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$600 PS3 Ships Without HDMI Cable
Eurogamer reports that the $600 PS3, which comes available with an HDMI port, will not ship with the necessary cable to actually hook the machine up. From the article: "According to the specs page on the official US PS3 website, which notes: 'HDMI cable not included. Additional equipment may be required to use the HDMI connector.' Sony has long promoted the 60GB PS3's HDMI output as a key feature of the machine. The 20GB model, however, doesn't feature HDMI - and nor does the Xbox 360, as it goes, despite occasional rumours of a hardware revision in the offing." The machine will, of course, come with a composite cable.
Scoundrels!! Slightly off-topic: But I was playing some Dead Rising over the weekend at my buddy's house. I'd never used a wireless controller before. It's amazing how hard it is to make the conversion. Trying not to trip on the radiowaves looks a lot funnier than accidentaly kicking out the cable. Or perhaps arranging your legs on the coffee table to allow room for the radio-tubes to go under it and fall to the floor. Lots of laughs in that room.
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Hell, I bought I 21" CRT from Overstock.com that specifically said it came with a DVI cable. Didn't come with one. I called Overstock and got a bunch of excuses, but no cable. Finally went out and bought one myself. Found that DVI only supports 60hz refresh. So here I am with a monitor that will do something outrageous like 130hz refresh with a VGA connection, stuck with a shitty blinking 60hz refresh. That was an annoying piece of education. (Yah, I now use the VGA connection on the 21", and the DVI cable hangs on the wall, unused, as the two 17" LCDs I also have on the machine do not support DVI, so fuck ya all)