Boden 12...
I totally understand your situation. I have had my eyes on a Playstation 3 for a year or two. I am not a big gamer, but really like the fact that if I want to get into that I can also have the Blue Ray functionality. I was planning on getting into gaming as well.
So, I finally take the plunge and spend about $470 on a unit last night with my girlfriend who thinks I am wasting my money. Get the damn unit home, and after watching the Incredible Hulk which I specifically bought for the Blue Ray player the thing shuts off after 20 minutes. This would happen like clockwork for about 3 times. So then I went to System Settings and reset to default settings thinking I had done something to cause a sleep timer with the Blue Ray player. Now after doing my research on the Internet, I see this is a VERY COMMON problem. Now I can turn it on Watch a movie for about 20 minutes, the unit freezes, then beeps, and then automatically shuts of. WTF!!!!
Before all you Sony defenders come and launch an attack at me like you did at Boden 12 for his legitimate frustration and pain against Sony, you now got myself here who purchased this last night and it happens the very damn night I buy it. I am getting rid to send the POS unit back to Best Buy. I am with Boden12 on this. You pay nearly $500 for a piece of equipment and you think that Sony could get it right. I really was excited about having one, and now I am scared to death to own one just to watch my $500 investment go dead at any minute. What is to say I replace it and have a unit that runs find for 3 months and then it does the same thing. Sounds like from the posts it's an overheating problem. I have an electrical engineering degree and a unit overheating is because of poor design and not proper ventlation and/or cooling within the unit itself. How long has the Playstation 3 been out. It is now October 25, 2008!!!!!!
Oh, and for anyone who wants to take cheap shots at me. I'll give you my email address and we can even exchange numbers. Just like Boden12, I have a right to be pissed!!! And just like him I need to vent about it. If you were in either of our shoes and had this problem you would be pissed to!!!!!! This is a forum where people are supposed to defend each other and discuss their experiences NOT for people who want to defend a manufacturer against defective workmanship. Like I mentioned, Anyone who shelled out the $500 to have this happen would be pissed.
P.S. Oh... and yes I could have just bought a Blu Ray player at $250 now, but I wanted to be able to have the option to play games, and I heard that the Blu Ray player in the playstation is superior to consumer Blu Ray players......
