6 reasons why U should use your ps3 as a Blu-ray player

[Synaptic Reality]

Originally Posted by Itsmeshane

Well After my dvd player died on me I used my ps2 for the longest time to play dvds mostly because I didn't really play many games. and at first it worked great, and then after doing this for a while I would put a burnt dvd in and it would say "Disc Cannot Be Read" but the disc would work in every other player in the house. and finally after a while of that I started getting the same thing for real dvds. I hope this isnt the case for the ps3. that would be terrible.

I think it would safe to assume the PS3 might peform the same way, especially if you use it for games and movies (BD and SD DVD). However, some friends that bought PS2's back in 2002 still use them for movies with no complications (they're not really gamers though). Also, I had bought a toshiba DVD player back in 2001 and it failed to read discs in 2006 so take from that what you wish.

The PS3 definitely has it's drawbacks but from my perspective they seem rather insignificant when compared to it's positives. I may not understand something, but aside from owning a receiver without HDMI 1.3, I really don't understand why the PS3 wouldn't be favored...aside from preference alone.

Additionally, after reading some of the comments, I never knew the PS3 had issues with heat or fan noise. Perhaps the 40 gig doesn't present these? My receiver heats up far more than my PS3 and I don't even hear it's fan. Maybe this is because it's such a new unit. I bought one in February. In comparison, my xbox 360 runs much hotter and louder, I can actually hear it from my couch, but even that fades away after I take the mute off.