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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
foxb @ Jun 4th 2008 9:44AM
Let me see:
* It's cheaper
* It's quiter (no fan)
* It bitstream all audio codecs
* It re-encodes to DTS so you can use with your old receiver
* It works with universal remotes
I wonder why anyone bother with a PS3.
Jose @ Jun 4th 2008 10:50AM
I'll give you the DTS encoding for the old receivers (PS3 does Dolby Digital), but as far as I can tell, this player is the same price as the PS3 40gb (and you can get the PS3 40gb for $299 if you try hard enough...). Also, my PS3's fans never come on during a Blu-Ray movie, my PS3 works with my universal remote thanks to a $9.99 IR remote and receiver (admittedly, no power button or slow-mo), and uncompressed PCM letting the PS3 do the codec decompression should be every bit as good as bitstreaming the compressed codecs to the receiver. I am not saying this is not a nice player, but I would still buy the PS3 instead of the standalone player since it has the additional gaming functionality, potential media center features, and it has been upgradable to new Blu-Ray profiles pretty regularly vs. the spotty standalone profile support. Now, when the standalone players are $150 vs. a $299 PS3, then I can see buying a standalone player if one doesn't need the additional features.
foxb @ Jun 4th 2008 11:46AM
@Jose,
Correct me if I'm wrong, I learnt that PS3 can't re-encode LPCM tracks to output on SPDIF connections. And if you ever used Harmony remote, you will know why those $10 IR adapter is useless.
The price on this player will go further down, probably faster than PS3 could.