6 Reasons You Shouldn't Use Your PS3 as a Blu-ray Player...

[swifty7]

what a dumb article!

[Carlsberg19]

I agree, i bought a stand alone player instead of the ps3, why? cus there is no way in hell that the ps3 is as good as a stand alone player, similar to the ps2 when it came out it could play "dvd's" but the quality was shit compared to a stand alone dvd player..i mean look at the size of the ps3 compared to say the BDP S300, its tiny, where does all the lost space go to ? nuff said.

[BigGeezy]

Originally Posted by David Mamet

#7, its not wife proof.

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Definitely not...

My wife and I are doing alot better and a couple of weeks ago she replaced it with another PS3! Back to Blu-ray!

And as for the article for this post, it was pointless. The 6 reasons do not justify another Blu-ray player over the PS3's.

[miked924]

Originally Posted by Carlsberg19

I agree, i bought a stand alone player instead of the ps3, why? cus there is no way in hell that the ps3 is as good as a stand alone player, similar to the ps2 when it came out it could play "dvd's" but the quality was shit compared to a stand alone dvd player..i mean look at the size of the ps3 compared to say the BDP S300, its tiny, where does all the lost space go to ? nuff said.

Ah someone who agrees with the nonsense in this article...I started this thread for everyone to laugh at the reasons that were stated, you weren't supposed to agree with it man

[Beta Man]

I agree with the first three things, but that's a small price to pay for a multi-media player with wireless capabilities, and can easily be upgraded

[J6P]

Originally Posted by miked924

The receiver not lighting up with the logo is about the dumbest thing I've ever heard as well, I would love to laugh in the face of someone who says that about the PS3

But it comes up all the time here. You hear this at least once a week from a new Onkyo owner buying their first non-HTiB.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by UKTruBlu

on the noise issue - i've usually got my amp on so loud - so the neighbours can appriciate it - that i've never noticed the fans kick in.

Here as well!!!

So, between the IR remote accessory, the fan noise being drowned out by reasonable movie playback volume, and that MENTALLY CHALLENGED comment about having the audio codec light up, there really is only 3 valid complaints in that article. And, even only 1 of those is really worthy of attention (analog audio out).

[BigGeezy]

Originally Posted by Carlsberg19

I agree, i bought a stand alone player instead of the ps3, why? cus there is no way in hell that the ps3 is as good as a stand alone player, similar to the ps2 when it came out it could play "dvd's" but the quality was shit compared to a stand alone dvd player..i mean look at the size of the ps3 compared to say the BDP S300, its tiny, where does all the lost space go to ? nuff said.

Obviously you are speaking out of ignorance...don't do that it doesn't help you very much and can only come back on you later, just some advice. Actually, the blu-ray drive itself is only as wide as the disc it plays and a little longer than its width for the PS3...my question would be why would all of the extra space be needed?

[saprano]

Originally Posted by Carlsberg19

I agree, i bought a stand alone player instead of the ps3, why? cus there is no way in hell that the ps3 is as good as a stand alone player, similar to the ps2 when it came out it could play "dvd's" but the quality was shit compared to a stand alone dvd player..i mean look at the size of the ps3 compared to say the BDP S300, its tiny, where does all the lost space go to ? nuff said.

Im sorry but your a jackass, how can you compare the dvd on the ps2 to BD on the ps3? unlike the ps2, wich when it came out that was it, you were stuck with the same functionality for 6 years. but thats not the case this time with ps3's BD, its always gets a firmware update to exspand it features, like BD live, and dts-HD-MA. If the BDA dicides to come out with a new feature for the BD spec the ps3 will get it first, its always upgrading, it will NEVER get old......you can go hide in a corner now.

[SpaceDog]

I bought a PS3 recently and the one that speaks to me most is the power usage issue. That's pretty huge in terms of green and in terms of green$.

