REVIEW: PS3 Accessories

Submitted by Eugenia on Sun, 09/09/2007 - 09:16

Geeks.com sent us over two SONY PS3 accessories for a review: the Controller Charge Station and the 6' HDMI to AV Gaming Cable. Read on for more.

* PS3 Controller Charge Station w/Blue LED-Charge 2 at a Time

This is a good looking charging station for the PS3 controllers. It can charge two controllers at the same time, via its USB ports, while itself gets power from the PS3 USB cable. When it's charging the controllers a blue LED is flashing. Overall, we found this small accessory very convenient and a jewlery in itself in our living room. It makes something as boring as battery charging look impressive!

Rating: 10/10

* 6' HDMI to AV Gaming Cable for PlayStation 3

Hmm... This item is not what the description of the page says. This is not an HDMI cable, but a PS cable to Composite. The PS port is compatible with PSone/2/3 and is capable for high speed bit transfer, but the other end comes out as Composite, which is one of the worst TV inputs in terms of quality. You don't need an HDMI TV to use this cable either, you just need any NTSC TV that was sold in the last 20 years. Despite this fluke, the cable did perform as one would expect from a composite input, and its 6 feet long cable provides a good solution to the usual problem of "the gaming device is too far away from the TV". Update: Page at Geeks.com was corrected.

Rating: 6/10