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/ ProcessorsXbox Live Gold Membership subscription price set to increase
Microsoft has announced that the price of its flagship online service "Xbox Live Gold" is set to increase in price. The price hike will affect the United States, United Kingdom, Mexico and Canada. The UK price increase for monthly payment will be from £4.99 to £5.99. However there is currently no news on the increase on the annual subscription.
Amazon is currently offering the 12 month Gold Membership Card for less than the standard subscription price. Get the low price now before they have to increase the price.
If
your a regular Xbox Live user, you may be a little disgruntled
at the quality of the audio that is provided when chatting to
your friends over the Xbox live system. Well Good news is on its
way. Microsoft has announced their intentions to upgrade the
audio codec used by Xbox Live. The original codec was used back
in 2002 when broadband was in its infancy and now requires an
update to meet the demands of today's gaming public.
The demand for increased storage space is not only for desktop computers. Console owners are also after
more space. The Playstation 3 does not only play games but can store music and video as well as high definition downloads of trailers and games, plus more besides. You can quickly find yourself requiring more storage space. New higher capacity Playstations have been released but if your A PS3 owner already you can quickly and easily upgrade your
Playstations hard drive.
With
the Playstation 3 becoming more of a home entertainment system
than a gaming console, the hard drive size has become of
increased importance. With this in mind Sony has announced two
further versions of its Playstation 3 slim console. The 160gb
version is ready to ship now, while the 320gb version is being
held until the release of the Playstation move and will ship as
a bundles product.
Due
to be released on November the 6th, the new black edition of the
Wii adds a bit of style to the already very popular games
console from Nintendo. With most current television sets having
moved away from silver and into black, the same with DVD players
and the Sky HD box, a black Wii will certainly not look out of
place on your entertainment stand. The Black edition Wii also
comes with Wii Sports Resort and the new motion plus controller
With
the world of high definition and home movie editing on top on the games
and applications on your PC the demand for high capacity storage has
increased. Fortunately the manufacturers are on the job and Terabyte
plus storage is common place.
Optical
media has been around now for many years. In home this has meant the
ability to create your own CD's and DVD's. Now the ability to create
your own Blu-Ray discs is possible. However there are problems with all
the types of optical media that are available. The recordable DVD for
example do you know if you need a DVD-R DVD+R or DVD+RW? Do you know the
capabilities of your DVD player or DVD writer? We explore the different
optical media types and the differences between them giving you a
greater knowledge of what to buy when you are looking for optical
recordable media.
The
LG-BH08LS20 Blu-Ray writer is the first Blu-Ray write from LG that
supports 8x writing on Blu-Ray recordable disks (BD-R). This drive will
also burn DVD's and CD's with no problems. The Retail version also comes
with a software suite from CyberLink for creating all types of disks
from simple audio CD's to home movies created on high capacity Blu-Ray
disks. And obviously you can turn your PC into a full Blu-Ray movie
machine. 
Out
in retails now is Nintendo's latest addition to its Wii accessories, the
Wii Motion Plus. A Simple attachment to the Wii remote, the Wii Motion
plus add a whole new level of realism to supported Wii games. Now with
the Wii motion plus every movement of your hand, every twist of your
wrist is picked up and replicated on screen. Now you can have greater
control over your on screen motions than ever before.
Epson's
PX800FW is a multifunction at the top of the current range. This printer
offers you professional print quality for your photo's with a 6 ink
system, high quality 4800 DPI scanning resolution, built in fax machine
and wireless connectivity. But the PX800FW's most attractive feature is
in its design. The PX800FW will fit anywhere into your home and not look
out of place. The traditional printer look has been replaced with
stylish design that packs away neatly. To add to the stylish effect
Epson has gone with illuminated touch panel controls instead of buttons
for the front panel.