Monday, April 21, 2008
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September 2007
September 2007
i sold my ps3. i wanted to wait for a panny 50, but ill prob just pick up the 30 soon,
Thursday, May 15, 2008
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June 2006
June 2006
FYI... (updated)
> 12 ways to make the PS3 Perfect - 5/13/08, from Cnet.com
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
> 12 ways to make the PS3 Perfect - 5/13/08, from Cnet.com
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Member since:
February 2002
February 2002
My biggest issues (besides IR which was mentioned) in the article are:
- No HD Bitstream audio support. My Onkyo wants to decode that HD audio
- Having to install games and demos. Come on. The reason I bought a console was so I didn't have to sit and wait for my 1.5 GB Game Demo to first download and then install for another 5 min. Not to mention buying a game on a Blu-ray disc putting the disc in and then wait more than 10 min. for it to install. Install is for PCs. Not game consoles and Blu-ray players.
[Post edited by Henning on May 15, 2008]
- No HD Bitstream audio support. My Onkyo wants to decode that HD audio
- Having to install games and demos. Come on. The reason I bought a console was so I didn't have to sit and wait for my 1.5 GB Game Demo to first download and then install for another 5 min. Not to mention buying a game on a Blu-ray disc putting the disc in and then wait more than 10 min. for it to install. Install is for PCs. Not game consoles and Blu-ray players.
[Post edited by Henning on May 15, 2008]
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Member since:
January 2008
January 2008
Pick up either the Samsung BD-UP5000 or the LG BH-200...both are combo players...meaning that you can still play any HD-DVDs that you currently own along with any Blu-ray titles that you may pick up in the future.
Plus, the sell point on either of these units is in the neighborhood of $300-$400...well within the range of a decent stand alone Blu-ray player
Plus, the sell point on either of these units is in the neighborhood of $300-$400...well within the range of a decent stand alone Blu-ray player
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Member since:
February 2008
February 2008
The best BD players are the BD Spec 2.1 models they will announce a year after the 2.0 models become widely available. 
At least until they then announce the NEXT spec after that. 
Stand alone BD players (and BD in general if you ask me) is a hole you will be just throwing money into for the next couple of years. Until studios settle on a media type (digital or physical) for the HD generation I won't be sinking any serious amount of money into a single format other than SD DVD. I learned my lesson with HD DVD.
At least until they then announce the NEXT spec after that. Stand alone BD players (and BD in general if you ask me) is a hole you will be just throwing money into for the next couple of years. Until studios settle on a media type (digital or physical) for the HD generation I won't be sinking any serious amount of money into a single format other than SD DVD. I learned my lesson with HD DVD.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Member since:
September 2007
September 2007
Quote:
My biggest issues (besides IR which was mentioned) in the article are:
- No HD Bitstream audio support. My Onkyo wants to decode that HD audio
- Having to install games and demos. Come on. The reason I bought a console so I didn't have to sit and wait for my 1.5 GB Game Demo to first download and then install for another 5 min. Not to mention buying a game on a Blu-ray disc putting the disc in and then wait more than 10 min. for it to install. Install is for PCs. Not game consoles and Blu-ray players.
Henning i been saying that all along... and other things inferior about the ps3, everyone complaints about the 360 cause it breaks... i guess if your lucky enough like to have one that doesent is the best system avail.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Member since:
June 2006
June 2006
FYI... (latest update on the PS3)
> Sony PS3 sales now at 13 million worldwide - latest numbers and industry comment regarding Sony's PS3 business - excerpt here...
In a fiscal fourth quarter financial call, Sony announced that 9.24 million PlayStation 3s had been sold worldwide in the fiscal year ended March 31, with another 10 million expected to be sold in this fiscal year. Worldwide, nearly 13 million PS3s have been sold.
“PS3 sales in the first half of the fiscal [year] did not meet our expectations,” said Sam Levenson, SVP of investor relations for Sony. “But after the introduction of the new model and a reduction in the sales price last fall, the expansion of the platform reached the new level in Japan, the U.S. and Europe.”
“In terms of home video, Sony Pictures has done very well,” said Robert Wiesenthal, EVP and CFO of Sony Corporation of America. “We had about a 23% increase over the prior year in catalog, which was the highest increase in the industry. Overall however, for the year the industry was slightly down. It continues to be driven by new releases and pricing on catalog is still a challenge as you can see every Sunday in your local newspaper at Best Buy and Circuit City.”
He noted that, while Blu-ray is only a small part of sales compared to DVD, for new releases it can be “as high as 13%.”
“New releases are obviously an extremely important part of Blu-ray, but we are now actually starting to see classics, remastered catalog, that seem to be doing very well too,” Wiesenthal said. -[READ MORE in above link]-
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
> Sony PS3 sales now at 13 million worldwide - latest numbers and industry comment regarding Sony's PS3 business - excerpt here...
In a fiscal fourth quarter financial call, Sony announced that 9.24 million PlayStation 3s had been sold worldwide in the fiscal year ended March 31, with another 10 million expected to be sold in this fiscal year. Worldwide, nearly 13 million PS3s have been sold.
“PS3 sales in the first half of the fiscal [year] did not meet our expectations,” said Sam Levenson, SVP of investor relations for Sony. “But after the introduction of the new model and a reduction in the sales price last fall, the expansion of the platform reached the new level in Japan, the U.S. and Europe.”
“In terms of home video, Sony Pictures has done very well,” said Robert Wiesenthal, EVP and CFO of Sony Corporation of America. “We had about a 23% increase over the prior year in catalog, which was the highest increase in the industry. Overall however, for the year the industry was slightly down. It continues to be driven by new releases and pricing on catalog is still a challenge as you can see every Sunday in your local newspaper at Best Buy and Circuit City.”
He noted that, while Blu-ray is only a small part of sales compared to DVD, for new releases it can be “as high as 13%.”
“New releases are obviously an extremely important part of Blu-ray, but we are now actually starting to see classics, remastered catalog, that seem to be doing very well too,” Wiesenthal said. -[READ MORE in above link]-
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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)
Friday, May 16, 2008
Member since:
February 2008
February 2008
Quote:
Sony PS3 sales now at 13 million worldwide
Wow. They are just now where Nintendo and Microsoft were almost a year ago. This is an up hill battle against two competitors that are consistently outselling them.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Member since:
January 2008
January 2008
Is the format finished yet?
Do we really need more brainwashing about the infamous PS3 again?
Do we really need more brainwashing about the infamous PS3 again?
Friday, May 16, 2008
Member since:
January 2008
January 2008
Apple is pissed!
Introducing the iBox! Apples solution the XBOX 360 and the PS3! HD DVD and Blu-Ray combo drive. Intel Quad Core 3.8 Ghz chip with 4 gigs of Ram, and 500 gig drive, Airport Extreme, ethernet, Combo ATI/Toshiba Cell chip for video, and a Crap load of BullSHIT!!!
If it was true, you can imagine the possibility fo failure...
[Post edited by ReaggieP on May 16, 2008]
Introducing the iBox! Apples solution the XBOX 360 and the PS3! HD DVD and Blu-Ray combo drive. Intel Quad Core 3.8 Ghz chip with 4 gigs of Ram, and 500 gig drive, Airport Extreme, ethernet, Combo ATI/Toshiba Cell chip for video, and a Crap load of BullSHIT!!!
If it was true, you can imagine the possibility fo failure...
[Post edited by ReaggieP on May 16, 2008]
