A question about the PS3 playback capabilities

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gorgepir on 20 September 2007

Hi,

I am seriously thinking about getting the PS3, but to be honest mainly instead of a DVD or Blu-ray player.

Can anybody tell me if it can play DivX movies? Also, do you think it is better than a DVD player? (The DVD player I wanna buy is in the same price range so, I guess that is not an issue)

Thanx, and please be specific, I might buy it as soon as this weekend so ...

edit: Obviously PS3 can also play games, but I would have to wait for MGS4 to buy my first game. Or maybe PES 2008 before that.

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gorgepir on 20 September 2007

Nobody wants to help? :(

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kber81 on 20 September 2007

Nope. It can't play DivX/Xvid but as for Blu-Ray/DVD player it's a safe bet. Since firmware 1.8 PS3 upscales dvd movies to 1080p - obviously it doesn't look as good as real HD but believe me it looks way better on LCD than standard DVD quality.

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libellule on 20 September 2007

DivX movie ==> no, I dont think so, only play original movie.

DVD player ==> a lot better du to the good upscaling capacity.

I'm sure others know it better than me

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Morgyn on 20 September 2007

No divx, but if you re-encode to x264 in a .mov/.mp4 it'll happily play.

(There are rumours of Divx coming to PS3, but that's all they are at this time, rumours)

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gorgepir on 20 September 2007

How about MP3, does it have a player ?

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kber81 on 20 September 2007

gorgepir said:
How about MP3, does it have a player ?

Yeah, there is a player.

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gorgepir on 20 September 2007

cool
and can it also show pictures (I will not use pictures or the MP3 player, but just wanna know)

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kber81 on 20 September 2007

gorgepir said:
cool
and can it also show pictures (I will not use pictures or the MP3 player, but just wanna know)

That's right. Why not to use this features?

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gorgepir on 20 September 2007

probably I meant, mainly for movies, and when PES comes out games I guess

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