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hey everyone and welcome back to another review by Jim's review room today we'll be looking at the much-anticipated PlayStation 4 and there's a lot to cover so if you want to skip around definitely look at the video description below for two different times you can click to and be sure to visit and like facebook.com slash Jim's review room as also do a photo shoot on all the products that our review on there so there's a lot of eye candy as you can see now without further ado we'll get started now as of this review the PlayStation comes in only one configuration it comes with a 500 GB hard drive one color which is black in priced at 399 dollars now adds an entertainment and Media Console the unit fits in with most other audio/video equipment matter of fact it's almost the same exact size as the previous generation PlayStation but on the screen you have your dimensions as shown and right next to it is of course the PlayStation 3 and just for comparison purposes I happen to stumble across this today it's the Xbox one as you can see it's about one-third less in width compared to the Xbox one and it's not as tall as well and do subscribe to my channel because I will eventually be doing a comparison between the PlayStation 4 and Xbox one since I both have them in house now then continuing with this physical overview the power sensor is located here with the eject sensor right below and yes they are sensors and that buttons glide your fingers over them and the corresponding actions occur now to the right two USB 3.0 ports located on the front and now rotating to the rear here you have your power cable digital sound output HDMI LAN cable and there's an axillary port for the new PlayStation camera and as you can see the entire rear fascia is just air vents like this to keep the system running cool that is the system of course comes with Wi-Fi access and supports B G and n standards for those choosing wireless internet connectivity the system uses the same black texture plastic with one third of the system in a beautiful black glossy finish there is an LED color bar here to indicate what mode the system is on now orange is standby blue is powering up and white is on and in use and hopefully there's no red light of death how to be somewhere in this machine but only time will tell I'm pretty sure Sony made a quality product uh now what you receive in the box is this system itself the DualShock 4 controller a micro USB cable for charging the controller a mono headset for voice chat power and HDMI cable and your code for a free 30-day trial of PlayStation Plus and I'll go into detail later about the PlayStation Plus the controller and the headset and worth mentioning though as I stated earlier the PlayStation 4 includes a 500 gig planner hard drive but it's been confirmed you can replace and/or upgrade the hard drive yourself and it's supposedly pretty easy to do now turning on the system for my hard boot up to login screen takes about 22 seconds now from there you'll be greeted with Playstations very familiar dashboards slash home screen called the XMB where all your menu features online horizontally similar to the PlayStation 3 and Vita now with this model once you press X each menu is open in a new window from my experience the home screen and menu features are smoother and faster although still familiar now all those smoother and faster as a whole though there are still times when certain data just doesn't load up instantly and that's something I never understood why would they code something like this it's bearable but considering this is the latest and greatest you would have thought it was a different type of coding this time around trophies still does not load up instantly I just never understood that but in addition to the standard horizontal menu you have a second row of items now a selection of streaming services are offered including popular applications like Netflix and Hulu Plus etc now all of Netflix that I accessed was actually faster than last generations and offered ridiculously fast video playback when forwarding and rewinding now the only other service at which they had was YouTube and I tried accessing YouTube through the supplied web browser and was unable to play a bummer but hopefully a firmware upgrade in the future can supply that and since we're still in the home page here messages has some new features messages are now color coded and staggered to see who and when messages were sent in my opinion much more organized than the previous generation were messages incoming and outgoing were just stacked up and of each other now additional features include the ability to send a 15-second recorded voice message instead of typing out everything with their controller and I've tested hooking up a USB keyboard and mouse and first the PlayStation 4 does recognize the device but then you can't use it it's really odd and as for party chat that's available now in a Playstation 4 we can chat up to eight friends simultaneously regardless if your friends in the same game or not it's eight friends talking across one channel now as I'm doing this review currently PlayStation 4 can play blu-rays and DVDs it cannot play though CDs or mp3s nor can it read an external card reader attached to the USB ports on the front and that's a huge downfall for me because I do attach an external card reader to showcase photos to guests or family when they're over here and I you know of course displayed on the big screen or I play movies right from the SD card and I'm not to mention you can't play PlayStation 3 games on here either and I just bought grand theft auto 5 for $60 in addition none of the PlayStation 3 peripherals work like a controller or you're the old webcam except from what I've learned so far only the PlayStation Move can be carried over now of course I can see the reason why from a technological and financial standpoint but just putting it out there you have to rebuy basically almost if not all of your goods now going into a more positive light now the PlayStation 4 itself is a true multitasking Beast as you can see on screen I'm just demonstrating random recordings of me playing a game then instantly jumping back into my previously played Netflix video or jumping into messages etc and you can see me doing this you're just doing random things on a screen it all happens on the fly now it makes the transition almost seamless in staying on topic of multitasking I wanted to touch base on this new offering of the controller which is the share button now while in game the PlayStation always records your last 15 minutes of gameplay you can click on the share button and upload up to those last 15 minutes to your personal Facebook page and share it and the Playstations dashboard and if you don't want to include the full 15 minutes you do have the ability to trim the clip through the