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John Simpson wrote:
 The PS3 is a fabulous machine, but the lack of games at the moment makes it a very expensive paperweight (I did buy Oblivion, which is great, but the lack of control mapping makes it hard for me to play).
One thing that surprised me with the PS3: the sound chip must be a very good one. The surround effects for Casino Royale were the best we've heard to date. |
I'm one of those that never looked at the PS3 as solely a gaming console. In fact I see it more as a BD player/media server that can also play games.
I agree, the sound is very good and if a person doesn't require or want analog out this is one of the best Bluray players out there. I just finished setting mine up as a media server and even my wife is now saying it's pretty cool. (That's a really big statement right there... when I bought it she was like why do you need that? And when I got the HD DVD player I got all kinds of dirty looks for spending money
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Now she's really into it and started giving me movies and CDs to load up on the My Book external drive. It's a lot easier going to a directory and clicking on a movie or CD than constantly swapping discs.
So I wouldn't call it a paper weight, it is a power house and it all depends on what you use it for. For just a game system, I'd say it's too expensive... for a full entertainment/media server setup- you could spend three times the amount on an HTPC and still not have a BD player or the same audio quality and SDVD upconversion quality.
I'm still definitely format neutral since most of the high def movies I happen to like are on HD DVD, so my Toshiba still gets a work out, but the PS3 is one fun piece of HT hardware! (I'm adding a second USB hard drive next payday)