Heat

I picked up a Playstation 3 a couple of weeks ago (bundle deal) but won't be opening it until Christmas.

At the same time I picked up a Sony DVD player, DVP-NS710H - I needed something around $50 to get me over $1,000 so that I would get three years of zero percent financing.

From sony's website:
Now I'm wondering how the Playstation 3 is at playing normal DVDs. Do I even need this upscaling DVD Player? My TV is a 46" Sony 1080p, 120Hz TV (46V5100). I have already picked up the Sony PS3 BD remote control ($20).

If I use this on one of my 27" CRT TVs, will it look good or will the higher resolution look bad for some reason?

SUPERMANROB

If your talking about using the PS3(on the 27") it doesn't matter the picture will downconvert the picture. With the regular dvd player won't matter it won't play BD movies?

Groucho

It's great for BD, but for DVD its missing a basic feature found on even the cheapest DVD players these days: watching a DVD and stop it for the night? The next day when you boot up the PS3 it won't remember where you were on the disc.

shaun3000

I have no qualms with it.

JayDerek

huh?

Mine remembers where it is if I go back the next day...odd.

RockyMtnBri

Not true as of a firmware update YEARS ago (1.51 I believe.) For blu-rays it is quirky, but DVDs it remembers, even if you remove the media.

Groucho

I'll have to try it again. I haven't stuck a DVD in there since I had the problem.

RockyMtnBri

PS3™ System Software Update 2.20

o BD Live support : Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0 (BD-LIVE) is now supported.
o Copying playlists: You can now copy playlists that you create in photo (Photo) and music (Music) to a PSP® system.


* Settings
o The way you register (pair) Bluetooth® devices has changed, and you can now register more devices.
o A [BD Internet Connection] setting has been added under [BD/DVD Settings].
o An [Audio Output Device] setting has been added under [Remote Play Settings].
* Photo
o You can now display an image while editing a playlist.
* Music
o You can now play a music track while editing a playlist.
* Video
o You can now play DivX and WMV files that are 2 GB or larger.
o You can now display subtitles when playing DivX files.
o You can now resume playing a DVD from the point where you previously stopped it.
o A [Mosquito Noise Reduction] option has been added under [AV Settings] in the control panel for standard DVDs.
o You can now play BD-R version 1.2 (LTH* BD-R) discs.
*LTH, or low to high, is a recording method that supports organic dye, write-once BD-R media.
* Network
o You can now change some PS3™ system settings during remote play.
o [Save Target] has been added as an option under [File] in the browse mode menu of the Internet browser. This option lets you save a file that is linked from a Web page, such as an image or video file, or other type of file, to your PS3™ system's hard disk drive or storage media.
o The Internet browser now displays some Web pages faster.
o Using the Internet browser, you can now play a linked video file* as it is being downloaded.
*Some types of video files cannot be viewed in this manner and must be downloaded completely before playback.

Heat

Hmm... OK, sounds like the PS3 is fine for DVDs, I'll plan on using it as my primary Blu-Ray and DVD player for my 46" LCD TV.

I'll probably just use the Sony DVD player as a normal DVD player for my 27" CRT - it wasn't that much more than an non-upscaling DVD player.

Thanks for the information!

RockyMtnBri

Just make sure you're using an HDMI cable to get the most out of your PS3. I've had mine since October 2006 and haven't looked back. In fact, in March I'm buying a PS3 320 GB slim and moving my original to the family room.

bdshort

I think it'll work for some of the more basically encoded BDs but the Enhanced 2.0 spec ones, or BD-Live, or whatever, don't seem to work well with this feature.

Spiky

That's because BDs have actually used all the little features offered by the tech, like blocking your control over them. DVDs historically have done some trailers that were difficult to skip past, but otherwise haven't really messed with anything, so the player can control them. Bluray has been different. It's annoying. But you can't really blame players. Much.

rdclark

Just to be clear: it is BD that is quirky; the PS3 behaves the same as every other BD player in this regard.

SUPERMANROB

Heat here is a helpful thread I think is good reading :

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1156535

Heat

Nice review. I see some discussion of the PS3 later in the thread, I'll have to take some time to figure out what they are saying.