Re: Playstation 3: Not the best Blu-ray player you can buy

So far the quality of the HD A2 beats the hell out of the PS3. Every HD DVD I watch blows me away. Only a couple of Blu-rays have come close...I'm guessing it's because of the PS3 sucks as a player. I look forward to low-cost standalone BR players, but how disappointed I will be if they do no better.

Yes Hendrix...The set is calibrated and I use the same mode(movie) for both. Blu-ray through the ps3 looks good,dont get me wrong here. I just thought this discussion was about "problems" w/the bluray output of the playstation,and I decided to share my thoughts. It has been wondered by many here if this test was done on different displays to make a fair judgement on the topic at hand. On my samsung DLP,model#HL-S5687W...Hddvd looks better than blu-ray. But thats really a moot point now that the format is dead. Blu-ray is very inconsistent on this set from this player. My main gripes are noise/film grain:long shots(blurry) and just a general "softness" compared to the other.

King Kong hddvd vs Pirates 2 bluray....a fair comparison?(I will exclude pixar here,cartoons always look good) Pirates looks wonderfull. Very great picture/transfer! King Kong....I am there! And what is up w/ the black levels in I am Legend ,expec. the part when Will goes in to get Sam out of the building filled w/ the nasties...GRAINY! And then I throw on" I know who killed me"(lame) the next night.....and the freakin black levels are great!(Infact I was quite "Shocked" by the whole transfer itself...very good.) On my set............The playstation 3 is inconsistent. I just want bluray to wow me, since I have been forced to go w/that format. Peace bro.

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[Post edited by bladerunner1 on Apr 1, 2008 - CDT 4:12 PM]

bladerunner1 said -

"King Kong hddvd vs Pirates 2 bluray....a fair comparison? (I will exclude pixar here, cartoons always look good), Pirates looks wonderfull. Very great picture/transfer! King Kong....I am there! And what is up w/ the black levels in I am Legend, expecially the part when Will goes in to get Sam out of the building filled w/ the nasties...GRAINY! And then I throw on "I know who killed me" (lame) the next night.....and the [Blu-ray] freakin black levels are great!"

BRunner... just wait until King Kong is released one day on Blu-ray, and then compare to the HD-DVD (excellent refercence disc). I bet they will look identical.

Again, it's not the format, but the SOURCE & TRANSFER quality that is the main factor in how well a title looks in hi-def. As for your comments on GRAINY scenes in I am Legend (or films like 300, U2: Rattle and Hum etc), again this is NOT due to the format, but is normal and the way the director intended for the image to look. You can compare IAL on HD-DVD soon (rent it) to the Blu-ray in those scenes. > INFO on Film Grain

-JIMI (the Voodoo Childd)

I am Legend is reference quality. Those HD DVD fanboys waiting to buy this only on HD DVD are in for a treat.

And Hendrix, quit feeding the darn trolls!

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So far the quality of the HD A2 beats the hell out of the PS3.

Since I own both of these, I can say that this isn't the case, at least not on my 1080p 130" wide screen. Then again you said "so far", so perhaps once you buy more than 2 HD DVD and 2 blu-ray disks you'll think differently.

1080p is so yesterday....bring on 4k!

Actually, CURRENT HDMI cables are capable of 1440p resolution, although we don't have any content to support this.

-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)

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[Post edited by Love Hendrix! on Apr 1, 2008 - CDT 11:09 PM]

Hey Hendrix....what magazine do you write for,and if none.....why not! You know they could give it to us now though(4k) but they are just trying to milk the 1080 cash cow first....and we actually buy into these tactics! "SUCKERS" (we are)

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[Post edited by bladerunner1 on Apr 2, 2008 - CDT 12:04 AM]

Hey Bladerunner1... well, I don't write for any magazine, but I really try to LEARN from reading them, and subscribe to many...

Widescreen Review
Home Theater Magazine
Sound and Vision
Electronic House
Digital TV & Sound
Home Entertainment Magazine
The Perfect Vision (now online only)
BEST (Best Buy's quarterly magazine)
Popular Electronics
PC World
PC Mag
Consumer Reports
The Wall Street Journal (great daily news)
USA Today
Houston Chronicle
HDTV Inc (before they folded a year ago)
...etc.

-and many online sites (for reviews, articles, comments).

I got attracted to this site a few years ago, and joined the Msg Bd, and mainly write commentary here, but also on the AVS Forum, and occasionally a few others.

As for 1440p, I can't remember why it was not chosen for the HDTV improvement, but 720p and 1080i/p were what we are given (excellent), and with hi-def discs the improvements are not just higher resolution, but an all-around cleaner image, stronger colors and definition, and then great resolution (usually). I can enjoy these easily until a future improvement (probably greater than 1440p) is decided upon, and supported by the industry.

Been a long-time LaserDisc supporter too, since 1982, and still have a very large collection of music and movie discs, some of which have never appeared on DVD.

-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)

1st of all, the PS3 was never intended to be a high-end blu-ray player. It's bundled with a game system for God's sake! Videophiles used to systems costing thousands of dollars will probably notice a particle of dust on an ant's genitals far of in the background within any given movie scene so of course they've probably noted a very minor difference on the PS3's blu-ray player.

BUT

And this is a big but... they need to list what model and SKU PS3 they tested. Did they test other models and SKUs and would they give the same results? They need to also list the settings the PS3 was on including the make, model and settings of the TV used, not to mention the connections, whether it's component or HDMI. I've seen some defective video cables in addition to certain TVs give the studdering effect in movies but I have never ever seen anything close to what he's described while playing any blu-ray disc on my PS3/Onkyo/42" Pioneer Elite Plasma HDTV setup.