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In Reply to: Once and for All: Why Are People Objecting to Buying "A Game Console" for Blu-Ray? posted by Cosmic Closet on January 7, 2009 at 11:23:57:
I'm 61 and I bought a PS3.
I don't find it noisy but it does need good ventilation. I think a lot of the noise reports come from people who don't provide that, plus the noise levels tend to have varied a bit from model to model based on what I've heard.
Audio output options are limited so you need to consider whether it can provide the audio output that you want. If you want the new high def audio outputs you're basically limited to LPCM over HDMI. You can't get bitstream output for the new formats. Optical and analog outputs are also not capable of outputting the new lossless formats.
It does not provide region free playback of either BD or DVD.
BD picture quality doesn't seem to vary much between players. The PS3 is a quite good quality DVD player but there are other players which are said to give better DVD picture quality.
The remote control is via Bluetooth so normal universal remotes will not work with it unless you plug a bluetooth to IR converter into it. Several commercial products offer this ability but they do add to your cost.
If it does what you want it's a good candidate to consider. It's still the fastest loading BD player and it is profile 2.0. Sony have kept it up to date with firmware updates. There's every reason to believe they will continue to do that.
David Aiken
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