I just bought my playstation eye today, after searching for the best price online it turned out that Amazon and Walmart had the best price at $32.82, I decided to get it straight from the store as we was going out anyway so we popped into walmart and it turns out the price was $40 in store, so now the fun starts.
We argued with the store clerk that you can’t advertise a product online at one price then advertise it in store at another price, it’s not ethical. Apparently they can do that but after we insisted on speaking with the manager he let us have it for the same price as advertised online, i’m sure they will adjust it soon though.
This means that Amazon is now the cheapest price for the eye.
The playstation eye is probably the easiest thing i’ve ever had the pleasure of using, no installations instructions needed as you just simply plug it into your usb port on the PS3 system and that’s it.
If you then go to playstation store you can download Eyecreate which is a free piece of software which lets you mess around with your photo’s, it’s fairly cool.
The biggest surprise was once hooked up it made my bedroom look like it was newly decorated, it came out so clear and bright, i’ve seen worse clarity on more expensive products. The voice distorter is pretty cool too, we messed around for it like a couple of kids for about an hour, strange how when it comes to talking into a mic nothing comes to mind and you end up just making stupid noises, it was fun to act like a teenager for a bit.
The mic picks up voices very clearly and you don’t have to find yourself shouting 3 inches away from it like some i’ve had in the past.
All in all this product is well worth the money, even at $40 it would be worth it, my only downside is it’s not compatible with my pc but that’s no big deal.
Here is the product features for the playstation eye:
* A sophisticated microphone with the ability to reduce background noise and focus on spoken word for smoother, more accurate speech recognition
* Faster frame rate for improved tracking, responsiveness and smoothness
* Two position zoom lens for close-up and full body options
* Free EyeCreate editing software, which allows users to save, edit and add cool visual effects to photos, video and audio clips
* 4 channel audio input – 16-bits/channel, 48kHz, SNR 90db
Tony:)