned PS3, and lines of nerds will be packed at the local Circuit Cities and Best Buys, hampering my chances of getting one. Yes, people are actually going to be blowing obscene proportions of money for PS3's online, as they already are; and you guys are going to post pictures of unboxing it. God Damnit.

On a lighter note, I visited a few stores this weekend and no one had a single kiosk set up. Kind of dissapointing really, I was hoping to check out resistance, and see what the Wii's control scheme will be all about.

so many were pre-orded mainly for selling it to the japs or europeans for really high prices on e-bay,my math teachers brother freind said he's buying the one's on the internet right now and pre-orded one too and plans to sell them for more money,i warned him about what e-bay is doing and how hard it is going to be just to find one,so he didnt do it.


500,000 units across the U.S.A....the best way to get one IS pre-order cause its gonna be hella-hard to find one

This is going to be such a trainwreck with Sony. Honestly, all 500,000 units will sell out the day of launch. I cannot forsee any other possibility. And this will only mean that it will be worse than the PS2 launch. Seriously, I think I got my PS2 after calling all my local stores maybe 4 months after launch.

Does anyone think this will work? I cooked up a little plan with some buddies so I can get the PS3 without waiting long at all. I have like 6 or so people and we were going to rotate every couple hours. I'm extreme anti-camping, but in all I wouldn't be out there all told for nearly as much as most people.

Anyone think it would work? I don't see why not, unless I'm missing something.

So i'm planning to camp out on Thrursday afteroon ^_^''

I wonder what my odds are? How many of you plan to camp out
earlier than thursday?

That should be plenty early. I'm not one to be politically correct, so I'll just call it how I see it. Anyone who waits out there all the way up on wednesday is a loser. I have more respect for people than that so I assume few if any will start out on wednesday.

Yea i'm thinking the same thing~ Anything earlier than Thursday is
just too much for me ^_^'' Just too busy!

I'm gonna start scoping out the lines around 3-4pm when i get off
of class on Thursday~ Maybe i'll see some of you guys if you're in
the Long Beach, CA area haha ^_*

I dunno about where you are, but this is extreme here.

WTHeck!?

That's INSANE!!

Quiting your job and delay your engagement just for a PS3???
Man... And i thought i was being a geek for camping out on thursday -_-''

Long Beach is right on the coast of Cali and Burbank is about an hour or two
away from me. I don't remember seeing any lines at my local best buys yet...
I'm gonna check today ^_^

My mother mentioned news in the paper today about the Japanese launch of PS3.

The 100000 units caused quite a lot of trouble and apparently the black market resellers had hired homeless people to stand in queue for them to get multiple units :tpg:

Wow, mixed up priorities...

This is getting crazy... do you guys remember if it was the same when PS2 came out? or it's getting bigger and bigger with each generation?

The funny thing is people don't realize things aren't like they used to be. In the 'old days' the launch shipment came then you had to wait around a month+ for the next big shipment. Sony is a modern global distributer and they are claiming they will be releasing another 100,000 units per week after launch. Being they haven't said otherwise (and they would have by now for investors) then people might just have to wait another few weeks at most.

It was similar, I guess people don't remember Sony only had 500,000 PS2s for the US release as well. Of course they brought in another half a million later that week and it had already been in Japan for a year meaning units were not being split between the two countries. Japan also had near a million units for their PS2 launch. Only having 100,000 PS3s there is going to result in some murders for sure.

Gotta find out if they're going to sell them at midnight, or when stores open over here...

Damnit, I don't want to camp in line like a failure...

Wal-marts are selling them at midnight. I wouldn't expect lines to be any shorter there, though.

Just came back from the Bank this morning and i took a look at
the BestBuy and Circuit City near by~ No lines whatsoever!
Thank goodness there are some sane people here lol ^_^''

Even though i'm sounding like a hypocrite since i plan to camp out
on Thursday~ It's going to be late thursday and a bunch of my
buddies are gonna be there too. I'll probably end up playing my Tetris
or Mario Kart on the DS with them and any others in line.

Those Burbank losers got kicked out. They deserve it too, because they are examples of what is wrong with the video game world. People have become too hooked on video games anymore. Those are the type of losers that kill themselves when someone steals their special weapons in an MMORPG.

Quit your job over a video game system? Learn your frickin priorities. What losers.