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twesterm on 28 September 2009
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nordlead said:
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.

Ah, I did forget about the remote control

If they're movie people, and I assume they are, they probably have a universal remote and would like to continue to use it.  Sadly, you cannot use the PS3 and a universal remote unless you get some sort of third party attachement.

The two that I can think of are:

  • The Nyko Remote which is a giant flaming pile of dog poo.  I had one and I despised it because it cannot turn the PS3 on and off (not counting manually navigating to power off) and it occassionaly (and by that I mean 3/4 of the time) presses directional arrows more than once.  Don't get this and dont' advise people to get this.  It sucks.
  • Logitech Harmony Remote Adapter is the much better choice.  It works very well and can even power on and off the PS3.  The only drawback is that it's a good $40 more.