Question about DVDs on the PS3

Hey I have what maybe considered by some as a stupid question but anyways.

Can the PS3 play normal DVDs?  I now it can play Blue Ray Disks, but im talking about straight up normal DVDs.

Thanks. 

Does it play DVD's in 480p or "i"?jdogthebomb09

It can play them in 480p,  the 360 upscales to 1080p tho

[QUOTE="jdogthebomb09"]Does it play DVD's in 480p or "i"?m3Boarder32

It can play them in 480p,  the 360 upscales to 1080p tho

Yeah, but upsacling to a reolution that isn't normal to the 480 on the DVD, makes the picture kind of stange and irregular, trust me, I saw this. So it's better to view it in 480p even if that sound's like downgrading, same thing with games (i.e. plaing a 720p in 1080 looks worse that playning it in 720). 

And, yes it plays DVDs perfectly and in amazing quality.

[QUOTE="jdogthebomb09"]Does it play DVD's in 480p or "i"?m3Boarder32

It can play them in 480p,  the 360 upscales to 1080p tho

since when does the 360 upscale dvd's to 1080. mine only plays them at 480p still. maybe i missed an update or something.

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[QUOTE="jdogthebomb09"]Does it play DVD's in 480p or "i"?karmaortiz

It can play them in 480p,  the 360 upscales to 1080p tho

since when does the 360 upscale dvd's to 1080. mine only plays them at 480p still. maybe i missed an update or something.

It's always been able to via VGA....And the Elite 360 will upscale up to 1080p via HDMI

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[QUOTE="jdogthebomb09"]Does it play DVD's in 480p or "i"?Rakuho

It can play them in 480p,  the 360 upscales to 1080p tho

Yeah, but upsacling to a reolution that isn't normal to the 480 on the DVD, makes the picture kind of stange and irregular, trust me, I saw this. So it's better to view it in 480p even if that sound's like downgrading, same thing with games (i.e. plaing a 720p in 1080 looks worse that playning it in 720). 

And, yes it plays DVDs perfectly and in amazing quality.

So a regular DVD player plays DVD's better then an upscalling DVD player like the Panasonic S97S?  And why do BD players and HD-DVD players even bother with chips for upscaling regular DVD's?

The PS3 and Xbox 360 are both TERRIBLE dvd players. They fail almost any dvd player performance test you can use. Even worse, they are outperformed by essentially every current standalone player on the market. This is pretty pathetic if you consider the hardware power both systems have.BroweChisox

Got any proof to back that up?? 

[QUOTE="BroweChisox"]The PS3 and Xbox 360 are both TERRIBLE dvd players. They fail almost any dvd player performance test you can use. Even worse, they are outperformed by essentially every current standalone player on the market. This is pretty pathetic if you consider the hardware power both systems have.

Well the PS2 has done decent for me, and I consider PS3 to be a better player than PS2. It just has everything better (also prefer the interphase aswell on PS3) I've used stand alone many times, and there isn't a difference at all aside from the interphase itself. Many different players have different options.