edit now the editing tools were very limited with no other features as an addict text zooming in or out you can't add in your avatar or logo you can't even narrate over it again don't think that you can do is just trim and you can't trim sections of the clips and then piece them together so the editing features aren't as robust as thought now also while in-game you can take a screenshot of your screen and upload it to either Facebook or Twitter and share it within the PlayStation floors and messaging system so regarding recorded content as a recap videos can only be uploaded to your Facebook profile and friends can find it on the PlayStation 4's home page under what's new and screenshots can be shared on your Facebook page Twitter and 3d playstations messaging system and hopefully YouTube will one day be a feature you know down the road the last feature from the share button that is the most notable is being able to stream your gameplay live to either twitch or Ustream now this system is very fast and easy to use with just enough information displayed you can see how viewers are watching you live and also their comments for you to interact with them now if you intend on purchasing the PlayStation 4 camera you can broadcast your face if you desire to do so then if you want to watch other people play that can be accessed again from the main PlayStation home page under live from PlayStation so overall this is a really neat feature to further the share content with the world in a very easy and quick to new manner overall gaming is great and from the day one of release titles battlefield 4 seemed to receive the most notable upgrade if you can see the power the PlayStation 4 over the last generation obviously this is just scratching the surface by getting a glimpse of what the system in do for now is pretty amazing battlefield 4 alone has the beautiful lighting lens flare and now running at 60 frames per second just a very noticeable and positive difference from console gamers out there call of duty wasn't too drastic of an improvement though and really felt more refined and polished rather than a generation leap into next gen now as a point the PlayStation 4 is no question is capable of some amazing things but yet at the end of the day it depends on the developers making for content in regarding playing games PlayStation Plus is now a requirement to play online if you don't pay for the PlayStation Plus membership you still get all the social functions and other features such as accessing entertainment film and TV services such as again Hulu Plus and Netflix etc you have you still have your share options including sending gameplay video and screenshots to Facebook screenshots to Twitter or livestream gaming via Ustream or twitch other random items you still get the web browser get the PlayStation Store access so again on the screen it just lists all the services you still get for free if you don't become a member now it's a partner that we do have to pay to play online but at the moment the competition namely the Xbox one of course requires the same deal so we can't get too bummed out I guess but with the annual membership you receive the previous mentioned free services but now you get free games for download which is huge in itself and they're not just indie games they're not just quick short games we're talking about full-blown $60 games for download free now / the PlayStation website you get access to free game trials download the entire game play for about an hour and if you like it you actually keep it and all your stats are kept once you purchase it you get access to beta invites to test games before they're even released to the public and lastly you receive one gig of cloud storage now save your games on the cloud has backup and you can retrieve them anywhere at any time now with a membership it's great Andrey pays for itself in the first two months or so and about the free games again playstation typically releases new free games on a monthly floatation now we'll jump over to the controller and included headset provided by Sony and the controller is definitely worth a review on its own and you can click on the video that just popped up here or find it on my channel at youtube.com slash games a review room now the controller as soon as you put it in your hands and hold it for the first time there's a huge difference in comfort economics and even the size of the controller the joysticks and a d-pad are now dimpled in and it just gives you a sense of properly feeling where the thumbs needs to be and it also has less slippage as well the controller handles loan are longer and now my ring and pinky finger actually gripped the controller unlike the PlayStation 3 and most notable the trigger fingers feels amazing with contours to seat your index fingers now regarding the touted touchpad for the time being it has its intentions but I haven't found any true and innovative muses yet the controller does now feature an integrated speaker and for such games with single-player campaigns where dialogue or narration occurs now it's a nice addition to further enhance interaction and immersion now lastly is the supplied three-and-a-half millimeter input headset as a single ear headset with an inline mic and mute button now when I first pulled out the mic the line seemed really thin and weak now I'm worried over time that constant use and bending may cause the connection to break but only time can tell in that aspect now however testing the mic the audio is loud and clear with no hum or hisses in the background the mic is real sensitive though so if the mic is moving around on the receiving end it does pick up all those noises it sounds like you're rustling around with that mic so overall with my experience with the PlayStation this machine is a beast in its own right a definite improvement from the last generation now emitting Li there are some features that are not as robust such as limited features for editing video and uploading your recorded game is only limited to Facebook and on the plus side I love the ability to stream live gameplay connecting with friends is easier through the messaging system the controller is the best one Sony has made so far so if you're set on buying a PlayStation 4 or just a fan of PlayStation this is no question worth to purchase as Sony and Playstation itself has grown and learned from its previous mistakes as of this video I just received the Xbox one and it's release date and I still need to test it out before determining which one quote unquote is a better experience so definitely subscribe and like this video and once I get the Xbox video out I'll definitely make a comparison video and you'll see what the verdict is so if you made it this far in this review in this video please like this video and subscribe of to feature alerts to new products again this is Jimmy from Jim's review room take everyone by