Should I just buy a PS3 for $399 or a regular Sony blu-ray player for $379?

One Response to “Should I just buy a PS3 for $399 or a regular Sony blu-ray player for $379?”

1. Scott says:

   October 24, 2009 at 7:14 am

   I know it’s desirable for non-gamers to say "I just don’t want a game system" in my living room. The PS3 is way beyond just a gaming system. I wouldn’t blame anyone who uses PS3 just as a movie player and nothing else. Fact is it can channel pretty much anything in your home and be THE entertainment hub for everything and not once have a game on it or in it. And for whatever myth that it is any inconvenience to watch a movie on it due to controls is wrong. If you pop in the disc in it automatically plays. There is a remote for it and it is peanuts compared to what you’re throwing down on Blu ray and HDTV. And I suspect before too long Logitech will make a Harmony remote incorporating the PS3.

   Why not get the multifunction of it all. Internet available if you feel so inclined to look up the world wide web from your sofa. Stream music, pictures, movie files straight from your computer via free online software from TVersity.com. Store music,pictures, movies onto its hard drive. Plug in with USB flash drives music, pictures, movies, or set an external hard drive next to it for more storage.

   You know all those digital picture frames that are becoming popular. Consider the PS3 to include that in the biggest frame possible. It makes great slideshows with music in the background. It is quite a good tool for showing guests photos. We’ve used it alot for that.

   Bottom line. Until quality dedicated Blu-Ray players come down to the price of good name brand DVD players, they are not worth near what a PS3 can do for improving the quality of life in your household. It’s an unbeatable product on the market right now, more future proof than anything as well.

   P.S. If you’re arguing it’s too bulky, it’s really not sitting under the HDTV.