| forevercloud3000 said: Is that not contradictory? If you had a single electronical device that could play your games, movies, music, etc you would use less power and heat. And the PS3 is super quiet, DVD players are much louder. You also would have more space because you would have less devices to manage. Your point is moot. |
Both points are incorrect, the second point being incorrect due to a faulty assumption.
Point 1: Having an all-in-one electronic device does NOT lead to lower power consumption and heat. The new PS3s use approximate 110 watts while playing a movie. The Panasonic Blu-ray player, for example, uses 27 watts. How would watching a movie on the PS3 consume less power and generate less heat than a device which is using approximately 1/4 the power? If you're refering to standby power, that is very minimal. Are you suggesting that you can use your PS3 for gaming AND movie watching at the same time? On the same tv?
Point 2: I would not have more space by purchasing a PS3 over a standalone Blu-ray player. I already have a standalone DVD player, as most Americans have in their living rooms, which I would simply replace with a Blu-ray player. My standalone player is a much smaller profile than the PS3, so replacing it with a PS3 would consume "more" space. Blu-ray players are of a similar form-factor to DVD players, so they make good replacement units. Also, there isn't enough room in the space that my DVD player occupies, so I couldn't place a PS3 there even if I wanted to.
