PS3 or Not?

[cajmoyper]

When I watch BD's with my father, and I'm waiting for the disc to load on his BDP-S301, I wonder to myself why he spent $450 (Sam's Club) on a BD players when he could've spent $50 less on a PS3 that...

1) Decodes TrueHD, and hopefully soon DTS HD MA
2) Was the one of the first BD players to have HDMI v1.3
3) Doesn't take forever to load a BD
4) Does more than just plays movie
5) Was the first BD player to be Profile 1.1 (possibly 2.0) equipped (whether you care or not)
6) Among other reasons, reasons #1 and #5 make it the most future-proof player out there

I'm not here to bash anybody who watches their BD's on something other than the PS3, but wondering what percentage of BD owner's own a PS3. The one player I can understand is the Elite, but with that you'd have to have one bad ass TV. So what do you watch your's on?

[dahoover]

PS3 for me. I bought it mainly for videogaming, but now am using it a lot for Blu-Rays.

[Zaphod]

PS3 for me and couldn't be more happier. I only use it for movies and downloadable games/content. I would probably say a majority of those who post on here either have a PS3 for a main player or at least one as a secondary player.

[Downhere]

PS3, mainly bought it for Blu-ray with the occasional game play.

[owa]

PS3 and very happy with it.

[Sonny]

My PS3's & Panny BD30k's do all the work these days Im give away the rest of my players & waiting to see what hits stores soon

[Sonny]

The Ps3 is just the smartest choice in BD players to date

[tigtat77]

PS3 for me, originally bought it for games and Blu. Dont remember the last time I played a game on it though. It is a GREAT Blu player.

[Kairav]

The Best HD Player to date. PS3.

[ascotinmpls]

PS3 at the moment, but will probably make an upgrade this year.

[Midnightsailor]

I have the S300... yes, it's slow but its proven worthy thus far.

[Sling]

PS3 is getting most of the blu-ray action because of living room placement
My Sony S500 & Panny BD30 are in den and bedroom but they keep busy as well.
There a happy blu-ray family

[splax23]

Bought PS3 mostly for gaming but no it is used mostly for BD. Best $600 I spent in along time even though many of my friends call me an idiot for it.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by Midnightsailor

I have the S300... yes, it's slow but its proven worthy thus far.

You mean Sony s300?

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by splax23

Bought PS3 mostly for gaming but no it is used mostly for BD. Best $600 I spent in along time even though many of my friends call me an idiot for it.

Your no idiot there just haters lol!

[Dynamo of Eternia]

I have the PS3 now. I originally had (well, still have technically, though I will most likely get rid of it) a Samsung BD-P1200 player. I won't go into my rant about that particular player (go check the review thread for that player for info on the issues with it). I had gotten it for free as an award, so it's not like the machine, itself, cost me anything.

But when I got frustrated with it, from most everything I had heard, the PS3 is the most solid, reliable, future-proof Blu-Ray player on the market. While many other stand alones work a lot better than the Samsung one that I got, I really cannot recommend any of them over the PS3.

Granted, some other players can decode certain types of audio that the PS3 can't, which means in some cases you won't be getting as high of a quality of audio depending on the types available for any particular release. And the PS3 doesn't seem to be compatible with any univeral remotes.

But, IMO the remote thing isn't THAT big of an issue, and most audio that the PS3 can play will still be far superior to what you find on regular DVDs anyway. It's a small trade off (IMO) for the advantages that the PS3 offers, even to non-gamers. People are better off using this for now, and then maybe later on, when newer stand-alones are lower in price have a more standardized, finalized features/upgrades, etc, then get just a stand alone player.

IMO the PS3 is both Blu-Rays biggest strength and greatest weakness. If it wasn't for the PS3, there's a good change Blu-Ray wouldn't be winning the format war. But, the fact that the PS3, which essentially is primarily a game system with movie playback as a secondary function, is able to play these movies in a much more efficient manner than what most (if not all) machines that are created soley for the movie-playback purpose could give off a bad impression to average people looking into going Hi-Def with their movies.

For the record, I hope Blu-Ray gains as much ground as possible and eventually replaces DVD, but I do worry if the PS3 factor, which has gotten it to wear it is now, could also be the aspect that hurts it as well. I hope time proves me wrong on this one.

[cajmoyper]

You reminded me of something in your rant Dynamo and I replaced reason 6 there with your truthiness.

[Mastrodisastro]

Good player and MUCH MUCH MUCH more

[actionhank]

PS3 is great! It even has the best feel-good feature I've ever seen Folding@home

[glenn22]

I'd say 80 - 90% of the users on this forum are PS3 owners. We've done several polls here over the past few months and it always turns up with PS3 way way way in the lead.