PS3 hardware problems???

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superchunk said: I was initially expecting issues similar to PS2 or 360, however, I have been pleasently surprised at what seems to be a really solid hardware from Sony. I would say buy it without much worry. The only issue I have seen noted were to do with older HDTV's that only had 1080i (ie no 720/1080p) resolution capabilities where the initial PS3 would downgrade the picture to 480p, or Standard Def. But, if I'm not mistaken Sony fixed that issue with a firmware upgrade. If you got the $$ and want Sony games go for it.

First. When the emotion chip comes out and they do a firmware upgrade. The only diffrence is the old units will have better cooling. (as the chips will be turned off) Second. superchunk you are wrong about that. It only effects the firstgen panel TVs that only ran at 480p and 720p. The PS3 does not re-sample a BluRay to 720p. It only does from 1080p and 1080i. However 99% of LCD HDTVs out there right now have a 'sort' of 1080i. So you dont need to worry about that. And that is only effected by the BluRay player. I do not beleive they have fixed it yet in a firmware update. Third. Now is as good a time as any to pick one up. If your PS3 gets dusty tho. do NOT wipe it. Use one of the swiffer dusters or whatever they are. They scratch STUPID EASY. When you get it, I would reccomend leaving it in the vertical position, and make sure there is nothing above it, (at all) and nothing behind it for at least 6 inches. If you can do that, your PS3 will be silent. If you dont. It will be loud. My PS3 runs alot louder in horizontal than vertical. You dont need to worry about scratching the media. The BluRay discs can pass a steel wool test. So that isnt a concern at all. Even the roughest of people on discs... should be fine with BluRay.