Consoles & Accessories

[joe1234]

 I am looking into purchasing the ps3 to act mostly as a blu-ray player and I won't mind playing games on it either. I just have one question, is the ps3 as capable or superior to the most sophisticated blu-ray players on the market? I want the ps3 but if i am going to be missing out on important features that other blu-rays have, then I would rather just buy another top of the line blu ray player instead. As far as i can tell, other than having to buy a remote separately, the ps3 is similar to the top of the line blu rays on the market. Is there anything that i have failed to realize which will give my ps3 a handicap over the top of the line blu-ray players and is the picture and audio quality also comprable to standalone blu-ray players? 

Thanx. 

[theconnman2]

PS3 is a very high end blu-ray player and you will recive all the features on PS3 as you would on any other blu-ray player

[thebighouse]

You do not have to buy a separate remote for it you can use the controller. 

[Aaron-BBY Community Connector]

Hey joe1234,

Like thebighouse mentioned, you don’t necessarily need to purchase a dedicated remote control to use the PS3’s Blu-ray player functions. On top of that, you can even download new movie releases in either SD or HD format (for rental or purchase) through the PlayStation Network. Movie and game offerings are updated on a regular basis, but you can always find out more by visiting PSN’s official website:

http://www.us.playstation.com/PSN/Store

Hope this helps you out!

Agent Aaron
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[Fiddy]

I'm not sure now but before the latest Panasonic standalone BD player came out, CNET said PS3 was the best BD player cos it always updates itself to the latest firmware (providing you connect it to a home network obviously) and it requires no extra purchase of flash memory as PS3 has hard drive and the player itself is good. Why not pay extra for the ability to play games, store pics/vids/music,etc, much more functionality. It is a perfectly capable DVD & BD player, I've had the remote for ages and I've not even opened it as I use the wireless controller to control playback.

[grozny]

If you are still wondering there are bluray players now that will stream netflix and the ps3 will not do this. I love this feature on my xbox 360!