| edjevink said: If they only want to watch Blu-Ray movies than for sure buy a stand-alone Blu-Ray player since they are MUCH more quiet. If you want to know the quality difference between the PS3 and a stand-alone Blu-Ray player, than the PS3 is doing it's job. In picture quality there hardly will be a difference, about audio quality i don't know. If you want to see a difference in picture quality, than maybe the high-end Blu-Ray players are better, but don't expect wonders. |
To top this off, the new blu-ray players have all the extra features that the PS3 has. Internal memory for BDLive, WiFi for instant updates, and 1.3 HDMI compatible. They also use IR controllers, so they can use their existing universal remote rather than having to either buy a Harmony remote with adapter, or the BlueTooth Sony Remote if they want to be able to power it up via remote. They are also quiter, as pointed out, since they don't have massive fans running trying to keep the thing cool. To me, even a clock ticking in the other room is too loud, but since I wanted a PS3 for games also, I figured it would save me a couple hundred dollars just to use that.
If he has no intention of playing games, a standalone is better and probably cheaper, but if he would play games, then the PS3 is the better choice.
