PS3 Move 320GB

This bundle is probably the best PS3 deal ever - see my notes on how you could sell the Move stuff if you don’t want it and still end up ahead. I’ve been a PS3 owner ever since the 60GB classic became available and I’ve been impressed with the PS3’s reliability, versatility and its sheer power - and I’ve owned both ‘classic’ and ’slim’ models, upgraded most, gave away a couple. In the end it’s a matter of personal taste but the PS3 is increasingly the most popular ‘gaming’ or ‘entertainment’ implement in our household. And we DO own an Xbox too.

I will not go through the long list of PS3’s features. It would be an exaggeration to say that it does ‘everything’ but, in my view, it does a lot more than the competition and it’s doing it increasingly well. Agreed, features and capabilities do not come for free and sometimes they don’t even come cheap (see my list of possible add-ons above) but I can’t say that I have the feeling of being constantly nickeled and dimed when I upgrade my PS3. I will have no choice at this time but to order the extra Move and Motion controller from Sony but the charger, the larger discs I used to upgrade my old classic, all of the cables came or will come from third party vendors and even for the old SixAxis and the remote controller there were alternatives at the time I decided to buy the Sony-made ones. In addition, the ‘basic’ PS3 console can take you pretty far as it is and you can have a lot of fun without having to spend one extra penny. 

Samsung HT-BD2S This home theater system is what convinced me to finally make the jump to Blu-ray. I bought it from Amazon at 51% off its $1000 MSRP. I added Amazon Prime and had it in my home in two days. Set up was simple, but with seven speakers plus a subwoofer, there’s a lot of wire running around my family room.

The picture quality of the Blu-ray discs is stunning, and a regular DVD gets upconverted to 1080p, so all my old stuff looks much better than ever, too. The sound is spectacular, too. My Blu-ray copy of Men in Black had the walls and floor literally shaking with rocket engines and explosions. Everything I’ve played, be it Blu-ray or regular DVD, has been terrific, both picture and sound.
If you’re considering making the move to Blu-ray, don’t hesitate to give this system serious consideration.

Garmin nuvi 3760T

This 3760 is supposed to learn about your trips, and use that information to plan a better route. Either I didn’t had enough trips, or kept going to different places, so I have no idea if it makes any difference. I was really hoping the 3760 would at least have custom avoids like the 8x5 units. This would be specially useful, for those time the unit keeps directing you through that street that is planned to be built within the next 10 years, or that street they keep working on, or the street happens to be the wrong direction.

The gps seems to work well, but in some shadow areas seems to have trouble. At one point I was stopped and the unit kept spinning my location. However, it was accurate and fast.Think that it is rather fast to reacquire a lock, because the unit has a sleep mode. I didn’t test it in a challenging place like new york, but maybe other users can share their experiences. Didn’t notice it showing my location on the wrong street or side of the access road, like the 765. Once more not sure if it was related to my difficulties, but the unit wouldn’t show where the car was parked, nor change modes (it is design to work with cars, on foot and bicycling) when plugged into the car cradle.