ps3/blu ray help needed please
01-16-08 | 07:39 AM
#27
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Originally Posted by RockyMtnBri
BuckNaked2k...
The slots and ports can be used for additional or removable storage vis USB hard drive or multimedia cards from cameras, etc. I use my SD slot to take my Canon photos on an SD card and copy them to my hard drive for viewing later. There are also peripherals like printers, cameras, keyboards, etc. that can be attached. Like sracer, I use my PS3 more for multimedia, although I do like "Warhawking" as much as possible! Can't wait for Burnout Paradise City next week - playing the heck out of the demo!
The slots and ports can be used for additional or removable storage vis USB hard drive or multimedia cards from cameras, etc. I use my SD slot to take my Canon photos on an SD card and copy them to my hard drive for viewing later. There are also peripherals like printers, cameras, keyboards, etc. that can be attached. Like sracer, I use my PS3 more for multimedia, although I do like "Warhawking" as much as possible! Can't wait for Burnout Paradise City next week - playing the heck out of the demo!
IMHO, it's not really home theater gear, but it does a nice job of playing Blu-ray discs.
01-16-08 | 08:10 AM
#28
DVD Talk Legend
Originally Posted by RockyMtnBri
BuckNaked2k...
The slots and ports can be used for additional or removable storage vis USB hard drive or multimedia cards from cameras, etc. I use my SD slot to take my Canon photos on an SD card and copy them to my hard drive for viewing later. There are also peripherals like printers, cameras, keyboards, etc. that can be attached. Like sracer, I use my PS3 more for multimedia, although I do like "Warhawking" as much as possible! Can't wait for Burnout Paradise City next week - playing the heck out of the demo!
The slots and ports can be used for additional or removable storage vis USB hard drive or multimedia cards from cameras, etc. I use my SD slot to take my Canon photos on an SD card and copy them to my hard drive for viewing later. There are also peripherals like printers, cameras, keyboards, etc. that can be attached. Like sracer, I use my PS3 more for multimedia, although I do like "Warhawking" as much as possible! Can't wait for Burnout Paradise City next week - playing the heck out of the demo!
Yep, add a camera, and another perpheral, and there y'go...need more USB ports. I'm buying a 1TB USB harddrive to store my DVD collection on to use my PS3 as a multimedia jukebox. I have been prototyping the idea previously with a 250GB drive attached to the XBox 360. That worked very well (given the limitations of the 360)... so far it looks like it will work better with the PS3.
It just seems to me that the 80GB model is the better deal, even if one has no plans for multimedia and additional peripherals. I can see how the additional $100 on an already expensive console might sway someone to the less expensive model, but in the long run it will end up being more expensive.
But then again, I might feel that way because I essentially only had 2 USB ports on the 360 and used them up quickly. (Wifi took the USB in the back), camera, and USB harddrive took the front ports...and had to swap to use the charge-n-play... resulting in having to buy a powered USB hub.
01-16-08 | 08:34 AM
#29
DVD Talk Limited Edition
See, the USB ports, memory card ports, built-in Wi-fi, etc are all useless to me. That's why I got a 20GB this summer.
The only use the USB ports on the 360 have ever seen was for the HD-DVD drive (for a few months) and my wife's Guitar Hero 2 Guitar.
I've used one of the USB ports on the PS3 for a PS2->PS3 converter before I had another PS3 controller, and to use the PS2->PS3 memory card transfer thingie. That's about it.
Network is handled with a Belkin router in wireless bridging mode, which provides 4 ethernet ports for my 360, Dish DVR, HD-DVD player, and the PS3 all in one fell swoop.
It depends on how you use it.
The only use the USB ports on the 360 have ever seen was for the HD-DVD drive (for a few months) and my wife's Guitar Hero 2 Guitar.
I've used one of the USB ports on the PS3 for a PS2->PS3 converter before I had another PS3 controller, and to use the PS2->PS3 memory card transfer thingie. That's about it.
Network is handled with a Belkin router in wireless bridging mode, which provides 4 ethernet ports for my 360, Dish DVR, HD-DVD player, and the PS3 all in one fell swoop.
It depends on how you use it.
