Re: Playstation 3: Not the best Blu-ray player you can buy
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HD_Fanatic
January 2008
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September 2007
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View profile »Just love how L.H always comes out of the gate fighting for blu all the time.
CroweDawg1121
August 2004
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imgreenlantern2
September 2007
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View profile »Just goes to show you the power of marketing dollars.
[Post edited by imgreenlantern2 on Mar 25, 2008 - CDT 8:15 PM]
Love Hendrix!
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View profile »-What signal is being output from the PS3 - interlaced, progressive 60, or progressive 24?
-What kind of display is being used for viewing? and how good is it's processing? does it have a special input for the advance 1080p/24 output that the PS3 is capable of sending?
-What variety of disc content is being used to make the judgment? Just Casino Royale? what about other Blu-rays, with reference quality, like Pirates/Carribean 2, Cars, etc.
Details should be supplied, otherwise the opinions cannot be evaluated. I remember that many here have erroneously referred to their TVs as "1080i models", when, unless you actually own an Hitachi plasma (or a CRTube set from other manufacturers), that have a 'native' 1080i resolution, then ACTUALLY your set is really a progressive model (the most common) and is NOT "1080i", but rather all signals are converted to one of three resolutions - 720p/60, 768p/60, or 1080p/60.
And I could talk a lot (again) about ACCURATE DEINTERLACING of film-based interlaced signals (1080i), but many here would gripe at me, since I've done it several times previously, even though most HDTVs to date have not been capable of correctly deinterlacing 1080i film signals (although more are doing it right these days), and that's why you should send progressive signals from your disc players to your TV display. Poor deinterlacing means a softer, less-resolution picture.
The point I'm making is, unless we know the exact details concerning the opinion that Henning is referencing in the magazine article, it's actually MISLEADING to imply that the PS3 is not a great quality Blu-ray player. I don't regret buying mine last year in the early summer (although today there are certainly more choices available, and more to come this summer), and cannot see or agree with the 'stutter' etc artifacts that the article implies is happening.
With such a large number of owners - almost 11 million PS3's sold worldwide to date - I think the magazine has a responsibility to be very careful with their reporting. I would not be inclined to accept the opinion of one magazine, and would need to see others confirmation the mag's opinion in related tests, and make them known to the public. I don't think it will happen, as why hasn't any of the other many published reviews over the last year or so documented the same?
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View profile »Really? Very surprised to hear this. Can you provide a link to the info, or list of 100 more forthcoming HD-DVD titles?
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
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January 2008
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Yes, i have heard this too from a shop that i buy my Blu/HD movies from...
Skyhawk
October 2007
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View profile »Exactly Hendrix. I don't see the huge wave of sophisticated home theater enthusiasts complaining about these PS3 playback problems either, so I wonder about the following in Henning's article:
Who are these "many", and can we have links? Even to HD DVD fanboy blogs if nothing more credible?
OK, how about a link to the first time, and the second time, and the third????
Like I said, if the PS3 was dropping frames (heavens!) or displaying these unidentified and undescribed "artifacts", wouldn't at least some enthusiasts on the AVSForum have noticed, then a consensus reached? Many there are pretty nit-picky, and like I said have much better setups than I'd ever hope to have.
All I can say is that I'm sorry to DVDTown that Blu-ray won, and Sony happens to make the PS3. But it's something that has to be accepted without the continuing FUD. I'm giving this site another 2 months to finish grieving, and after that I may cry myself if it doesn't stop.
Falcon01
July 2006
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Henning posted information he saw in Home Cinema Choice Magazine. He is not writing this stuff up for jokes or creating it out of thin air. You jump down peoples throats when they defend HD DVD and now a magazine writes an article in a negative way about the PS3 and you're bashing Henning?
Come on man snap out of it. Henning himself wrote the following...
Many people (including myself) consider it one of the best Blu-ray options right now, perhaps only topped by the just-released Panasonic DMP BD30.
Lastly, my comments should in no way be seen as an attack on the Playstation 3. I'm only trying to keep you all in the know and give you valuable information before upgrading to Blu-ray playback.
What else do you want? You are WAY too defensive when it comes to bluray. YOU need to let it go.
[Post edited by Falcon01 on Mar 25, 2008 - CDT 10:39 PM]