

Setting up the system only took a few minutes and it was ready to go. The light is blue when the PS4 boots up, turns white when in regular use and orange when in standby mode. When the system is turned on, there’s a light running down its center.

If you have trouble finding them, they’re located down the center of the console, to the left of the USB ports. At first I didn’t know where the power and disc eject buttons were. It’s weird that the PS4 doesn’t have its own unique sound. Turning on the console makes the same beep noise as the PS3. The USB is where you put the cable for charging the new DualShock 4 controller. There’s also two USB 3.0 ports in the front of the console. The PlayStation 4 is HDMI only, meaning you’re going to need a television that has an HDMI input to play the system. In the back of the console there’s outputs for HDMI, an Ethernet port, 5.1 digital optical, a connection for the new PlayStation camera and the power cable. I have to remove the system from its position so I can actually see where the output is instead of just easily putting the wires back there, which is annoying. This is because the ports are at a somewhat elevated slant, as you can kind of tell from this photo. I have the PS4 on my entertainment center and the cables don’t easily go in or come out like they do on the PS3. Following an unofficial gaming tradition, the PS4 uses the same power cable as the PS3 Slim model. There were reportsof the PS4 not getting any video signal because of faulty HDMI ports and the included Sony HDMI cable, so I opted to use one I had already from my PS3.
