Comments on: Sony Planning 80 GB PlayStation 3?

By: Ian Bell

Ian Bell — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:31:15 +0000

Yeah the heat would bother me too. I have all my gear in a TV stand so it could really heat up in there.

You should come chat with us in the forums!

http://forums.digitaltrends.com/

By: Brock

Brock — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:28:38 +0000

I dont know about sonys upconverting plans. In my experience though the PS3 is wonderfully quiet. I suppose that could be a feature that it outdoes the 360 in. The 360 gets hot, but when I had the ps3 on a standard shelf in the entertainment center it also got extremely hot. I actually could not hold my hand on it for very long it was so hot so I had to move it to a more open enclosure.

By: Ian Bell

Ian Bell — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:06:03 +0000

I heard a rumor that Sony was planning on adding a firmware update to support upconverting older DVDs. Any idea if that is true, and if so, when the update will be out?

Also, how is the sound when playing a movie using the PS3? Is the internal fan really loud?

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:04:55 +0000

I saw that you said you owned a PS3, can you try streaming from your PC for me? I would love to find out if it does work.

Thanks!

By: Brock

Brock — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:49:42 +0000

I am unsure of the functionality between the PS3 and a PC. As far as the 360 goes you can stream content via Windows Media Center (XP:MCE or Vista), plug and play an iPod or other MP3 player, or download from the Live Marketplace. I do however know that on the PS3 you can plug and play most MP3 players and you can rip from CDs. So essentially you could burn a CD on your PC with the songs you desire then rip it onto the PS3 harddrive. Other than that I am not sure how its wireless functionality works with windows.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:34:36 +0000

Does the PS3 talk with your PC to stream content from is like the Xbox 360? I would love to store music on the PS3, but how would I get it onto the system Brock?

By: Brock

Brock — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:35:54 +0000

I agree that the rumble adds more fun to the games. SixAxis is detrimental to the PS3. If you want an interactive game, with motion controllers, find a Wii. There is a reason that PS3s aren't selling and 360s and Wiis are kicking it around. Instead of innovating like they did with the PS2 and creating good games Sony focused on tons of extras within the PS3 that gamers neither want nor need. The integrated wireless in the 60gig version would be nice, if it worked well at all, which it does not. The card reader is a novel idea, though with USB ports its just excessive. Anything the PS3 does the 360 and/or Wii do much better. PS3 tried to cram too much of their competitors wares into one system. That caused huge prices and since they did what those other systems did at a greater cost and with poorer reliability and efficiency they just ended up shooting themselves in the foot…for now at least.

By: Brock

Brock — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:30:44 +0000

First off the main article is comparing the Xbox 360 ELITE, which is the CORRECT information that I gave; I did not claim that current 360s did anything, and I put the disclaimer in as a courtesy. I imagine that since Microsoft is not considering upconverting an "upgrade" that current 360s do it as well, however I do not know.

Features that the 60 gig PS3 has that the 20 gig PS3 does not:

-Wireless (as in the 802.11x variety; both DO have bluetooth.)
-Muli-Card reader
-Chrome highlights
-60 gig drive

thats it; imho the smaller ps3 doesnt lack anything, it can all be added by external components

After looking into your comment about up converting I did find that "upconverted DVDs" are indeed HD-Quality, just one less reason to need the HD-DVD or Blu-Ray, right? That fact alone gives the impression that with the upconvert tech the visuals on the 360 will continue to outdo and/or stay even with PS3 visuals. (in terms of video) So Blu-Ray offers fancy menus, more disc space (for what?), and 7.1 surround

I appreciate the challenge, you got me to re-check my sources and even find new ones. Thanks

By: Ben Krupt

Ben Krupt — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:23:03 +0000

haha you tell me to check my sources, then correct yourself to say you don't know if the current Xbox 360 does upconvert. Irony, I love it.

So what's the difference between the 20GB and 60GB PS3's? Just hard drive space?

Funny that you call it "Neat HD quality" when the manufacturers of upconverting DVD's say it upconverts to 720p or 1080i resolutions. LAst time I checked, 720p and 1080i/p IS HD. Booya? Eat it!

By: Jason Howard

Jason Howard — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:22:59 +0000

Hehe, we got a fight on our hands!

I personally am shocked that the default PS3 controllers aren't rumble. :( Sony started it, and now are dropping it!

What gives?