PS3 BD player - SW or HW processed?

[BOSS10L]

With the PS3's launch coming soon, I'm giving serious thought to picking one up as a game machine first, and a BD player second. With that in mind, I'm wondering if anyone has heard if the PS3's internal BD player will process the HD video via a HW chipset (a la dedicated player) or SW program?

This will probably be the deciding factor for me. If the PS3 is HW processed, I'll definitely pick one up.

[phranctoast]

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http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/27/36...-200/#comments

40. PS3 is becoming cheaper everyday!

And with PS3, decoding happens in hardware, not in software.

You can slice and dice it anyway you want, connecting a HD-DVD drive to Xbox 360 via USB 2.0 to have the decoding happen in software...is an inferior solution any day of the week.

Plus, you will have to add the noise of the HD-DVD drive to the noise of the 360 fans. (Yes, the 360 fans will have to spin quite a bit since decoding HD stream requires a lot of CPU.)

Noise is great to watch movies, right?

Posted at 3:07PM on Sep 27th 2006 by Darth Pixel 0 stars

Doesnt make it true. but its kind of an answer to the quesiton.

[BOSS10L]

Thanks. Makes it a bit easier on the wallet (and WAF) to tell her that I'm getting a $600 PS3 instead of a $1,000 standalone player.

[AV_Integrated]

Originally Posted by BOSS10L

Thanks. Makes it a bit easier on the wallet (and WAF) to tell her that I'm getting a $600 PS3 instead of a $1,000 standalone player.

Heck, you can get the $500.00 model if you want since that'll have HDMI 1.3 and the primary connectivity you need.