Anthony1
10-21-06, 04:50 PM
We know that the PSU is housed inside the unit, and it appears from photos that it uses a 3 pronged power cord. The big question I have, is does it use a standardized 3 prong power cord? Why does this matter? I'm glad you asked. Well, if you are like me, you use your consoles in more than one room, and with the prices of consoles the way they are now, it's not the easiest thing to buy one for each room you plan on using it in. Normally, you can only buy one, and then you move that one from room to room. What I like to do, when possible, is to put a power cord and A/V cable at each of my TV locations, so that when I move my systems, all I have to do is quickly unplug the power cord and video cord, (leave them there), grab the console and walk to the other room, plug the power cord and video cable in (they are already plugged into their respective slots just waiting for the system to come back), and boom!, i'm ready to go. It usually only takes me about 10 seconds to move my system from room to room, and this makes things very convienent.
With the Xbox 360, obviously this is somewhat of a problem. The Xbox 360 uses the gigantic power brick, and you can't buy them seperately. The only way you can get one is via Ebay for huge $$$$. Luckily, when the 360 first launched, I figured out a way to get an extra power brick, so I do have two of them, and that makes it real nice for me. I have my component cables and power bricks installed in 2 of my 3 locations, and I can move my Xbox 360 to those locations within seconds. The 3rd location doesn't have a power brick, but I do have a component cable there pre-installed. So when I want to use my 360 in there, I have to remove one of my power bricks and take it along with the 360. That slows things down a little bit and doesn't make it quite as convienent.
With the PS3 having a built in power supply, and using a power cord, if the cord doesn't have some proprietary type 3 prong plug on it, then I can just get 2 extra ones for my other locations. As for the component cable, supposedly the PS3 is backwards compatible with the PS2 component cables, so if you don't already have several PS2 component cables, you should probably grab one. I still have one left over from when I had a PS2, but I still need to grab 2 more of them. Then I can have my PS3's power cords and component cables pre-installed at all 3 locations and be ready to roll the second I bring my PS3 home from the store! :)
With the Xbox 360, obviously this is somewhat of a problem. The Xbox 360 uses the gigantic power brick, and you can't buy them seperately. The only way you can get one is via Ebay for huge $$$$. Luckily, when the 360 first launched, I figured out a way to get an extra power brick, so I do have two of them, and that makes it real nice for me. I have my component cables and power bricks installed in 2 of my 3 locations, and I can move my Xbox 360 to those locations within seconds. The 3rd location doesn't have a power brick, but I do have a component cable there pre-installed. So when I want to use my 360 in there, I have to remove one of my power bricks and take it along with the 360. That slows things down a little bit and doesn't make it quite as convienent.
With the PS3 having a built in power supply, and using a power cord, if the cord doesn't have some proprietary type 3 prong plug on it, then I can just get 2 extra ones for my other locations. As for the component cable, supposedly the PS3 is backwards compatible with the PS2 component cables, so if you don't already have several PS2 component cables, you should probably grab one. I still have one left over from when I had a PS2, but I still need to grab 2 more of them. Then I can have my PS3's power cords and component cables pre-installed at all 3 locations and be ready to roll the second I bring my PS3 home from the store! :)