PS3 questions

[Kamal]

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i'm strongly considering getting one as well, mainly for the bluray right now, but i'd like the option to do a bit of gaiming when my schedule allows.

I'm exactly where you are jeff, I want to get it just for the BD player + GT5

[Kamal]

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I use http://www.tversity.com/home to stream all my media to my ps3 wirelessly.

I tried to get that work with the Xbox but no go for me. Un-installed it

[Corven]

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im using winamp remote for to stream stuff to the ps3

https://winamp.orb.com/orb/html/login.html

[picklemonkey]

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just ordered mine on amazon today

[day_for_night]

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I'm exactly where you are jeff, I want to get it just for the BD player + GT5

ya i think GT5 alone will be worth the purchase. i loved grand turismo from the first edition.

just borrowed my friend's while he is away on vacation. gotta say, call of duty 4 is not half bad. and watching "blue planet" in hi def is pure eye candy...

[beanzncheez]

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Yeah. I'll admit that I am VERY biased but I really like what the PS3 stands for. You've got multiple platforms that you can use for gaming and as a home computer system. You can watch blu-ray movies, stream content from your server and load other OSs if you please. There are plans to turn the system into a DVR as well which is quite enticing to many people that already have a PS3.

[TomTom]

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I have ordered my package today, thanks for your help folks....

Hardware:

40GB PS3
2nd controller
Charging station for 2 controllers
PS3 Remote
PS3 foot
HDMI cable

Software:

GT5 Prologue
Uncharted

Pre-ordered GTA4

Blu ray movies:

Pan's Labyrinth

now waiting till Tuesday for everything to arrive.

Quick question: are there any PS3 games out you can play co op on one screen?

[beanzncheez]

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Charging station? Is that different than the supplied USB cable? And what is the PS3 foot? A stand? I don't know about the co-op games. I'd be interested in that too.

[Hg_addict]

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Im not much of a gamer, I just picked one up for the Blu-Ray but...

I picked up call of duty 4 and cant put it down. The multiplayer mode is like crack! I highly recommend it.

You guys are lucky if you got a HDMI included, I didnt. That beyatch is 100 bucks!

Tom Tom, after Tuesday you have no more spare time.....

[TomTom]

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Charging station? Is that different than the supplied USB cable? And what is the PS3 foot? A stand? I don't know about the co-op games. I'd be interested in that too.

Yeah foot = stand..didn't know the english word so I used an online dictionnary. The charging station can have 2 controllers on it and you only need one usb cable to load both of them...luxury gimmick, I know.

[TomTom]

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You guys are lucky if you got a HDMI included, I didnt. That beyatch is 100 bucks!

Tom Tom, after Tuesday you have no more spare time.....

The european version comes without HDMI cable for sure..ripoff imo to sell a HD device but only put a frigging Scart cable in the package. I have ordered a random HDMI cable for 7,50 Euro though...where do they cost 100? Even the "official" PS3 HDMI "only" costs 20 euros here. About spare time...yes..might be. It was anyways nice to meet you folks online but by Wednesday I will be history on [ms] and lock myself in the cellar.

[picklemonkey]

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HDMI cables are the biggest ripoff in the electronics industry. go on amazon and buy them for 5 bucks each

[Kamal]

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^^ what he said

[beanzncheez]

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You guys are lucky if you got a HDMI included, I didnt. That beyatch is 100 bucks!

I'm sorry to hear that. To everyone else, you can get a $3 gold-wire HDMI cable that will give you the same quality picture. No joke. That's how bad the markup is on these things.

[TomTom]

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100% agree with what Adam said. Absolute rippoff with the random prices going on using a new technology to reach deeper into people's purses as long as it remains a mystery for most. If you have a bad day, go to a shop of your choice and ask the guy in the store what the exact difference between the cheap and ultra expensive HDMI cables is. If he starts with better signal and shit ask him where the difference can be since HDMI transports ALL video and audio signals digitally anyway. Super digital?

Latest bigger tests they ran here were beginning this year and they checked HDMI cables starting with 8 Euros to cables for > 30 Euros. Though they were able to determine metrological differences, there were no output differences at all. The only thing they found out was that the cheaper cables had sometimes problems with the output in several TV's if the disctance was more than 10 meters. But they could not say if it was really the cheaper cable or not..it was just a phenomenon and they never found out what it really was lol.