CNN's best of the blu-ray players...

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/moneymag/0811/gallery.blueray_players.moneymag/index.html

Guess which one got the highest grade? The PS3 of course. WOOT!

With all the PS3 offers I really don't get why you would buy a BR player instead of a PS3blue_hazy_basic

Great

Once again we see a gaming console that is worth it only for the movies.

Great job Sony.

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]With all the PS3 offers I really don't get why you would buy a BR player instead of a PS3mmirza23

Great

Once again we see a gaming console that is worth it only for the movies.

Great job Sony.

Great

Once again we see a gaming console that is worth it only for the movies.

Great job Sony.

Jaysonguy

Eh? Once again? *scartches head* ??????

What other console had this deeply flawed argument used against it? PS2 is the only thing I can think of and if you are suggesting that the PS2 was only good for movies then please stop gaming. :lol:

It also sucks up like four to six times the energy of a actual blue ray player.sSubZerOo

I don't think your saving the environment with the kind've power we are talking about here. I'm into environmental issues. I read on Kotaku yesterday the Wii costs about $3 to use a year and the PS3 costs about $12 a year to use if you turn it off when you are done playing, the X360 was $11. Not a big deal either way.  As a comparison I found this link that McDonalds of Switzerland as of 2005 uses 1.36 kWh per order for a total of 59.2 million kWh across 145 stores. 

Links:

Mcdonalds

PS3/ Wii/ X360

The ps3 would be perfect for me if they would have just put a dam IR port in there. That is why "non-Gamers" will not buy the ps3. You cant use it with a universal remote so they just pick up a stand alone player.

The ps3 would be perfect for me if they would have just put a dam IR port in there. That is why "non-Gamers" will not buy the ps3. You cant use it with a universal remote so they just pick up a stand alone player.

The ps3 would be perfect for me if they would have just put a dam IR port in there. That is why "non-Gamers" will not buy the ps3. You cant use it with a universal remote so they just pick up a stand alone player.

Mavlow

Well at least the controller is wireless and rechargable.

*is not surprised*

I thought it was common knowledge that the PS3 was one of the best blu-ray players on the market.

Even though there are many players out there now that are CHEAPER than the PS3,

the PS3 is still the best in terms of picture quality.

The image quality of the PS3's blu-ray player rivals that of high-end stand alone players.

No surprise there.

It's the ONLY Blu-ray player that's well worth $400. For that, you practically get more bang in one sweet package.

It's funny how people still insist that people are buying PS3s for Blu-Ray only while you can find Blu-ray players for as little as $130 now.;)Jack_Bauer07

Indeed. Blu-ray is only a part of the many great things the PS3 can do.

It also sucks up like four to six times the energy of a actual blue ray player.sSubZerOo

yup. thats what i use it for mostlyogvampire

[QUOTE="ogvampire"]yup. thats what i use it for mostlySpruceCaboose

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="ogvampire"]yup. thats what i use it for mostlymmirza23

Funny. I've only used my PS3 to watch movies on it a handful of times (less than 5), where as, particularly lately, I have been playing either Killzone 2, or LittleBigPlanet nearly every day.0rin

[QUOTE="0rin"]Funny. I've only used my PS3 to watch movies on it a handful of times (less than 5), where as, particularly lately, I have been playing either Killzone 2, or LittleBigPlanet nearly every day.SpruceCaboose

[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"][QUOTE="0rin"]Funny. I've only used my PS3 to watch movies on it a handful of times (less than 5), where as, particularly lately, I have been playing either Killzone 2, or LittleBigPlanet nearly every day.Ringx55

Great

Once again we see a gaming console that is worth it only for the movies.

Great job Sony.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"] It also sucks up like four to six times the energy of a actual blue ray player.Timstuff

Not to mention standalone Blu Ray players only play Blu Ray discs and upscale your DVD collection to near HD quality.

The PS3 does what I mentioned above plus more.

This is why people shouldn't get offended when people like myself say that there's a large number of people out there that's not really gamers who bought a PS3 for a blu ray player. Also this is why you can not assume just because 14 million signed up for PSN does not mean all 14 million are gamers because they have a nice selection of movies in the PSN Store and the only way you can go on is if you have a PSN account.  And most of the time this is an indication why PS3 games aren't selling as well as the other gaming focused HD console.

[QUOTE="ogvampire"]yup. thats what i use it for mostlySpruceCaboose

yup, thats what it was. 

i like my ps3 as my movie player, but im not so crazy about its games though :?

This is why people shouldn't get offended when people like myself say that there's a large number of people out there that's not really gamers who bought a PS3 for a blu ray player. Also this is why you can not assume just because 14 million signed up for PSN does not mean all 14 million are gamers because they have a nice selection of movies in the PSN Store and the only way you can go on is if you have a PSN account.  And most of the time this is an indication why PS3 games aren't selling as well as the other gaming focused HD console.

 

ReverseCycology

Same kind of thing can be said about 360. I know a lot of 360 owners who just have it because it's a cheap system for Madden. :|

[QUOTE="ReverseCycology"]

This is why people shouldn't get offended when people like myself say that there's a large number of people out there that's not really gamers who bought a PS3 for a blu ray player. Also this is why you can not assume just because 14 million signed up for PSN does not mean all 14 million are gamers because they have a nice selection of movies in the PSN Store and the only way you can go on is if you have a PSN account.  And most of the time this is an indication why PS3 games aren't selling as well as the other gaming focused HD console.

 

SolidGame_basic

Same kind of thing can be said about 360. I know a lot of 360 owners who just have it because it's a cheap system for Madden. :|

[QUOTE="SolidGame_basic"][QUOTE="ReverseCycology"]

This is why people shouldn't get offended when people like myself say that there's a large number of people out there that's not really gamers who bought a PS3 for a blu ray player. Also this is why you can not assume just because 14 million signed up for PSN does not mean all 14 million are gamers because they have a nice selection of movies in the PSN Store and the only way you can go on is if you have a PSN account.  And most of the time this is an indication why PS3 games aren't selling as well as the other gaming focused HD console.

 

SpruceCaboose

Same kind of thing can be said about 360. I know a lot of 360 owners who just have it because it's a cheap system for Madden. :|

So it's ok for me to generalize and say that half of 360 owners are just Madden players?

How many people bought a PS2 last gen just because it was a cheap DVD player? I don't think that hindered it from being the best system last gen.

So it's ok for me to generalize and say that half of 360 owners are just Madden players? How many people bought a PS2 last gen just because it was a cheap DVD player? I don't think that hindered it from being the best system last gen. SolidGame_basic

I was under the impression this was not format wars so why is this being allowed to stay up?

I was under the impression this was not format wars so why is this being allowed to stay up?WilliamRLBaker

The PS3's Blu-Ray player is really top notch. Even watching movies like Sarah Marshall really show off the feature rich capabilities of Bl...with the right player.SolidTy