PS4 Slim Review

[Pemalite]

Fei-Hung said:

Change the fact that's it's an underpowered current gen console at a premium cost compared to the PS4s :p

 

We can do this all thread long lol

I think you missed the point that I am a PC Gamer. Your Playstation cannot touch my PC. Shall we continue about discussing power? ;)

Fei-Hung said:

 

You mean "imo" MS won. 

Talking about the improvements both companies have done to each console.
No opinion about it, no price/power/games library etc'.

DaveTheMinion13 said:
No need for any of the 4K stuff, 4K Tvs already do all the work besides play UHD Blu Rays......which pretty much no one ever buys, most still don't even buy Blu Rays. 30 dollar movies is a rip off atm and no one I know are buying these UHD discs lol
A slim should be made cheaper for new customers, and pointless 4K support that Tvs do already....just makes it more expensive

Not exactly.

Not all TV's have great upscalers... Consoles tend to also do various passes on the output image to improve the final image, such as sharpening... Plus consoles have better scaling algorithms.

thismeintiel said:

Pemalite said:
Looks like Microsoft won the Battle of the Slims thanks to 4k and HDR support.
Common Sony. :/

And Sony is most likely going to win when it comes to Slim price and sales.

That will highly likely be very true.
And I would even assume the same would hold true with Neo vs Scorpio, Sony has some pretty spectacular momentum happening... Oh wait, were you trying to take a jab? I'm a PC gamer. lol

Lrdfancypants said:
My inclination is to say they should of had 4k video like the xbox one S but maybe they're planning on going in at $100 cheaper again and winning the battle of slims that way.
The threads should be fun.

Manufacturing wise, it shouldn't really cost much more to implement 4k. It certainly doesn't for the PC.

If the PS4 Slim is also built at 16nm Finfet though, it might have the SoC price advantage going for it. (I wish I could get more low-level details about the fabbing. Ugh.)

SvennoJ said:

Bandorr said:

Yes I've found that odd. 4K HDR TVs are super expensive so people are going to want to pair it with the cheapest device?

Why would the casual buyer want to get a console they aren't going to use - instead of a sleek, small, DVD player that cost almost the same.  Specially when you factor in someone wanting to use a remote (which the DVD player comes with) instead of a controller.

Also as far as players go - do some of them have more features than others? Better upscalers, more settings etc?

Yes, better upscaling for blu-ray (XBox One S does not upscale blu-ray nor DVD)
They include dual hdmi out, one for audio in case your amp is not hdmi 2.0 compatible.
Pass through bitstream for Dolby Atmos / DTS:X
Support 3D blu-ray in case anyone still uses that
http://www.cnet.com/products/samsung-ubd-k8500/

Anyway a serious movie buff investing thousands in a UHD premium tv will go for the Panasonic player
http://www.cnet.com/products/panasonic-dmp-ub900/

Or simply wait until next year when there's more choice, more and improved UHD discs, better and more affordable HDR tvs.

The Xbox One S will upscale ALL non-4k content to 4k.
https://news.xbox.com/2016/08/02/xbox-one-s-4k-hdr/


"4K upscaling
In addition to supporting 4K video content when used in conjunction with a 4K TV, Xbox One S will also upscale non-4K content to display at 4K when paired with a 4K TV. When you set your console resolution to 4K UHD, everything on the console — Home, games, and apps—will display at 4K. 4K content is displayed in its native 4K resolution, and other content (like 1080p content) is upscaled to 4K."

 

pray4mojo said:

When you compare overall sales, I don't think it matters.

Did I give you the impression I was comparing it on a sales basis? No? Exactly.