Blu-ray Recorders & PS3 - Australia - Blu-ray Forum

bluwombat · 04-21-2009, 06:31 AM

Hi,

Have been waiting now here in OZ for over a year for Sony to release some of the Blu-ray recorders but so far no luck - only decent one seems to be the Panasonic DMR-BW500; unfortunately it's only BD Profile 1.1 and not upgradeable to Profile 2.0 I've been told + I want a wifi enabled recorder as well (picky aren't I). In the interim waiting for Sony to do something, I've decided to buy an 80Gb PS3 just so I can play my few Blu-ray discs (I'm slowly buying more as decent films are released) & get a Blu-ray recorder once a decent one is released to the OZ market. I've got a Panasonic 250Gb recorder so that'll keep me going for recording TV programs. My questions are:

Does anyone have any comment on this strategy?
Is there anything else I should be considering?
Are there any traps about the PS3 I need to be aware of?
Any advice on the cheapest place to buy a PS3 - in Sydney or on the web?

Appreciate any input/advice.

Thx...

therobmancometh · 04-21-2009, 08:07 AM

My only advice is to shop around.

When i got my tv/bd player i spent about a month looking around at various shops and online stores.. Best place I found was JB Hi-Fi.. even then i found a better deal on an online store.. after some talk JB matched the deal and beat it.

Always pays to go in store and bargain face to face.

04-21-2009, 06:31 AM	#1
bluwombat Member Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Sydney, Australia	Blu-ray Recorders & PS3 - Australia Hi, Have been waiting now here in OZ for over a year for Sony to release some of the Blu-ray recorders but so far no luck - only decent one seems to be the Panasonic DMR-BW500; unfortunately it's only BD Profile 1.1 and not upgradeable to Profile 2.0 I've been told + I want a wifi enabled recorder as well (picky aren't I). In the interim waiting for Sony to do something, I've decided to buy an 80Gb PS3 just so I can play my few Blu-ray discs (I'm slowly buying more as decent films are released) & get a Blu-ray recorder once a decent one is released to the OZ market. I've got a Panasonic 250Gb recorder so that'll keep me going for recording TV programs. My questions are: Does anyone have any comment on this strategy? Is there anything else I should be considering? Are there any traps about the PS3 I need to be aware of? Any advice on the cheapest place to buy a PS3 - in Sydney or on the web? Appreciate any input/advice. Thx...

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04-21-2009, 08:07 AM	#2
therobmancometh Member Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Townsville, Queensland, Australia Home Theater Gallery:30 Blu-ray collection:117	My only advice is to shop around. When i got my tv/bd player i spent about a month looking around at various shops and online stores.. Best place I found was JB Hi-Fi.. even then i found a better deal on an online store.. after some talk JB matched the deal and beat it. Always pays to go in store and bargain face to face.

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