It's a gaming console at heart, it's not meant to replace a standalone BD player. Honestly, the upcoming Sony BDP-S350 player will be value for money at USD400, lets hope it sells for thousand plus in Malaysia and not RM2,999 like the current, BDP-S300 model here. 

if the receiver can just handle dts-es or dd, will it detect dolby truehd or dts-ma??

i guess one has to upgrade the receiver to a newer model to support these new audio formats rite?

hmmm....non-stop upgrade...maybe for now i'll just stick to my dd5.1 and dts...hehe

ar188 datuk sri

really tat KENG for DTS-HD or LPCM or TrueHD?

can pinjam ur amp to chuck into my peasant setup & trial ar?

*preparing antitode*

They're lucky, if we have those parallel imports, I guess Sony Malaysia won't be overpricing their products here. Like handphones, if without AP sets, the Ori prices won't be that reasonable. Lets home that there are more parallel imports to flood the market so that we can get better bargains.

it worse than cheapo dvd players.. 

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/dvd-player-...ps3-fw-2.1.html

"Our cadence tests consist of very high detail test patterns. Some may call this a disadvantage for some players, but we've always used the same patterns for our tests, and we've seen a wide range of results regardless of price point. Nearly every player I test has no issues at all with some of the more basic tests, such as de-interlacing content with perfect 2-3 flags. Since even most inexpensive DVD players are flag based, this test is passed nearly 99% of the time.

The Sony PS3 continues to have extremely poor results in our SD DVD tests. The fact of the matter is, it just cannot lock onto a high resolution test pattern for any of our cadence tests. This is worse performance than we see with even sub-$50 players at your local big box store. One could argue that the player will probably do just fine with real world content since it probably doesn't have as high detail as our test patterns, but I think that argument would mainly come from those trying to justify their purchase. If I can get nearly every DVD player out there to pass these tests, why won't this one?

Like most game consoles, the PS3 is not what I would call a preferred video playback solution for standard DVDs. However, it is far and away one of the best Blu-ray players on the market today and an outstanding value for those looking to add HD support to their home theater system. But I would still recommend a higher quality stand alone DVD player for the more demanding home theater enthusiast."

aris sifu

wat is tat ?

Personally I think that usually electronic items prices will fall down once the manufacturers decides to produce it in bigger quantities, so at this moment PS3 shud be the entry level BD player, unless for those BD enthusiast with lotsa moolah, of course they will hunt for the ultimate player.. peasant like me usually waits for the right time to bite the cheese. 

what is blu ray 2.0 profile anyway? as i understand the current PS3 is only profile 1.1? if i buy now, can i enjoy the 2.0 profile later when it's release?
looking forward to own a PS3 but not sure issit the rite time now? 

agree 100%.

at least decodes the HD audios internally and pass it our thru PCM HDMI.

Good advice ....

but sadly... no way 2.0 profile player come in malaysia at tat price