Dear all,

Many rumors said that if use PS3 to watch DVD, it will shorten the lifespan of the PS3.
I need some expert to provide some opinion and information on this.
Will it spoil the PS3?
And who is currently using PS3 to watch DVD also please leave a word or two in here, stated whether you face any problem or not after using the PS3 as your DVD player...

Please help!

Many thanks.

If u use it to watch uncle jack dvd then i think it will not last long

optical wear and tear happens. but i suggest no dvd. save it for them blu rays. replacement lenses aren't cheap.

urban myth, IMO. just like how people used to say playing VCD on a DVD player will spoil the lense.

but hey, if you're worried, then yea, skip the DVDs and maybe stream the video from your PC. but of course, don't stream copyrighted videos

This post has been edited by chinook: Aug 20 2008, 01:59 PM

I agree that it is myth. General wear and tear of course applies to the lense but i dont think it will die so fast

This is the same question about the xbox 360 playing regular dvds although i've yet to hear any wii-users trying to play dvds (they can do that actually )

as long as u put in ori dvds should be fine i guess. itu pirate dvds maybe bad quality, got scratch ke, nanti dia try to read n read n read nanti satu hari kaput.

thanks guys for all ur time n consideration...

u see, we all know tat all the optical lens wear and tear after let say maximum of 2 years... so it is acceptable n depand on ur usage also...
but many rumors said playing DVDs in PS3 will spoil the PS3 like instantly... which for me is ridiculars as PS3 claimed to b a one stop entertainment console...

i hope here have users which is currently using his/her PS3 to play DVDs and pass on thier experience...

Thanks.

well my ps2 (NTSC/J SCPH-15000) still alive until now. so far no lens problem too.

I've been using my 360 as a DVD(pirated & original) player all this while. No problems so far. Been close to a year now.

This post has been edited by chinook: Aug 20 2008, 08:23 PM

ps3 designed to play games , blue-ray movies and also dvd...should be no problem....do not use pirated once , it may spoilt ur lens

Yeah why use dvd when we can watch bluray movies

cause dvd far cheaper then blueray movies , some of our community thinks ok " tgk sekali buat apa beli mahal2 " then they will support pirated dvd`s...and im glad nowdays people buy original dvd`s for their own collection.

i used m ps3 to play jack sparrow dvd's, nothing happen pun... Even my 360 also the same.

glad to hear that at last some one using the PS3 as our normal daily usage...
yeah... at this stage the blu-ray still un-famouse and far more expansive, hardly get movie title... at this stage ppl still prefer to go for DVDs...
and we dun wan to put so many player in the living hall... we wan to set a one stop entertainment console in the living hall...
if there is a user who use it as a multi-purpose player without any side effect... means the PS3 rumors is bullshitting and some one create this to boost their sales in normal player... so now we can ignore it rite???

Thanks.

I play DVDs on my PS3. So far no problems at all. As long as you keep to oris, there shouldn't be a problem. Even a normal DVD player would kong out if you use it to play pirated ones.

wat is wrong nowadays? just get a blardy dvd player to play ur dvds lar

can ur dvd player play blu-ray disc?
or u wan to install 2 players (blu-ray player & dvd player) in ur living hall... then switch then on n off when u wan to watch different source of media files... then change the channel on ur tv as well?
ppl here try to discuss and simplify life...

i think u need a htpc with bluray drive, easier for, tats why they call it a media centre, one unit for everything

my one word, laziness.... switching off also so susah is it?

if end of the day, all replies were, dun play dvd with the ps3, would u still use the ps3 to play dvds?

Why worry so much!!! You should be the master of your console and not the other way round. The PS3 does a good job in upscaling DVD and it you are afraid of letting it do that for you, you are really wasting the true pontential of it!

"Those who are afraid of dying never really live"

feels kinda weird......













but support 69

My PS2 been reading ahem games for 7 years still ok but funny thing is having problem reading Audio CD ori or not ori & most ahem dvd movies that are poor quality made, maybe due to less reading cd has cause such problems.

It's not a myth, it's fact that playing any kind of discs will eventually wear out the lens. However don't be too skeptical on playing DVDs or BDs on your PS3, it's designed to play those for reasonable amount of time. But it's true that the lens will be stressed if playing badly burned discs, so try to avoid that. And don't left the lens rest too much (for like months) since it would actually deteriorate the motor and the lens as well.

funny thing is tat, i stress out my lense, but my BIL doesnt, but his lense failed aredi.... weird...

so how about playin pirated blu rays??

my fren want sell me 1.2k for 40gb ps3. extra 3-4games.
can buy ah?

no pirated blu ray la bro...those pirated blu ray is actually dvd....

nice deal btw...

hahaha...buy a dvd player lah.. murah je.

