I might be getting a PS3 in May...

[Strawbs]

I've owned an Xbox 360 since its launch. Ok, so I said I would never buy a PS3. I also said I would never buy a Wii but I bought one of those last summer.

I really want Blu-Ray movies and I've been talking about it with my wife for 6+ months. Well my birthday is coming up in May and I have this gut feeling that she is going to surprise me with a PS3. It is the little things she has asked me in the past few weeks regarding PS3 and Blu-Ray, even comments she has made stressing that we won't be going Blu-Ray for another 2+ years when I didn't even mention anything about Blu-Ray before she said it. I think she is trying to get me down about it to make the surprise even that much bigger. I may be completely wrong but I guess I will find out eventually.

[Fetter]

I'm sorry...

[Strawbs]

Haaahaaa. Honestly, my motivation for wanting a PS3 is not for games. It's all about Blu-Ray. A stand alone Blu-Ray is roughly $400. I'm not saying I wouldn't play games but it would be the PS3 exclusives like SOCOM that would peak my interest if anything. All of my hardcore gaming is done on the Xbox 360.

[Fetter]

Originally Posted by Strawbs

Haaahaaa. Honestly, my motivation for wanting a PS3 is not for games. It's all about Blu-Ray. A stand alone Blu-Ray is roughly $400. I'm not saying I wouldn't play games but it would be the PS3 exclusives like SOCOM that would peak my interest if anything. All of my hardcore gaming is done on the Xbox 360.

I was just teasing you man. I hear ya. If I had a reason to go High-Def then I would consider it. Any multiplatform game I would pick for the 360 in a heartbeat. I would do the same for the blu-ray.

[kidkit]

The PS3 is a great piece of hardware, game library aside - it has a lot going for it as a budget Blu-Ray Player.

Positves
- Great Video Quality, almost on par with the best players
- Price
- Extensive Sounds Support, with one exception

Drawbacks
- No Hardware Scaler *
- No IR support. you can by bluetooth remotes for ps3, or an IR to usb converter from Nyko, there is also this thing, which allows you to use a fancy logitech harmony remote, but it's $55 US
- DTS-MA is not supported at this time, there is a chance it will be added in future via Firmware (20th Century Fox movies)

* A scaler is not required for Blu-Ray, the PS3 can scale via software to 720p if need be. However, some games only support 720p, so if your TV only supports 480p/1080i you're stuck with 480p. Also, 1080i/p native televisions with poor scalers may reduce image quality of a 720p sourced game.

[HylianHitman]

I don't think there's anything wrong with the PS3, although I prefer when games are the main focus of a games console.

[UKJAY]

just buy a PS3 if you can afford one now - Blu-Ray movies are amazing

[Lotus 111s]

Not only is the PS3 a great games machine, it also upscales those old dvd's well and er some not so legal films are upscaled nicely too. It will also play films from an external hard drive that use codecs like Divx,WMV and XVID among a few others. For your money, remember there is no online fee, it's a bargain for what you get for your dosh IMHO.

Before anyone quickly says Sony fanboy i do own a 360 as well.

[Rossko_UK]

Originally Posted by Lotus 111s

Not only is the PS3 a great games machine, it also upscales those old dvd's well and er some not so legal films are upscaled nicely too. It will also play films from an external hard drive that use codecs like Divx,WMV and XVID among a few others. For your money, remember there is no online fee, it's a bargain for what you get for your dosh IMHO.

Before anyone quickly says Sony fanboy i do own a 360 as well.

Yeah I own a 360 and primarily buy all my games for the 360 because of Achievements, however the PS3 is a great machine in its own right, and now that it has rumble that pretty much seals a very good package.

Many of its capabilities are superior to the 360, such as the DVD upscale (only the HD-DVD player upscales DVDs for the 360 as far as I'm aware).

I should add that I also love the 360 pad. The PS3 pad isn't bad, but no comparison to the mighty 360 one.

[UKJAY]

no Ross... the HD Vga Cable upscales DVD's and brilliantly too

[Rossko_UK]

Originally Posted by UKJAY

no Ross... the HD Vga Cable upscales DVD's and brilliantly too

Ahh OK, still need to buy that though.

Although you need to buy a HDMI cable for the PS3. Fuck they're even, screw this thread!

