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Metal Gear Solid 4
Solid Snake returns as an older, battle-hardened veteran in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Series creator Hideo Kojima reprises his role as director as he brings the critically acclaimed stealth-action series to PlayStation 3 with a number of new elements. The futuristic setting now features expansive, war-torn environments with rival nations vying for control over both territory and technology. Sporting grizzled hair, wrinkles, and a moustache, the weary Snake also has an eye patch that pays homage to his character's inspiration, Escape from New York's antihero Snake Plissken.

Killzone 2
Get ready to take on the full strength of the Helghast war machine from a dramatic first-person perspective with Killzone 2 for PS3. From Guerilla Games, this much anticipated follow-up to Killzone for PS2 and Killzone: Liberation for PSP drops you right into the boots of battle hardened special forces soldier Sev. Set two years after the aborted Helghast assault on Vekta, the action opens with your ISA Legion squad deployed behind enemy lines on the Helghan's unforgiving home turf.

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Follow-up game to 2007's critically acclaimed Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, the PlayStation 3 exclusive Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is a continuation of the adventures of Nathan Drake, a fortune-hunter with a shady reputation and an even shadier past. Chock full of all the action, adventure, cinematic story elements and beautiful graphics that set the first game apart, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves adds deep online multiplayer options, including co-op and competitive campaigns, and a whole new supporting cast of characters, making it yet another must-have title for the PlayStation 3 platform.

Resistance 2
In the highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Sony PlayStation 3 game, Resistance 2 is an alternate-history, first-person shooter that puts you in the heroic role of Sgt. Nathan Hale as he struggles against overwhelming odds to defend humankind from an insurmountable Chimera. This sequel introduces several new Chimeran enemies with a host of new powers. View larger. Resistance 2 takes up right where Resistance: Fall of Man left off. Hale is kidnapped by a black ops group in London and forced to Iceland for research testing. The full scope of what happens in Iceland is a mystery, but the game reveals that as Hale wrestles with the insidious Chimera war machine, he must also battle the virus raging inside his body that threatens to transform him into the very creature he fights against.

Ratchet and clank: A crack in time & Tools of destruction Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time is a single player platform shooter that reunites Sony's famous space age duo for another comedic romp through the universe. The final game in the Ratchet & Clank Future sub trilogy, A Crack in Time answers many questions raised in the previous two games in the sub series, and introduces addictive and challenging new puzzle-solving Clank gameplay. In Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction™ Ratchet & Clank must embark on an galactic adventure to find an ancient device that is the key to preventing the return of an ancient, evil race of interdimensional aliens called the Cragmites. To make matters worse, for some unknown reason Cragmites hate Lombaxes of which Ratchet is the sole living survivor. Once again, Ratchet & Clank must not only save the galaxy from annihilation, but unravel the mystery of Ratchet’s origin as well.

God of War III
God of War III is a single player action game, exclusive to the PlayStation 3, and the final installment of the God of War trilogy. Containing signature and addictive God of War gameplay — a combination of over-the-top action combat, exploration and puzzle-solving — along with an engrossing mythologically inspired storyline and a selection of new weapons and a new weapons system, it is a fitting conclusion to the much praised God of War franchise.

Heavenly sword
Emotionally charged, stunningly beautiful, and delivering unprecedented dramatic character performance, Heavenly Sword™ showcases the power of PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system. A dramatic tale of revenge sees Nariko, a fiery red-haired heroine, embark on a quest for vengeance against an invading King and his army. The story builds around the ancient Heavenly Sword, which once belonged to a powerful deity. It can never be wielded by a mortal without it slowly but inevitably draining their life-force.

When the invading King (played by Andy Serkis) destroys the warrior clan that guards the Heavenly Sword, the clan leader’s daughter, Nariko, takes up the sword in a desperate fight for survival. Nariko must now pay the ultimate price as she embarks on one last mission of vengeance against the King and his army before her life is finally and irreparably overtaken by the omnipotent Heavenly Sword…

Infamous
From game developer Sucker Punch, creators of the award-winning Sly Cooper series, and publisher Sony comes inFAMOUS. The first open-world title exclusively for the PlayStation 3, infamous is a single player action/adventure that places you in the role of once regular guy, Cole, who in the aftermath of a horrific catastrophe finds himself not only alive, but developing a fantastic array of superpowers. Going from ordinary to extraordinary overnight isn't something to take lightly. With these powers does one exact revenge? Protect the innocent? Or perhaps, dabble in a little of both? The choice is yours in infamous.

