Can the PS3 play burnt Blu-ray discs? ?

Question

With Blu-ray burner reaching an affordable rate I am in the market to buy a PS3 and Blu-ray burner. I like making back up copies of every movie I buy because my house got broken into a few years back and they took all my dvds and a bunch of other stuff. So i am trying to protect my investments. So can the PS3 play burned Blu-ray discs?

Answer 1

Yes you can watch burnt Blu-Ray copies on the PS3. It will read the following formats; BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

You will need Blu-Ray authoring software and some sort of HD ripper program also.

Answer 2

Nope, not yet, but people are working on emulators for that to happen, and I believe that they're pretty close.