I bought a PS3 slim a couple of month ago. I actually split costs with my
son (15), who wants to play games ;-). For me, the blue-ray disk and dvd
playing capabilities were in it. It gives you youtube and internet on tv
too.
I like the quality of pictures very much, both blu ray and dvd. It really is
very good. I used to look dvd with an analogue player, but the ps3 with hdmi
gives a viewing experience quite close to blu ray. You should indeed buy the
dedicated bluetooth remote.
Internet and youtube is nice too. I use wireless wifi and that's a bit slow
for youtube, but with some patience it works. A keyboard would be convenient
here.
There are some BR players that give you youtube content too (LG, maybe
others, even some tvs), but I think internet gives you more flexibility. For
instance, the dutch 'bbc' has now an application to watch the regular news
broadcasts. And probably will give the possibility of looking other dutch tv
items soon.
Highly recommended. It is even some fun to watch my son playing games,
they're so real they look like movies...
Regards, Frank.
PS Hope your Sony will play 1080p too ;-)
2009/11/22 Greg wrote:
> I know we've got a lot of tech-heads on this list and many varied
> interests, and have a couple of OT questions about the PS3. I'm thinking
> about
> getting a PS3 console mainly to use as a Blu-ray player, with the game
> console
> aspect just an add-on, since I don't seem to have extra time to play games
> but do watch some movies. I'd be using it with my 50" Sony SRXD TV, which
> is capable of 1080i resolution.
>
> I notice many of the Blu-ray decks are in the same price range as the PS3.
> Any comments on the PS3 as a Blu-ray player vs. dedicated Blu-ray decks?
>
> Also, what memory capacity do I need? I see the newest (slim) models come
> in 120GB and 250GB capacities. Will I need the 250GB capacity? I know with
> computers the rule is buy a bigger HD than you think you'll ever need. I've
> done more than one HD upgrade because I filled up the original drive in
> the
> computer.
>
> Thanks for any and all advice/opinions!
> Greg
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