Warhawk
Take flight with Warhawk and experience a true full-scale war in an intense online multiplayer arena. Take to the skies and engage in high-speed aerobatic dogfights or hover to provide crucial aerial support to surging ground troops. Unleash an artillery assault with heavily armored tanks and all terrain vehicles. Advance on foot to frontline positions and key locations with an array of devastating weapons, mounted guns and emplaced defense turret.

LittleBigPlanet
Imagine a world that's yours to shape, build and explore. Imagine the possibilities, then jump head first into the reality. LittleBigPlanet puts the power of absolute creation into your own hands. If you can see it, you can enhance it. If you can't see it, you can invent it. The LittleBigPlanet experience starts with players learning about their character's powers to interact physically with the environment. There are places to explore, creative resources to collect and puzzles to solve - all requiring a combination of brains and collaborative teamwork. As soon as players begin, their creative skills will grow and they will soon be ready to start creating and modifying their surroundings - the first step to sharing them with the whole community.

Valkyria Chronicles
Valkyria Chronicles is set in a fictitious continent reminiscent of 1930s, Europe divided in two and ruled by the Empire and the Federation. The Empire has set its sights on invading a small neutral country called Gallia, which is situated in the middle of the two great empires. The game follows a hero named Welkin and his fellow soldiers of the Federation¿s 7th Platoon that are fighting against the Empire, who is intent on unifying the continent under its power. The Federation discovers that the Empire possesses a secret weapon, known as the ¿Valkyria¿- an ancient race with special powers thought to exist only in legends. With this new discovery, the fate of the Federation¿s ability to win the war and a hope for a better future hangs in the balance.

Demon's Souls
Beautiful, compelling, and at times unforgiving, Demon's Souls is the hardcore RPG experience PS3 owners have been waiting for since the platform's launch. Revolutionary online features define your adventure like never before, presenting seamless interconnectivity that serves in every instance to enhance the single-player game. Unprecedented in its depth and subtlety, peerless in its relentlessly challenging gameplay, Demon's Souls is the ultimate action RPG. KEYFEATURES - Ultimate hardcore RPG challenge - In this brutal land, death is inevitable, but not final. Combining the best features of an action game and RPG, you'll slice, smash, shoot, and cast magic against some of the most horrible, vicious enemies ever encountered. Are you strong enough to face up to the impossible and win?
 

What is Blu-ray ?

A Blu-ray Disc (Frequently misspelled as Blue-ray) is an optical disc storage medium designed to eventually replace the standard DVD format.

With their high storage capacity, Blu-ray discs can hold large amount of digital data. With Blu-ray you can play back large quantities of high-definition video and audio, as well as store large amount of photos, software and other digital data.

A standard DVD can hold 4.7 GB while a dual layer DVD can hold 8.5 GB of data. That's about the size of an average 2 hour, standard-definition movie and some extras. But a HD (high definition) movie, which has a much higher resolution to make it look more clear and crispier, takes up about five times more space. As TV and movies go towards HD, and software becomes larger and complex, consumers are going to need playback systems with a lot more storage capacity. Blu-ray discs can store up to 25GB of data on single layer discs or up to 50GB data on dual layer discs. Hence the need for Bluray discs will increase and eventually replace the DVDs.

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How Blu-ray works

Before cassettes, CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays were invented, music was stored in LP (Long Playing) Records. A LP uses a spiral grove carved into a plate of plastic. This groove consists of many tiny bumps and dips that are run over by a needle. The needle translates the resulting vibrations into electrical impulses. The electrical impulses are carried by wire to an amplification device and put out through speakers in an audible form.

With the advant of digital music, now instead of these groves storing analog signals i.e. variation of bumps and dips, there was a need to store digital data ie 0s and 1s. Hence there was a need to store only same sized holes (pits) or No holes (Land) in grooves - i.e. 0s and 1s.

Hence CDs, DVDs, Blurays store digitally encoded video and audio information in spiral grooves which as pits or flat surface that run from the center of the disc to its edges. A laser reads these pits to read the digital data, and the player, computer or software interprets the data and plays the movie,music or program that is stored on the DVD. The distance between the groves on the disc is called track pitch. The more data that is contained on a disc, the smaller and more closely packed the pits must be. i.e. Less the track pitch, less distance between the pits and smaller the pits. The smaller the pits the more precise the reading laser must be.