[46Matt]

I get multiformat games for the 360 and have the ps3 for the sony exclusives, just need a few more! Still Haze is out next month then mgs4 in June so not looking too bad at the minute.

Anyone else think the r2/l2 buttons just don't work very well? My fingers have a tendency of coming off of them, they're not the right shape to be used as triggers.

[Lotus 111s]

Originally Posted by 46Matt

Anyone else think the r2/l2 buttons just don't work very well? My fingers have a tendency of coming off of them, they're not the right shape to be used as triggers.

I get on fine with them although they are not as good as the 360's triggers, my advice if you are slipping of them is to go and by some grip tape, like what is used by skateboarders, stick it on and no more slipping i guess.

[kidkit]

Originally Posted by Lotus 111s

Not only is the PS3 a great games machine, it also upscales those old dvd's well and er some not so legal films are upscaled nicely too. It will also play films from an external hard drive that use codecs like Divx,WMV and XVID among a few others. For your money, remember there is no online fee, it's a bargain for what you get for your dosh IMHO.

Before anyone quickly says Sony fanboy i do own a 360 as well.

Not speaking from experience of course, but the xbox 360 is a much better way to go with shady content. I... no, I mean, PEOPLE have had some Trouble with ps3 playing back many codecs, even after the 2.20 firmware update.

Last, Xbox360 also upscales if you use hdmi.

[Chris]

little big planet....echochrome.....mgs4.....whatever else....

Originally Posted by kidkit

Last, Xbox360 also upscales if you use hdmi.

which, most of us don't even have hdmi on ours.

[Lotus 111s]

Originally Posted by kidkit

Not speaking from experience of course, but the xbox 360 is a much better way to go with shady content. I... no, I mean, PEOPLE have had some Trouble with ps3 playing back many codecs, even after the 2.20 firmware update.

Last, Xbox360 also upscales if you use hdmi.

The 360 will not even play home burn't Dvd's that for me is the end of the argument as it will not play legitimate home made footage or not. Unforgivable.

[HylianHitman]

I was able to play a home-made DVD sent by my cousin who lives in Ireland on my 360..

[Lotus 111s]

Originally Posted by HylianHitman

I was able to play a home-made DVD sent by my cousin who lives in Ireland on my 360..

Mine will not play any, maybe they differ but the fact that one 360 doesn't and another does is not great, it needs to be consistent.

[UKJAY]

OK My 360 also plays burned DVD's - checked today

[Fanappy]

Mine does too in fact both of mine did and my 1st one was a launch day one!

[kidkit]

sounds like the dvd drive in your 360 is sensitive or something :\ Crappy dvd-rs ?

[Lotus 111s]

I thought as you guys say yours plays home burn't dvd's i better re-check mine as i got a new 360 when my old one RROD, yes it does play my er.. totally legitimate home made dvd's .

Still would never use it though as it still sounds like a tornado when it spins discs, i will admit my fault but my old one definitely didn't play them as i tried many types of dvd's and burning software to get it to work.

So to reiterate 360's DO PLAY HOME MADE DVD'S or at least some of them

[Strawbs]

Well, my birthday is May 14th so I hope to be surprised with a PS3. I want to watch Blu-Rayflix on my Sony Bravia LCD TV that we bought around this time last year.

[Bleach22]

I have found that the multimedia side of the PS3 is so much better than the 360. On the 360 I could play hardlys any of my .avi movies, but on PS3 I have South Park Season 10 and 11 saved on the hard drive (Also another great feature) and they play fine.
Also, you can copy stuff over from a pen drive/external hard drive. Which is great. For the PS3 to be absolutely complete for me though, it needs the XMB in-game, which is said to be the next update and I remember Sony confirming that it's coming to the PS3 sometime in the summer.

[Rabid]

Congrats in advance Strawbs. Hopefully your'e right about the PS3 because it is a great system. And while yes, i use mine mostly as a Bluray player, it is great for games too. Uncharted is one of the best games I've played in a really long time and Heavenly Sword (although really short) is way up there on the list too. One more huge thing to me is that I CANNOT connect my 360 to my Media Center PC. Tech support cant even help me. But as soon as i turned on and connected the PS3, I had everything i could want in seconds. Even off of my laptop.