voltage requirement of import PS3

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hey69

i have a monster
Veteran
so i have the posibility to buy a Japanese 20g PS3 with one game for a decent price
anyway, how should i connect it to the electricity plug? Do I need a powerconvertor 110V->220V
or will it incorporate a universal powerunit? (ex: psp's powercharger is 110v-220v)

any tip would be helpfull
 
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hey69 said:
so i have the posibility to buy a Japanese 20g PS3 with one game for a decent price
anyway, how should i connect it to the electricity plug? Do I need a powerconvertor 110V->220V
or will it incorporate a universal powerunit? (ex: psp's powercharger is 110v-220v)

any tip would be helpfull
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AFAIK, you'll need a stepdown converter, one rated for 500W should do. They're apparently easy enough to get.

Oh, and I'm in the same boat now, or probably will be. Have put in an order for a Japanese 60GB from playasia.
 
999US $ ? shipping included then? thats not THAT bad compared with 720US$ the ps3 60g will cost in euro to dollars
 
hey69 said:
999US $ ? shipping included then? thats not THAT bad compared with 720US$ the ps3 60g will cost in euro to dollars
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Shipping is not included in that price. Shipping is about $70 to the US, and then I'll either have my brother bring it over with him for free at Xmas, or have it couriered in advance for another fee. If I do the latter, the premium over a unit bought here will likely be a couple of hundred euro, give or take.

I was going to go for the $899 20GB option, but then it struck me that the difference in price between the two was relatively so small - and even smaller in euro - for what you're getting. I also figured 60GBs will be more plentiful, and thus easier for them to get one to me.

I just hope I'm reasonably close to the top of their queue now, and get one to the States in Nov. Currently the order says it should ship on or before Nov 13, but that might just be an automatic thing. I reckon demand won't be too high given they can't ship to Europe, so fingers crossed..
 
wish you getit , and fast and working
i have to pay 750euro for the 20g version with one game of choice shipping included

oh btw, is the bluray region encoding the same for JAPAN and USA?
 
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Titanio said:
AFAIK, you'll need a stepdown converter, one rated for 500W should do. They're apparently easy enough to get.

Oh, and I'm in the same boat now, or probably will be. Have put in an order for a Japanese 60GB from playasia.
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How sure are we that you actually need a converter? Because I'm thinking the power unit will be able to do both 110 and 220. It's just a matter of figuring out what it takes - on the PC there are often small tiny red switches, but on the PS3?

Didn't also some of the PS3 demo units come with both US and UK power cables, and could run without a converter?

I'm just guessing here though, but still ... may be worth investigating.
 
Arwin said:
How sure are we that you actually need a converter? Because I'm thinking the power unit will be able to do both 110 and 220. It's just a matter of figuring out what it takes - on the PC there are often small tiny red switches, but on the PS3?

Didn't also some of the PS3 demo units come with both US and UK power cables, and could run without a converter?

I'm just guessing here though, but still ... may be worth investigating.
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Well, the power unit is built-in, and I'd say it's region specific. I don't recall seeing any switches on the back in shots of the PS3, ala a PC.
 
Titanio said:
Well, the power unit is built-in, and I'd say it's region specific. I don't recall seeing any switches on the back in shots of the PS3, ala a PC.
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But if it is cheaper for PCs to not have a region specific bit of hardware, then it may be for PS3s also. But then again, you might not want to open your PS3 to figure it out. :) However, if you happen to do that anyway, then it might be worth checking out.
 
It would really depend on where you are (which I cannot see if you specified). The US and Japan have very similar power distribution. In the US electricity is 110V/60Hz and in Japan it is 100V/ 60 or 50 Hz. And Japanese equipment uses the same plugs as in the US, so most will work interchangeably. Europe's 220V/50Hz electric power requires a converter.
 
Arwin said:
How sure are we that you actually need a converter? Because I'm thinking the power unit will be able to do both 110 and 220. It's just a matter of figuring out what it takes - on the PC there are often small tiny red switches, but on the PS3?
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There was some discussion going on there about this subject too. I posted a picture that says, it won't accept 220v, however I'm not 100% sure that picture is valid.

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35156
 
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