On the traditional Dutch St. Nicholas Day (Dec 6), Ada surprised me with an XBox 360 Kinect system! So, that meant that I could finally bring my PS3 up to the Panasonic Viera VT25 and I was able to download a 3D demo from the PSN Store. It looks, quite simply, amazing on that TV. The surround sound blew me away as well. While my receiver isn't 3D capable, which meant I have to connect the PS3 to the TV via HDMI, and to the receiver with an optical cable, this setup works quite well, and offers me all the audio capablities I'll need with the PS3. The 3D effects were really excellent, I may have to download some full games, am definitely reading up on them.

Now, the XBox Kinect is a blast and a half, I'll have to try and take some 3D footage of some willing (or unsuspecting) volunteers/victims. It definitely offers a work-out! The Kinect Adventures game that came with it offers quite a different variety of games, which make you jump up, sideways, forward, bend down, and wave your arms and feet in many possible directions. My friends gave me a copy of Dance Central, which we tried at their house last week, and I know that is definitely going to make me sweat, in a good way! I'm looking forward to more applications that use the full-body motion sensor, it's a very innovative idea, which has been made affordable enough to have fun with it.