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In Reply to: RE: Consumers are still in "early adopter guinea pig" mode posted by oscar on October 03, 2007 at 14:52:21
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
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Its butt ugly, puts out alot of heat, has a noisy fan, doesn't have analog out, requires alot of space...
If blu-ray is nothing more than the media for the PS3, then it is destined to be niche format. Even Blu-ray insiders have (begrudgingly) acknowledged they need more than just the PS3 to survive.
Jack
...PS3 has shit for games. It's a game console , where *are* the quality games?
-Tom §.
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I regretted my decision, but I couldn't bring myself to return it. I figured I'd get an aftermarket fan kit to install.Seven months later of near daily use--BDs, DVDs, games--we're talking several hours many times per week and the thing has never had so much as a hiccup. Survived without overheating the entire summer. I keep it on my bottom shelf, which is glass. Not exactly the best ventilation down there. Never did get that aftermarket fan.
The Sony bashers love to talk about the PS3 overheating, but the fact is that the failure rate is phenomenally low and pretty much a nonissue. The thing is well designed and well built. There's no denying that. The cell processor is a great chip. The parts used add up to hundreds of dollars greater cost than you pay for the thing. And if you keep it in your closet that's perfect. You won't hear the fan noise.
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
He must have heard "I got an Xbox 360.", not "I got a PS3.".
:-)
I don't know how anyone can survive without it. It's a complete steal for what you get, the looks issue is subjective but if you don't like it, put it on its side in an inconspicuous area. You're supposed to look at the screen, not the player. The fan is far less distracting than the fans on my PC and PS Audio Premier. Only one area (lower right) gets hot.
On the one hand you seem to be saying blu-ray is a niche format for PS3, on the other you seem to be saying that blu-ray is driving sales of other players. Whatever it is, studios and early adopters are sure on board.
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
Any of those things I've listed can be deal killers for some people.> > > On the one hand you seem to be saying blu-ray is a niche format for PS3 < < <
It is in danger of becoming that.> > > on the other you seem to be saying that blu-ray is driving sales of other players < < <
I don't remember saying that.> > > Whatever it is, studios and early adopters are sure on board < < <
Especially Paramount and Dreamworks.Jack
Just about any of those are killers for me buying one. I have nothing against being an early adopter, but this situation is not compelling me. I think I'd rather have an iPhione if I'm spending that kind of money.
Joe
There is a better iPhone coming soon. There is no better PS3 coming soon...just ones with bigger (and a smaller rumored) hard drive. The PS3 gets regular firmware updates and is always on the network to make that process relatively painless. You admit you like pristine 1080 video and that you can see its advantages over upsampled DVD...the fact is that you're ripe to adopt blu-ray.
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
There will be that many more folks that jump on it regardless of what the price goes down to on standalone players. Time will tell but I do feel confident about that.
Blu-Ray fans keep saying lower price doesn't count!
LOW PRICE=CHEAP!!!
LOW PRICE=BAD!!!
BLU-RAY=EXPENSIVE!!!
EXPENSIVE=GOOD!!!
:-)
Jack
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
A couple of hints here and there concerning CE manufacturers. Unfortunately I don't recall who (Sharp ? Panasonic ?). I'll believe it when it happens.
Just a personal bias I guess. I also didn't like the non-flat surface; I typically put discs/cases etc... on top of the player. Oh yeah, biggest hiccough: no 5.1 analog output. Other than that, I agree it was a dang good Blu-ray player.
I suppose what Jack listed are issues but not the fact that it is a game console per se.
Heck, some folks bought an SACD player and hardly any software thereafter. Doesn't mean it cannot do something else well (ie. CD) and that is the priority!
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I think some were announced at CEDIA but haven't had a chance to get the scoop.edit: And this isn't an issue at all outside the very niche market of audiophools like us. Most are perfectly happy with DD audio, which is why it's included on every blu-ray.
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"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
for multichannel analog audio volume control. I'm hoping instead that a suitable High-end Hi-def player with "audiophile-grade" DACs and SOTA audio processing/decoding will appear instead.
Sony 9000ES that had DVD playback capability and MSRP $1299 or thereabouts, the PS3 is dirt cheap for all it can/will do!!
I remember paying $24.99 for all SACD titles at this stage of the game in SACD rollout. Most Blu-rays are about two solid hours of hi res entertainment, often for $19.99...heck, The Last Waltz BD sounded almost as good as some SACDs, plus you have the film-like video experience through Scorcese's lens.
-------------"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." -Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
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