Sony PlayStation 3 Slim Console (120GB Model)

The laser on my existing PS3 began developing a fault reading discs. It's a refurbished CECH-3003B model, at the same time as weighing up the cost of replacing the optical unit I started looking around for a replacement console - as things worked out, both came up - this console came in at only £30.00 more than a refurbished optical drive - I did the math and bought both for around what this console originally went on sale for.Happy with the purchase - unit's working, needed a bit of a clean but came with all the original cables and descent original PS3 Controller. Slightly older model than existing, a CECH-2004A but works well and is quieter than my existing one was before swapping the optical drive out.Only a 160GB HDD but 2.5 inch HDD's are seriously easy and, currently, cheap to swap out for something larger - so all in managed to both fix as well back up my existing game console for about what a PS3 refurbished console sells for.Goods arrived promptly in good time - have used seller before, always been satisfied with service - this has been no exception.Very happy with purchase.

Got this as the birthday gift for my partner. The Console itself works a treat, but was very disappointing for my partner to find that the pad didn't work. We had to go out and buy a new one- NOT a impressive start to a birthday. Was also disappointed to find that the console was extremely dirty, and required careful cleaning.

Arriving early was a bonus, and my only negative to the wrapping was that a tag was stuck on the bubble wrap with the price of the console from cash converters, it did make me laugh though, and I do not begrudge anyone making a living. The console was as described and has been run for a few hours at a time over the days since it got here. Stable and keeping a good temperature, no glitching from the disc drive and the controller holding charge very well. Everything was clean and the leads were included, a plus was the hdmi cable rather than a composite cable, 90% of good tv and monitors have moved away from composites and scarts. Over all, it is exactly what was wanted, sensible price, and in excellent condition for age. If I require another ps I will be looking here first. A very good seller based on this experience, thank you.

I bought this 9 months ago, and when i tried to sign into my PS store account a charge was taken from my bank, took me a week to resolve it. I was very causious so i did not play online i used my existing PS3. That has now broken and i am unable to now log into my account on this, never again.

I have not owned this console for very long. Having previously been a Playstation 2 owner, I had been waiting for a Ps3 price drop, as I didn't fancy an Xbox 360, due to not liking the controller, aesthetics, Microsoft etc.I am glad I waited. The console is very quiet when on, you sometimes have to double check to see its actually on.Under heavy loading, there can be noise generated by the 120Gb built in hard drive, but nothing major above say whisper level - Your probably best upgrading to a larger hard drive anyway, which may be quieter than this one and offer more storage. Storage is okay - aroung 90ish gigabytes free. Most FREE game demos i've downloaded from the Playstation network are 700mb to 2gb in most cases, and are keeping me entertained so much that I haven't actually bought a title for it yet apart from Drakes Uncharted & GT5: Prologue.I initially hooked this up to my regular CRT television, and found the visuals to be better than I expected, but really looks the business on HD tv. Note that not all the games on Ps3 (& Xbox 360) come in full 1080P HD, most are usually 720P - although you can customise resolution in most cases through the Ps3 menu system.Blu-ray playback is great & it also upscales DVD's very well. I recommend you buy the Ps3 remote, as operating with game controller can become annoying after a while.Internet browsing is okay, although I reccommend you connect a keyboard to type, as you will soon tire of using the gamepad and 'onscreen' keyboard. Navigating back and forth is okay, although some sites text is unreadable until you zoom in further - not bad though.If you tire of your Ps2 and old games, I definitely reccommend you get one of these to play modern titles such as Call of Duty World at War, Drakes Uncharted etc. Great fun.

I bought this for my son, to stop him from "borrowing" my old 60GB PS3.It's a much smaller and lighter version of my old style one, that's even quieter and uses less power.Obvious cutbacks are 2 USB ports instead of 4, no memory card slots and an inability to play PS2 games, but these all happened in previous versions of the PS3, so it's not a specific critisism to this model.There's a whole XBox/PS3 debate with fanboys from both sides claiming their console is the best, but when it comes to facts, the choice is clear. The hardware on the PS3 costs a bit more than the XBox, because it does more. BluRay, Wireless Networking, BlueTooth connectivity, easily upgradable standard hard disk are but a few benefits.The software interface is also very slick, with regular updates to add new features. This is important for BluRay users, as it keeps the player up-to-date with new standards.There are now hundreds of games out there, many cross-platform ones (available on PC, XBox and PS3) and loads of PS3-Only titles. There are far too many to argue who has the most titles available (if that were the case, my old PS3 would win as it can play all PS2 games, all 10,000 of them).The PS3 is so much more than a games console though. It slickly rips CD's and catagorizes them (so much better than Windows) so it's a darn good jukebox. You can import photographs, movies (DivX for example), download music and films and even create your own movies with EyeToy. This is a true multimedia entertainment centre.Oh, and in case you were in any doubt, it's got Little Big Planet.