So here's what I think of the PS3

[Andir]

twesterm said:

phil said:

twesterm said:
LAME

So I got some HDMI cables and some optic cables so I could do the whole upscale thing which is pretty nice. While picking up those cables I also decided I would pick up the PS3 remote.

Now normally I would have 6 remotes and adding the PS3 remote would make it 7; that's not fun. Lucky for me I have a fancy schmancy universal remote. Overall, it's a pretty good remote (the software is ass but it's easy to overlook) that makes life great.

So anyways, I unwrap my spiffy PS3 remote and find out I have to register it with my PS3. Hmm, well that's a little odd. I read the direction a little and FUCK it uses Blue Tooth. My remote (and assume most universal remotes) doesn't use Blue Tooth.

Way to find another little way to fuck people Sony.

Bluetooth > IR for remotes. You don't get annoying blocks of the signal, nor do you need to aim the remote directly at the unit. They're not trying to screw you, it's genuinely better. In any case, you don't need a remote. You can do everything with the controllers.

 

1. I can't remember the last time I needed my remote when I wasn't in the room. Also, as long as I'm facing my TV I've never had a problem with my remote. For every device I have programmed into my remote linked above, the remote can be completely turned around and still work fine and I'm not in a habit of playing things between my and my TV so I don't really care about blockage. So Blue Tooth is good, but it isn't genuinely better.
2. You missed the point: I like having a single remote do everything. I know the controller can do everything but then that's still something else I have to fiddle with when I want to watch a movie or whatever. The point of having a spiffy universal remote is so that I don't have to keep 7 remote laying around, instead I can have just one do everything.

Look at it this way, you've gone from 6 to 2 controllers.