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Added on May 25, 2009, 8:34 pmactually there is... yeah..it's real blu-ray disc.

This post has been edited by msn83235502: May 25 2009, 08:34 PM

wat its dvd? i tot its writen blue ray.. kanasai

If u mean the RM70 blue ray disc, I think thats true la, but 25 GB only.
Wangsa Maju got 1 shop selling this disc

if RM70 for a jack sparrow, better top up another RM20 for a original one, quality ensure

yeah..penang sell around rm60.. but not worth it..topup 20-30, can get original... summore got extra bdlive or extra bd.

but what if there's ps3 pirated games that have the content of the original one which around RM 60-RM70, for sure it benefit other's gamers...

I see..

in PJ, they sellin the BDR movies for RM48... n regardin the topic, its true wear n tear happens but from wat i know, it ll happen faster if its used to play pirated dvds n this not only applies to PS3, even normal players will haf the same prob if used for playin pirated dvds for an extended period of time

This post has been edited by liquidator_13: May 26 2009, 12:29 PM

imagine ps3 new game only for RM 48..for sure i buy it....woots...

wow.. my player already near 3 yrs..no problem so far. never play original dvd. usually divx burn myself with fastest speed possible.

it's a bloody myth that playing dvds with your console will wear out your lens! i have no idea which smart alec started this but its just so ridiculous.

think about it logically. the consoles are equipped with optical disc drives. OPTICAL disc drive! they are designed (and have underwent rigourous R&D and testing) to read optical discs, be it dvds or game discs.

if it cannot even withstand regular consumer usage, can you imagine the hordes of angry consumers ready to sue the ass off console makers, especially in the US or Europe? it is illegal in most western countries for manufacturers to advertise a feature about a certain product but it doesnt work as advertised.

but of course, all electronic or electrical stuff have a finite lifespan. they cant last forever. sometimes, if you are really unlucky, you get a bad product right out of the box. and then they are bad discs that make the lens work harder, shortening the lifespan.

but under normal usage, the average console optical drive should last you until the console is obsolete, regardless if you are using to play games or watch dvds.

benefit to gamers are just on the surface, imagine everyone buying pirated games, who else want to make games for gamers to play if everyone also buy pirated? use your brain and think before you buy it, i dont see benefits at all, imagine the disc you buy are not working after you bring back home and trying to play, then you have to go back and change for a new one, waste time and money, better buy an original one, as i said, quality ensure, you even have a game manual inside.

PS3 is not just a gaming console, it is a multi purpose console, it can do many other things other than playing games, it is also meant for playing DVD and VCD.

Lol , how ignorant and self centered.

Taken from a website that noted the secret of ps3.

Note that the lens in the Blu-ray drive went through various evolutions as newer PS3 models were released. Many of the initial 40GB models (CECHG) used a cheaper version of Blu-ray lens, which had a high failure rate, requiring replacement.

KEM-400AAAThe original with single lens (includes mount).CECHA-CECHE
KES-400AAASingle lens using cheaper parts.CECHG
KEM-410ACAThere are two lens, one for CD/DVD, and another one for Blu-ray (includes mount).CECHH
KES-410ACAThere are two lens, one for CD/DVD, and another one for Blu-ray.CECHH


So newer model does not really to worry about wear and tear because reading uncle jack's dvd cause it has separate lens to read them.

you left out, uneducated and pathethic.

hey bro, it was just my opinions..no offence tho..at least i support ori....

IMHO, why take the risk since dvd player is cheaper nowdays..cheaper than ps3 replacement lense..

as TS said, he want to make one stop multimedia player lolz...

It's advisable not to watch dvd on ur ps3 , in long run surely damage ur lens and dont forget ps3 is made for blu-ray, even watching dvd with ps2 is not recommended as the console is made for gaming purpose.

PS3 got the upscaling feature which can make ur dvd movie looks HD (a dvd player with upscaling capability is not cheap btw)

for a fact, I've been using the ps3 to watch dvd ever since i bought it coz of this (but never a pirated ones la). But during the ps2 era i've been watching my dvd on the ps2 too...and the fat ps2 still lives on now at my parents house playing games until now (even with my reckless nephew and niece playing it).

If ur lense wanna kong...it will kong depending on ur luck la...just like the 3rod n ylod...if it happens..it happens.

then why they still want to make it backward compatible? why they want to enable their console to run VCD and DVD?

ok, i know the reason why, because your lense will gone faster and then you have to fork out money to change the lense, profit goes to sony