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Re: Blu-Ray Players - What's the fav this holiday seas
Ken.C #229164 11/10/08 12:27 AM
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As much as I do not like the PS3 for gaming, the PS3 offers great value. PS3 would be my choice. ( Personally I do not feel the need for a Blu-ray just yet)


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StuntGibbon #229165 11/10/08 12:34 AM
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 Originally Posted By: StuntGibbon
That's cute, there's still PC-only gamers? *squeezes his cheeks*


heh, yeah. really the only game i play or have time to play is Word of Warcrack.

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gmorf33 #229166 11/10/08 12:36 AM
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Well, when you get your PS3 don't miss Uncharted or Ratchet and Clank.

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StuntGibbon #229168 11/10/08 12:43 AM
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I was very pleasantly surprised by Uncharted.


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Re: Blu-Ray Players - What's the fav this holiday seas
St_PatGuy #229180 11/10/08 01:58 AM
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The PS3 is great for non-gaming reasons as well. It offers network streaming of any picture, video, or music file on any networked computer in your house. Much as I'd like to, I have played almost no games since buying the PS3, but I do use the streaming feature at least weekly to show family photos or videos, or to stream my digital music collection to my main Axiom setup (or to do both at the same time, family picture slideshow with streaming audio at the same time).

If you can find a decent price on it this holiday season, I'd definitely keep it near the top of your list, even if you'll never play a game on it in your life. (and you never know, you might surprise yourself once you have the option) ;\)

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gmorf33 #229262 11/10/08 08:15 AM
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 Originally Posted By: gmorf33
Cool, thanks for the suggestions. I've heard the PS3 is the best deal and from what I saw over the course of the last year, it was.. however I rarely play console video games (or have any interest too, i'm a PC gamer), so I'm thinking something else a little cheaper/more features might be a better choice. This gives me somewhere to start.


More features then the PS3? Is that possible?

CD playback
DVD playback (uprezed)
SACD playback (via HDMI)
Blu-Ray playback
Games once you try Rockband with friends, you'll be hooked.
Wi-Fi connect to your PC wirelessly and playback/view all your...
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Photos

What feature are you missing?

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spiffnme #229277 11/10/08 02:41 PM
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Good points. Even if you don't play console games, the streaming ability to the PS3 is nice if you have HDMI audio capabilities.


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gmorf33 #229288 11/10/08 04:14 PM
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Hi Gmorf,

My Axiom colleague, JC (Jean-Claude) recently acquired the Panasonic Blu-ray DMP-BD55, and he seems thrilled with its audio and video performance. I don't know how price-friendly the BD-55 is, but prices have certainly come down and Panasonic is very competitive in the marketplace. JC previously used Playstation 3 for Blu-ray playback.

He also told me that the Panasonic BD-55's upscaling of standard DVD is quite superior to the Oppo he'd used previously.

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Re: Blu-Ray Players - What's the fav this holiday seas
alan #229293 11/10/08 04:55 PM
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I'm curious to know what the DMP-BD55 does or does better than the PS3 he was using.

If the video upscaling of 480i DVD is the big item, I intend (if it ever is released!) in getting the R-972, which from my understanding would handle all the video uprezing, and should do a dang fine job of it.

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spiffnme #229294 11/10/08 05:01 PM
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Has anyone tried the Samsung BD???? that does streaming 1080p from netflix?


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