[beachcaster]

I have heard good things about the PS3 as a bluray player
but can it alsoplay xvid/divx..through a usb port.

I dont even know if it has a usb port

Sorry for asking obvious quiestions


barry

[Monarch]

the PS3 is a good blu-ray player, it deffinitely competes with some of the most popular blu-ray dedicated players on the market picture wise, although sound isn't as great as them. It's also one of the fastest you can get, because it requires quick access because of the games, that's always nice

It has 2 USB ports, I've never used them xvid/divx but I've also read that you can, it's a good machine

[andy1249]

The Ps3 can play any media content on a usb drive , you can even hook up an external hard drive full of content and play that.

It also does an excellent job of upscaling DVD's, xvids, divx and so on, something which is not done as well in some standalones.

Sound wise it cannot pass HD audio in bitstream from a blu ray to an AV receiver , but it can internally decode and feed the resulting LPCM to your amp. I have both the PS3 and the panasonic BD35 blu ray player and both sound exactly the same through my amp (yamaha 1900).

The PS3 is also the fastest loading blu ray player out there , thats one thing that standalone players have not sorted out yet. Loading times are seriously long on standalones with some titles taking up to a minute to load up.

The PS3 is a very versatile machine, and as a blu ray player it is not inferior to any other bly ray player in its price range , you also get a quality media center and games machine and overall is excellent value for money

[Uridium]

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[Uridium]

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