PS3 Blu Ray or Sony BDP-300 Blu Ray?

Question

I know that I will get added benefits from the PS3 but i am definitely more interested in watching Blu Ray. Which Blu Ray is better - PS3 or the standalone?

Answer 1

I have both a ps3 and a standalone player. As far as watching blu-ray is concerned, they both have the same features. HANDS DOWN, get a PS3. Because of the PS3's much more powerful processor, and a huge amount of RAM (memory) that standalone players don't have, the loading times are drastically reduced. You can skip through menus and scenes a lot faster. And of course, you have the added feature of a gaming console :) Hope this helps!

Answer 2

I am echoing the other two posters here but another reason to buy a PS3 over stand alone is that it is the only player that is for sure going to work with the new Blu-Ray DVD's that are coming out. They are changing the way the Discs are going to be read and older players will not be compatible with these new discs. Because the PS3's firmware is updateable it is the only player that will definitely work with the new discs.

Answer 3

Yep, the PS3 seems to be the way to go. So much more bang for you buck.  I'll bullet point some reasons..

•  PS3 absolutely plays Blu-Ray discs as well and often better then a standalone player.  The PS3 has alot of uber powerful hardware behind it.

• In actually the Sony BDP-300 supports firmware updating as well. However, it's way more convenient on the PS3, as it can connect to the internet itself. For the BDP-300 and other models, you need to download the update on a computer, burn it to a CD-R, then play the disc on the player. Plus I'm sure the PS3 will continue to be updated more often and is likely cable of being updated to do more things.

• The PS3 supports more formats then stand alone players.  In addition to what most do, with the newest firmware, the PS3 also supports DivX and XVid (popular formats for internet video), as well as AVI and a multitude of other video, picture, and audio formats. So if a friend downloads something in those formats from the web and burns it to CD/DVD, they can bring it over and you can sit back and watch it on you HDTV on your PS3, instead of on your computer.

• The PS3 is not only Wi-Fi for games and system updates, but has a web browser.  This I have not tried first hand, but I have used the one on the Nintendo Wii, and if it's even half has good as that one, then it's an extremely nice feature.  Picture WebTV with less suck.  Being able to check e-mail or wikipedia (or Yahoo! Answers perhaps) on your big HDTV is very nice. I'm sure the PS3 will support flash sometime in the future too.

•  You can hookup a keyboard,  certain webcams, and certain printers via USB to a PS3.  It's a home entertainent/utility computer in it's own right. You'd will be able to print out photos from a CD or use HD webcam to record or steam video.  In fact, while not neccessarily as versatile, it's probably faster then most peoples home/business computers.

• Did you know it also plays video games? ;)   *sarcasm*

•  Also, if you have the money to spare, you might wanna go with a more expensive (non-40-gig) model. With other models you'll be able to play PS2/PS1 games, use the built in flash card readers (memory cards you digital cameras/etc use), and play SACD's if you want.  The 40 gig model can't do this.. but if all you care about is Blu-Ray really then it might not matter for you.

Furthermore, some people may have initially been put off by the fact many Blue-Ray players seem more expensive then the PS3, thus they think more performance. But the fact is the PS3 actually cost alot more to make then you pay for it. Yes it was/is actually a $800+ product that Sony actually losses money on, for the sake of pushing the product, the games, and their format.

So yeah... lot of reasons to consider the PS3.

Answer 4

PS3 without a doubt.