I knew it was arriving yesterday, but I had to run errands outside the house; specifically, I had to go to the post office to send off PlayStation 1 memory cards customers bought through my Amazon store. As I was walking down Oregon Street, I saw the FedEx truck drive past me. I could also see the driver looking for house numbers. I was really excited, but I continued forth to the post office.
Once I made it back to the house, there was the box sitting on the front stoop. I picked it up and I realized it was heavy. I knew the system was heavy, but the weight took me off guard. I take the box inside the house and go to change my clothes since I got intentionally splashed by a driver while I was walking. Some people...
Once I'm dry I open the box in the living room. To my horror, both Amazon and FedEx totally botched the packing and shipping procedures and the contents of the shipping box got damaged! Along with the system, I also ordered Disgeae 3 and The House of Leaves. The BD case for the game somehow got smashed, and the book got water damaged – although not too badly. I was first pissed, and then worried. I thought that if a plastic case can be smashed open, would the system fare better?
Of course, I had to unhook my Sega Saturn from the TV and carefully put it back in its box.
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It was my intent to open the PS3 box and test out the system since sometimes hardware can malfunction between the assembly line and the customer. I didn't like the fact that both Amazon and FedEx increased the chances malfunction by their negligence. So I hook the system up to the TV and test all the media the disk drive can take: PS1, DVD, Blu-Ray, and Ps3 games all work. So I'm pleased the system didn't get damaged, but its box did.
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Once I had the system connected to the TV, the stand-by light turned on. I was excited!
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Now I'm really excited! I wanted to chronicle the first activation of the system, so I took a picture of my finger on the power button.
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And it is on!
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Much to my surprise, the PS3 can actually detect the intermittent wireless network from Trent's house. The system rates the signal strength at 65%. I'm surprised it is that high. I went ahead and downloaded the system update and created my PSN profile. Once I turned the system on, I knew I was in for a long system update. So once I created my PSN account, I initialized the system update. In the meantime I assembled a spinach pie for dinner since the system update took nearly 45 minutes.
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My PSN account username is “Gnurd,” which is the old way "nerd" used to be spelled in the 1960s before American pop culture got a hold of it and changed the spelling. While there may be millions of people on the PSN, I'm the only gnurd!
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I actually like how the x-media bar works for the system. I find it really sublime, especially when the violins gently massage my ears on system start-up. I can't wait to start playing the games I bought for the system (which I didn't own until yesterday) since they got good reviews.
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