Using PS3 as DVD/BluRay player not a good idea?

I'm thinking about buying a PS3to watch Bluray and dvd's first and foremost and then for gaming. I was told by the guy at Best Buy that 80 gig and higher PS3's have a plastic lens that doesn't last when you use it a lot to watch movies. He told me the older 60 gig model used a glass lens that lasts much longer. Is the "BlueRay lens" I read about?

If I can't get a 60 gig PS3 he suggests I buy a stand alone Blue ray player just to watch movies. It's an expensive solution when I can get a new PS3 Slim that does it all for 299$.

Any of this true?

I don't think so... I would slap the person who told you that. It's not necessarily true... PS3 is awesome for Blu-Ray.

It sounds to me like all they are trying to do is sell you more stuff so they can make more money.

what a crappy sales person , he knows NOTHING

that sales man is talking bull crap! PS3 games are essentially blu-rays! sales people know nothing... i mean come on... they try and sell you extortionate HDMI cables in the false belief that they are phenomenally better than your budget ones... bull crap i tell ya!!!

that sales man is talking bull crap! PS3 games are essentially blu-rays! sales people know nothing... i mean come on... they try and sell you extortionate HDMI cables in the false belief that they are phenomenally better than your budget ones... bull crap i tell ya!!!

robertmac_33

I say its lies all lies, if that has any truth to it then its probably the glass one lasts 20 years and the plastic one lasts 19:P dont listen to everything your told, from my experince people that work at best buy dont know that much.

I don't think so... I would slap the person who told you that. It's not necessarily true... PS3 is awesome for Blu-Ray.

Furi-Kun

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I don't think so... I would slap the person who told you that. It's not necessarily true... PS3 is awesome for Blu-Ray.

MarcRecon

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Hi FuriRoon!:oops:

It sounds to me like all they are trying to do is sell you more stuff so they can make more money.

coincollector78

I'm thinking about buying a PS3to watch Bluray and dvd's first and foremost and then for gaming. I was told by the guy at Best Buy that 80 gig and higher PS3's have a plastic lens that doesn't last when you use it a lot to watch movies. He told me the older 60 gig model used a glass lens that lasts much longer. Is the "BlueRay lens" I read about?

If I can't get a 60 gig PS3 he suggests I buy a stand alone Blue ray player just to watch movies. It's an expensive solution when I can get a new PS3 Slim that does it all for 299$.

Any of this true?

lpoirier

Just get a new PS3 for it. You can find better Blu-ray players with better DVD upscaling cheaper than the PS3, but none of those have an awesome games library, so there's your answer :P

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I'm thinking about buying a PS3to watch Bluray and dvd's first and foremost and then for gaming. I was told by the guy at Best Buy that 80 gig and higher PS3's have a plastic lens that doesn't last when you use it a lot to watch movies. He told me the older 60 gig model used a glass lens that lasts much longer. Is the "BlueRay lens" I read about?

If I can't get a 60 gig PS3 he suggests I buy a stand alone Blue ray player just to watch movies. It's an expensive solution when I can get a new PS3 Slim that does it all for 299$.

Any of this true?

BZSIN

Just get a new PS3 for it. You can find better Blu-ray players with better DVD upscaling cheaper than the PS3, but none of those have an awesome games library, so there's your answer :P

PS3 is often touted as one of the best blu-ray and dvd upscalers on the market

I was told last gen when i purchased my ps2 i shouldn't use it to watch movies it wouldn't last guess what it's still working and i got it one week after the release. So I think it's all in the care for the machine.

according to this one site i found a few weeks ago, only the 40gb CECHG PS3 models use a cheaper lens.

PS3 is often touted as one of the best blu-ray and dvd upscalers on the marketrobertmac_33

It was pretty much THE best player on the market for ages and had a major advantage in that it was fully upgradeable through firmware, while a lot of the first players lacked the ability to upgrade, so they were stuck at Profile 1.0. There are standalone players that beat it for Blu-ray playback and DVD upscaling (the PS3s upscaling ability is pretty average by today's standards), but it's still one of the fastest out there, although the slim has been reported to be slightly slower than the fat models.

[QUOTE="robertmac_33"]PS3 is often touted as one of the best blu-ray and dvd upscalers on the marketBZSIN

It was pretty much THE best player on the market for ages and had a major advantage in that it was fully upgradeable through firmware, while a lot of the first players lacked the ability to upgrade, so they were stuck at Profile 1.0. There are standalone players that beat it for Blu-ray playback and DVD upscaling (the PS3s upscaling ability is pretty average by today's standards), but it's still one of the fastest out there, although the slim has been reported to be slightly slower than the fat models.

I did not know that :) still im pretty happy with the playback and upscaling on mine :)

Edit: that looks totally sarcastic and is not intended to :)

I use it for a ton of movies and that statement is flawed because you should be using the disc about the same as playing a game. He didn't know what he was talking about ignore him sit back and enjoy Iron Man, The Dark Night and Transformers in crisp 1080p

The ps3 is great blue-ray player, but by today's standards, all its good at is fast reading/loading. There are much better stand-alone blue-ray players, that would shatter the ps3, but they all read the discs slower.

It sounds to me like all they are trying to do is sell you more stuff so they can make more money.

coincollector78

that was my first impression..