I am no longer considering the PS3 for a Blu-ray player. The decision is made and the PS3 is in my HT room as I type. I'll probably be looking for a quality combo player on down the line if someone will make a good one with less problems than those available now.
I got the PS3 connected and started fiddlin' with the settings. It acts totally weird while in the settings mode. The screen constantly flashes. I thought maybe at first it was the HDMI cable or receiver input, but I swapped those around and the problem still exist. Finally, after about an hour, I got past the settings screen to the main menu. The main menu functions fine... no screen flashing.
I popped in my first BD, David Gilmour - Remember That Night concert. No flashing on it either. At first I was disappointed because I thought the entire concert was going to be filmed "in the grain". It looked worse than SD. Why any producer thinks a grainy film has any attraction to it is totally beyond me.
Anyway... after the first couple of songs it cleared up and you could actually tell it was filmed in high definition. I didn't get much further than that, but a few of the distance shots looked a tad grainy as well. I suppose someone decided they wanted to ruin a good show. The sound was excellent... no complaints there. I am anxious to try out a few movies later on, but the wife it hollering at me for us to go shopping for furniture that I have been promising her.
If it were home theater equipment it would be fine, but furniture?
.... Don't tell her I said that.
This flashing issue is bothersome. I'm not sure if I have a bum unit or not. I tried to get into the Internet settings to enter in my wireless info, but I can't get it to quit flashing long enough to even change the settings.
Anyway... wife coming again... gotta run for now.
