Perfecto!!! Target is still selling 1 GB cards for $40.

I'll be listening to the engadget podcast of course!

As a huge SOCOM fan I tend to agree with what other people have said regarding the online only part. Makes this seem like a "hold me over" approach. Really it looks like the current SOCOM engine with improved textures and lighting for HD display. After playing socom II on an HD tv I was not impressed... this looks much less Jaggy than socom II. But what's up with no shadows on characters... seems like the environment is lit, but not the people in it.

If it remains online only, I'd like them to include online muli-player against computer A.I. ala combined assault.

Seems like they'll be waiting a little longer to really "evolve the series" While I haven't played GRAW, Rainbow Six, or Gears... it seems the next SOCOM would have to incorporate some sort of Cover system if it wants to compete.

One last gripe... 32 player games just don't work in the socom universe... it really screws up the pacing / coordination. It work's in resistance but that's a different beast.

I picked up a PS3 and I'm still playing it on standard def. For me it honestly came down to standard WiFi, hard disk size, and backwards compatability. I didn't want to run CAT5 all around the House, I like downloading large demos / storing music on it, and I've got some old school PS2 games that I love playing with my friends (NBA HOOPZ for real!)...

Not that I need to justify my purchase to any fan-boys out there

As pointed out in the post the real issue here is the difference in resolution between standard def (i.e. non HD) TVs in the US and Europe. My understanding is that this is not a software issue (i.e. there is no region coding on the disk). It's the issue of a US / Japanese PS3 not outputting the signal on the disk.

Something doesn't add up here... seems like F.U.D.

Is this guy playing his US PS3 on a European television? If that's the case than I would assume he would have ran across this issue in other games or he would be unable to even view his PS#... is this isolated to F.E.A.R.?

If he's playing his US PS3 on a US TV in europe than the solution is to either buy the US version of the game or a standard DEF European TV.

Bottom line, the final answer doesn't have to be "Buy an HD TV"

sixaxis = $49.99... same as 360 wireless

Uhhhh Doesn't Alexa only track IE hits?

#2 & #5

Why are you reading PS3 fanboy if you don't know what the XMB is? Start off with Joystiq, then come back once you've grown into a full-fledged fanboy!

Please add...

RSS support
More video Codec support (I can't watch QuickTime videos?)

Seems to me like they're hinting at the whole "HOME" network stuff that you guys reported on last week. "This is living" shows how people with different personalities play different games.

Also they have different homes within the same villa / network. The grenade thing seems like a common achievement (i.e. everybody with a PS3 has resistance).

Looks like this is a slightly different model... I see two E207WFP options with different model numbers on their main monitor page... the newer one goes for $359, while the older one goes for $289 (hence the gripe about updated specs)

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productlisting.aspx?c=us&category_id=6198&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs