Questions about the PS3....

1. No, especially if you are going to mainly use it as a Blu-Ray player. Storage wise its just game data and demos, or you can download movies from PSN.

2. Absolutely, Mine has been sitting flat since day 1.

 

Only complaint I have is finding time to play it.

Absolutely worth it.

 

Honestly, mine has collected dust since I got it. I played the hell out of it when MGS came out... Not it's kinda just sitting there playing an occasional Blu-ray whenever I get a new one.

 

Slacker

 

Lately, I think the Wii has had more playing time thean my PS3 (sad because I hate that damn thing)

 

Wow, that bad huh?

 

well... When MGS came out, i played the thing non-stop till i beat it. But since then it's been Stargate, Terminator 2, No Country for Old Men, and Predator.

 

I played MGS a ton too, then NCAA, and then got back into Warhawk for awhile. But I haven't played much lately since becoming a dad.

 

In order to find a PS3 with less than 80gb you are going to have to go to Ebay. But the 80gb regular edition is now 399.99 so you might as well get that version.

 

Do you want backwards compatiblity? Then you want the 80GB version with MGS4. If not, then grab anything else really.

I have all 3, and play in order PS3, 360 and Wii. Although that may be misleading because I haven't turned on the Wii in months.

 

No complaints here. The unique thing about the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player is that they can update the firmware/software constantly so its always up to date because of that alot of places on the web rate it as one of the best BR players on the market.

 

ive got one no complaints

 

it's a damn good BR player... My main complaint is that I hate using a gamepad to control movies. Since it's all Blue-tooth, you can't use your universal remote. I have a pretty pimp universal remote that control EVERYTHING (including the 360) except the damn PS3. *sigh*

 

I have a harmony one, and got a little $10 dongle that let's me control everything on the ps3, except turning it on. No complaints here.

 

Yeah, its another remote but better than the controller.

I have one.

 

tell me more about your little dongle... or dingy... or whatever.

 

Get a room!

 

I actually use one of these right now because it makes everything on the PS3 (besides games) easier....

 

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Just use the dongle (it is in the logitech registry for my remote), and throw the crappy remote away. Like I said, it can't turn on the ps3, but if you have to put a movie in, it really doesn't matter.

 

The PS3 is generally considered the best Blu-Ray player available. It's cheaper than a lot of the competition and has equal if not better video quality. It's also top notch at upscaling regular DVDs.

You really cannot go wrong with the system at this point.

 

Get yourself a good HDMI cable you'll see a difference.

It does a great job upconverting regualar DVDs as well.

Enjoy!

 

Honestly, HDMI is a digital signal... Bigger ones and fancier ones aren't gonna create a better picture than lower cost ones.

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Best prices on cables on the internet. I'm actually kinda upset that you bought the PS3 branded HDMI cables.

 

Not sure of the transfer rate of the ps3 recommended one I had purchased one off the shelf seperate of the machine and I ended up with speckles.

 

Then I had a bad cable then because it certainly made a difference.

 

yeah man, there has to be something wrong with that cable. We have the PS3 going into a 42" 1080p TV using a $6 HDMI cable. It looks phenomenal.

 

I didn't see it much when the screen is busy but in any dark or near black scenes I was picking up faint speckles.

 

I'm with Mor, I have all my cable from monoprice with no complaints.

And I feel bad you paid so much for the ps3 cable.

 

Phin-o-rama's the king of audio/video, but I'll try

It's not that the PS3 can't do 1080p, it's that developers lately aren't taking advantage of it. We don't know if it's due to difficulty or laziness (that subject is up in the air - depending on who you talk to). As far as movies are concerned, I only watch Blu-rays on the PS3. Not sure what it does or handles DVDs.

The 360 handles DVDs very well. And it handles AVI's amazingly (which is what I mostly watch).

 

Unless it's a Blu-Ray, I use the 360 for everything. Probably mostly because of ease-of-use. I've never really compared graphics for movies because I don't think I've watch anything but Blu-rays (in 1080p) on the PS3.

As far as games, I never did a side-by-side before. Besides all of my 360 games being donations from Microsoft for me being a member of the press, on average (this is a complete guesstimation) 9 of 10 cross platform games are reviewed better on the 360. Again, never actually compared myself... And that doesn't actually mean they look better either...

This is alot of brain work.

 

Just for the record, 720p is classified as HD.

 

congrats

 

I just bought a PS3.

I was looking for a blu-ray player... but I thought what the heck I can't wait to see what my little girl's imagination can do with Little Big Planet.

But for me I'll be sticking with my 360 downstairs.

 

IMO, the PS3 looks much better than my 360. But that's because I was a loyal consumer and bought an original Xbox360. The kind that don't have HDMI connectivity. Microsoft rewarded my loyalty by making a completely new one that does have HDMI and expecting me to shell out another 3 - 400 for that. Microsoft can kiss my ***.