But I do love my PS3

[SpaceDog]

Originally Posted by saprano

Im sorry but your a jackass, how can you compare the dvd on the ps2 to BD on the ps3? unlike the ps2, wich when it came out that was it, you were stuck with the same functionality for 6 years. but thats not the case this time with ps3's BD, its always gets a firmware update to exspand it features, like BD live, and dts-HD-MA. If the BDA dicides to come out with a new feature for the BD spec the ps3 will get it first, its always upgrading, it will NEVER get old......you can go hide in a corner now.

Well also the PS2 had atrocious playback and video quality. I would never have used it to watch a DVD. Only tried once out of curiosity. The PS3 is in fact one of the best Blu Ray players on the market. These issues do not exist with ps3. Sony knew better.

[Entertainment72]

Since I wasted 1 minute to read that meaningless list I suppose I could waste another 15 seconds writing this..

[Entertainment72]

Originally Posted by SpaceDog

I bought a PS3 recently and the one that speaks to me most is the power usage issue. That's pretty huge in terms of green and in terms of green$.

But I do love my PS3

Anyone with a PLASMA in general would not EVER complain about the PS3's power usage.. plasma's use the MOST out of anything!

[GORT]

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

First of all, nothing is perfect. The ones who posted those six reasons are the type that complain about little stuff and don't accept anything that's not perfect. I'm mainly a movie person (Use to own a PS3 until some bills came up) and I won't purchase a standalone player because of the following reasons: 1. The loading times take longer
2. Too much competition among standalones
3. Some are not future-proof
4. More disc-read errors
5. Too overpriced for a standalone
6. You can get just about everything in a PS3 for the same price.

Have you ever owned a standalone player to back up your claims or are you just spreading the same old FUD about standalone players

[owa]

Originally Posted by miked924

Ah someone who agrees with the nonsense in this article...I started this thread for everyone to laugh at the reasons that were stated, you weren't supposed to agree with it man

Heh, hate when that happens.

[Steve]

I haven't tried a PS3 but I hear it's a pretty solid player. However for me #1 is a major problem. After I've spent $100 for an all-in-one universal remote that can do everything, I really don't want to settle for a component that isn't compatible with it. As far as #6 goes, I've heard that if you're outputting PCM through HDMI, then you're not actually getting Dolby True HD or DTS HDMA. I've seen some posts saying you can tell a difference and others saying you can't. I don't know from experience, just something I've heard. If it would output in bitstream and let my receiver do the work then maybe (just maybe) I could live with the remote issue.

[Rabidhunter]

Originally Posted by Jesterkeeters

What a waste of time and space...this is one of the most ridiculous things I've read in a while....

+1 very bad arguments indeed. Pish posh, need the comfort of seeing DTS-HDMA or Dolby TruHD... That was counted as a reason

[Entertainment72]

Originally Posted by fireman325

As far as #6 goes, I've heard that if you're outputting PCM through HDMI, then you're not actually getting Dolby True HD or DTS HDMA.

Completely untrue.

[Marquoz]

Ugh, the "green" reason was utterly stupid. It's being mentioned on a website that uses how much more power for it's server then a PS3? Okay, moving on from that.

Never had a problem with my bluetooth remote having to be in the exact perfect right angle contorting myself breaking my back to get that sweet spot so I can even use the remote.

I've yet to hear my fan over the noise of the movie itself. If you can hear the fan, you're not using the speakers right in my opinion.

I agree on the analog outs, does suck for those with old receievers.

I never look at my receiver when playing a movie, for some odd reason the movie plays on my TV, so I never see what lights up on my receiver. Pretty useless objection there.

Isn't there an autoplay feature? Every time I put in a movie DVD or Blu it plays automatically, I don't have to go through the XMB to get it to play, so I don't feel "threatened" by the interface. Maybe mines a super special edition where I don't have to actually interface with it when I put a movie in, but the one they have doesn't do that? Actually thinking about it, there was once I had to hit start because when I put the movie in, I think I hit a button, but it STILL automatically went to right over the icon to play the movie, so there was no moving around the interface then.

[DetroitSportsFan]

I can answer each of the six statements with "I don't care".