DVDs uses a red laser to read and write data. However Bluray uses a blue laser (Hence the name). A blue laser has a shorter wavelength (405 nanometers) than a red laser (650 nanometers). The smaller beam focuses more precisely hence enabling it to read information recorded in smaller pits that are only 0.15 microns (µm)long which is more than twice as small as the pits on a DVD. Blu-ray also has a reduced track pitch from 0.32 microns vs the 0.74 microns of a DVD. The smaller beam smaller pits and shorter track pitch together enable a single-layer Blu-ray disc to hold more than 25 GB of information - five times the amount of information that can be stored on a DVD.

Each Blu-ray disc is about the same thickness as a DVD. But the two types of discs store data differently. In a DVD, the data is between two polycarbonate layers, each 0.6 mm thick. Having a polycarbonate layer on top of the data can cause a issue called birefringence - i.e. the decomposition of a ray of beam into two beamss. If the beam is split too widely, the disc cannot be read. Also, if the DVD surface is not exactly flat, and hence not exactly perpendicular to the laser beam, it can lead to a problem known as disc tilt. The Blu-ray disc overcomes these issues by placing the data on top of a 1.1 mm thick polycarbonate layer. Having the data on top prevents birefringence and therefore prevents readability problems. And, with the recording layer sitting closer to the reading mechanism, the problem of disc tilt is virtually eliminated. Because the data is closer to the surface, a hard coating is placed on the outside of the disc to protect it from scratches and fingerprints.
 

How Blu-Ray Player Review Can Help You Select the Right Blu-Ray Player

Author: James Poole

Ever since Blu-ray players have hit the market with their high definition picture quality, they have increased with their popularity. These days, Blu-rays are available from many brands and people who are looking for a really useful entertaining device at their home are spoilt with choices. However, investing in a Blu-ray player needs careful decision. You need to understand different features of the models and compare them to select the best one for your home entertainment. Hence, it is important that you should look for Blu-ray player reviews before you buy a model from any brand.

Can you Play Your Existing DVDs
Tthe Blu-ray disc player reviews of many brands say that you can play your existing DVDs on the Blu-ray players. According to the reviews, the users can view the regular DVDs with standard or better resolution. Of course, you need to find out this feature in the unit before you purchase it.

Playing Music CDs with Blu-ray Players
Most of the Bluray players can play music CDs. However, there are some models that lack the CD compatibility which most users would like to have in the unit they purchase. If you want the same feature in the Blu-ray player model that you want to buy, look for the feature and specification part of Blu-ray player reviews to find out about it.

HDTV Component Video Connection
Any TV that has composite video input can be connected to Blu-ray player to enjoy movies. However, if you want to access the high definition Blu-ray resolution through the TV, you need Component Video connections or HDMI connection. Blu-ray reviews can inform you about this feature of the models and help you select your model carefully.

Types of Connections
The types of connections in the Blu-ray players are the same as any standard DVD player excepting some advanced ones. The connections include Composite, S-Video, and Component video outputs, Digital Optical, Analog Stereo, and Digital CoaxialAudio outputs. And the additional outputs include HDMI and channel analog output. Blu-ray player reviews can give you information regarding these connection types to help you zero in on your favorite model.

Comparing Prices of the Blu-ray Models
The Blu-ray players are found with wide range of prices from different manufactures. Price is the most important factor that can influence your purchasing of the Blu-ray models. Hence, you must go through the Blu-ray disc player reviews to know the prices of the models and compare them before investing in one of the models. You must understand that you shouldn’t compromise the functionality for cheaper models.

Content Available to Play on Blu-ray Players
Blu-ray reviews can also inform you about the content available in the market for Blu-ray players. The prices of the Blu-ray discs are higher than that of DVDs. But, they are growing popular among the buyers due to the picture and sound quality.

Whatever model of Blu-ray player you buy, it is necessary that you take informed decision. Bluray player reviews are the best way to collect information about the Blu-ray models.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/electronics-articles/how-bluray-player-review-can-help-you-select-the-right-bluray-player-1264746.html

About the Author

James Poole writes Blu-ray disc player reviews on different kinds of Blu-ray models. The blu-ray player reviews by the author are based on his personal experiences.
 



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