This Christmas sees the launch of a new games console.

今年的圣诞节目睹了一种新电子游戏机的推出。

Why did you buy the TV games console(s)?

你为何会购买现时的游戏机?。

Why you haven't thought of owing a TV games console?

你为何没有拥有电视游戏机？

Microsoft has confirmed that it plans to enter the games console market.

微软日前证实，该公司计划进入游戏机市场。

Games console manufacturers live or die with the companies that produce the games.

游戏机生产商与游戏开发商存亡与共。

It means that PlayStation 3 owners will be able to download movies on-demand through their games console.

这意味着PlayStation 3的所有者将能通过游戏控制台下载点播电影。

Consider, for example, the controller that went on sale last month with Nintendo's Wii games console.

拿上月发售的任天堂Wii游戏机所带的控制手柄来作例子吧。

Most teenagers with a games console tend to game not in short bursts, but in long stints (upwards of an hour).

拥有游戏机的青少年玩起游戏来都倾向于持续很长的时间(一个小时或以上)，并没有想要短时间内就停止的想法。

You can make phone calls on your laptop, play games on your mobile phone and watch videos on your games console.

这样，你可以在你的笔记本电脑上打电话，可以在手机上玩游戏，同样也可以在手柄式游戏机上看电视。

The sophisticated robot is manoeuvred over tough terrain using an intuitive controller, not unlike to a games console.

这台先进的机器人在各种地形上移动受到直观的控制，这和玩游戏机没有什麽不同 。

PlayStation 3 owners in the United States will be able to stream movies and TV shows directly from Netflix to their games console.

美国的PlayStation 3所有者将可以直接把电影和电视节目从Netflix上串流(streaming)到其游戏控制台上。

It is generally true that the personal computer or games console is the most advanced item of technology kept in the family home.

一般说来，家庭所拥有的最先进的游戏设备是个人电脑和游戏机，而且只有计算机游戏才能最大限度地利用这些硬件资源。

The machine is not up to much for playing games, but then a dedicated games console beats most computers when it comes to games anyway.

如果要玩游戏，小本没有太大价值。但说起游戏，这款小本配置的一个专用的游戏手柄会击败很多电脑。

THIS week, after much speculation, Sony finally announced the launch dates and the prices for its forthcoming PlayStation 3 games console.

索尼经过深思熟虑后，终于在本周宣布了它的新产品PS 3游戏平台的发布日期和销售价格。

The machine is not up to much for playing games, but then a dedicated games console beats most computers when it comes to games anyway.

这台机器玩游戏就不怎么样，但另一方面，说到游戏，一台专用游戏机无论如何胜过大多数电脑。

The innovative Kinect technology, which was invented as a motion-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360 games console, will be further improved.

作为Xbox360游戏操控的动作感应外设，Kinect技术还将得到进一步改良。

Apart from its important roles as cinema, games console and Skype-with-the-relatives hub, a computer has been a vital tool for our home schooling.

一台电脑除了有诸如影院、游戏机、联络亲人的Skype电话端等重要作用外，还是家庭教育的必要的工具。

Other companies have also prospered by providing easy-to-use products: think of the Nintendo Wii video-games console or the Flip video camera.

其他公司同样也成功的推出了简单易用的产品：想想任天堂的Wii游戏机或是翻转式摄像机。

There is an electrical extension cord running from your laptop and mobile and games console to the people like Yan Li and Liu Pan dying to make them.

你笔记本和游戏柄上的电子延长线，与像颜利和李盼这样以生命为代价来制造它的人们，连在一起。

The next logical step for the Stanford team was to adapt their software for the hugely powerful Cell processor used in Sony's PlayStation 3 games console.

斯坦福团队所采取的下一步合理动作则是，改编他们的程序，在索尼的PlayStation3游戏机的细胞处理器上运行。

'Suppertainment' is the phrase being coined for the current major trend that reflects the number of people who eat in front of the computer, TV or games console.

“娱乐进餐时”就是为了反映目前在电脑、电视或游戏机前进餐的人群数量增多的这一主潮流而造出的新词。

Suppertainment 'is the phrase being coined for the current major trend that reflects the number of people who eat in front of the computer, TV or games console.

“娱乐进餐时”就是为了反映目前在电脑、电视或游戏机前进餐的人群数量增多这一主潮流而造出的一个词。

A games console can be programmed to produce separate images for left and right eyes relatively easily, but most films and television programmes are not shot in 3-d.

电子游戏可以很容易制造出分别给左右眼看的图像，但对于大多电影和电视节目来说就有些困难了，因为它们在拍摄过程中就没有用3d手法。

A gorilla got hold of a Nintendo DS games console that a young zoo visitor accidentally dropped into the gorilla enclosure, the Daily Mail of London reported Tuesday.

据英国《每日邮报》10日报道，一位年轻游客不小心把任天堂双屏游戏机掉到动物园的猩猩笼里，大猩猩见状立即捡起据为己有。

Another open question is whether customers will plump for dedicated video communication systems over those that also serve other purposes, such as a PC or a games console.

另一个明显的问题是：是否用户将选择专用视频通信系统而忽略另外提供其他功能的设备，比如PC机或游戏面板。

The same is true if you access programmes via the Internet as they are being shown on TV, whether you're using a laptop, mobile phone, games console or any other device.

对于通过互联网收看电视节目的，不管你是使用笔记本电脑、手机、游戏机还是其它工具收看，都一样要交电视税。

Hiding the TV remote and games console controller is a good thing to do to kids if it's the only way to limit the time they spend in front of a screen, according to a study published Monday.

周一发表的一项研究讲到，如果你没有其他办法限制孩子呆在屏幕前的时间，就把电视遥控器和游戏机控制器藏起来。

Microsoft has cut off up to one million users of the Xbox 360 games console who modified their machines to play pirated games, becoming the latest entertainment company to launch a piracy crackdown.

近日，微软严厉打击盗版。 至少100万改机Xbox360的盗版用户被ban。