Wow, this is good news!

Hey moomoos, time to consider something else apart from the BD60

Coz he wanna play ahem ahem games on it..... doubt the ahem ahems can do much to the games, moreover with a newer PS3 (and the new chips, new lens speed, etc), it will take them more time..... or else they would have them out by now.

Or.... mayb he wanna play the ahem ahem BD25 discs out there?? Wonders if those PQ and AQ are as good, nvr dared to buy them tho they are much cheaper???

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Added on August 21, 2009, 5:00 pmDamn.... that means i gotta junk my current phat PS3 for the slim PS3, just to see the lights go up???

This post has been edited by Poadster: Aug 21 2009, 05:00 PM

Not to forget PS3 can be a very good media player as well.
Can stream mkv files by using PS3 Media Server on PC.

To add more, gaming site Destructoid has confirmed that the new PS3 is much quieter. In fact, that was the thing about the new PS3 that impressed their reviewers the most:

"This thing is quiet. Scary quiet. 'WTF, is it even on?' quiet. Nick thinks the optical drive makes just a bit more noise than the original when inserting or ejecting a disc, but it didn't seem any louder to me. Either way, once your game or movie is in there, the thing is virtually silent."

ho ho ho ..if can have nice PQ like BD-60

i guess i wan 1 new PS3 for xmas

its quieter because it runs cooler with the newer processor.

i doubt mod chip will be available anytime soon....is it even available for the current ps3? one can forget abt fw update and playing online games if modded.

I think it'll be hard for him to accept non dedicated BD player as his BDP..

TVersity works very well too...

Vuze oso has on-the-fly streaming and converting done for files to play on PS3, works pretty well for 720p MKV files....

can't 'ahem ahem' too much these days... scared of H1N1

Oh No!!!!! It will become even more difficult to resist getting one now means allocating bajet to buying PS3 software then

This post has been edited by richard912: Aug 21 2009, 07:02 PM

yea looking forward to it

it depends, really depends, like i always say technology, ( a board can just house a piece of IC ), but when blind fold test, it might win straight showdown on bigger boards )

must not be prejudice "don't judge a book by its cover"

It still worth the consideration, even i'm not a game addict, but given the features, wifi, streaming, mkv.... who knows whats written in the next chapter of our lifes. we are in a dream world...a non believer can always be a believer.... its reality... my fren

This post has been edited by moomoos: Aug 21 2009, 07:07 PM

Thinking to sell of my BD60 to get another PS3...

this one not yet reality..

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Added on August 21, 2009, 7:23 pmif you use it as a BDP then no extra software needed to be purchased.. maybe just the remote control

This post has been edited by ar188: Aug 21 2009, 07:23 PM

hmm usd299 only so cheap. maybe about time i should get one also. just for playing games and maybe tv series mkv. bd60 already excellent for bd.

Finally, they fixed the noisy fan problem and with bitstream capability I guess its a pretty good BD player. Honestly, PQ was not much different compared to standalone BD player for HD content. Standalone BD players have more tweaking ability for PQ (some not all). DVD upconversion is not important at all if u do not need it. One of the problems is the inability to deinterlace 1080i content and that only covers a small number of titles.

This gives less reason for people not to jump onto the HD bandwagon in the West. Of course, for HD to be mainstream in Asia, you all know what needs to happen.

Do you all realize that PS3 slim will be coming out in firmware 3.0. That meant, possibly the conventional PS3 can bitstream these HD audio codec after upgrade the firmware to 3.0, will it??
If I'm not wrong, last time the firmware earlier of PS3 cant decode the DTS HD MA & DOLBY TRUEHD.
Just wait & see la............

I see... Most PS3 users even I also glad to see the "DTS HD MA" or "DOLBY TRUEHD" light up on the AVR...
To me, as for the sound quality, it shouldn't have too much different between LPCM and Bitstream .........

IIRC, the current PS3 can't bitstream (can only decode internally) cos of the limitation of the HDMI controller chip..

so even with 3.0 firmware (which is software enhancement) .. still can't bitstream DTS-MA due to hardware limitation..

but I dun mind hoping it can..

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Added on August 21, 2009, 8:03 pmcare to elaborate?

This post has been edited by ar188: Aug 21 2009, 08:03 PM

HD content on disc at RM10! Piracy...

i'd prefer HD to have it's own niche group

watch using S-video connection ar?