Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Gaffers]

Wii is more fun but theres one thing you get with a PS3 thats so worth it.......

[size=20]BLUE RAY!![/size]

If you have a HDTV you will love BR films     Getting my PS3 this week and then for xmas a wii  

[TheBoy]

Wii is more fun but theres one thing you get with a PS3 thats so worth it.......

[size=20]BLUE RAY!![/size]

If you have a HDTV you will love BR films     Getting my PS3 this week and then for xmas a wii  

I have a perfectly good media center, that can do Blueray.  Cheaper than a PS3 as well  

MCE (or VMC) also does one of the best upscaling from std DVD to 1080p I've ever seen.  Only film I own on both std DVD and BR is Casino Royale, and you'd be hard pressed to tell them apart.  Yes, the BR does have more detail, but from 10ft away in your armchair, you wouldn't know.  Thats how good MCE/VMC is at the upscale

[Martin_1962]

Wii is more fun but theres one thing you get with a PS3 thats so worth it.......

[size=20]BLUE RAY!![/size]

If you have a HDTV you will love BR films     Getting my PS3 this week and then for xmas a wii  

I have a perfectly good media center, that can do Blueray.  Cheaper than a PS3 as well  

MCE (or VMC) also does one of the best upscaling from std DVD to 1080p I've ever seen.  Only film I own on both std DVD and BR is Casino Royale, and you'd be hard pressed to tell them apart.  Yes, the BR does have more detail, but from 10ft away in your armchair, you wouldn't know.  Thats how good MCE/VMC is at the upscale

What size is your TV?

[TheBoy]

Wii is more fun but theres one thing you get with a PS3 thats so worth it.......

[size=20]BLUE RAY!![/size]

If you have a HDTV you will love BR films     Getting my PS3 this week and then for xmas a wii  

I have a perfectly good media center, that can do Blueray.  Cheaper than a PS3 as well  

MCE (or VMC) also does one of the best upscaling from std DVD to 1080p I've ever seen.  Only film I own on both std DVD and BR is Casino Royale, and you'd be hard pressed to tell them apart.  Yes, the BR does have more detail, but from 10ft away in your armchair, you wouldn't know.  Thats how good MCE/VMC is at the upscale

What size is your TV?

40", mce running 1920 x 1080. LCD

[Martin_1962]

Wii is more fun but theres one thing you get with a PS3 thats so worth it.......

[size=20]BLUE RAY!![/size]

If you have a HDTV you will love BR films     Getting my PS3 this week and then for xmas a wii  

I have a perfectly good media center, that can do Blueray.  Cheaper than a PS3 as well  

MCE (or VMC) also does one of the best upscaling from std DVD to 1080p I've ever seen.  Only film I own on both std DVD and BR is Casino Royale, and you'd be hard pressed to tell them apart.  Yes, the BR does have more detail, but from 10ft away in your armchair, you wouldn't know.  Thats how good MCE/VMC is at the upscale

What size is your TV?

40", mce running 1920 x 1080. LCD

About 6 foot from 32" here 30.5 visible, planning on getting a 46" when I next get a payrise

[supermop]

having played both of these badass consoles, I couldn't really give any preference to one nor the other, except to say the following:

If you like to have friends over, have beers etc and dont mind not having cutting-edge graphics to play on, the Wii is your best bet.

On the other hand, if you like serious gaming, state-of-the-art graphics and physics, and online gaming (in other words you, like me, are a geek), spend a grand on a PC. If you haven't got that much money, get a PS3, but make sure you get the 80GB version as the hardware is better, and it has legacy support (means you can play ps1/ps2 games on it!)

Erm no it doesn't

Only the 60GB has backwards compatability, it has been removed from the 40GB and 80GB along with the card readers and the extra 2 USBs to justify the reduced price compared to the launch price of the 60GB

Didnt know that... thats totally illogical though - the price of an 80gb hard drive is what? £30?? Sony really do rip people off. If it wasnt for the fact that the PS3 is basically the cheapest blu-ray player on the market, there'd be uproar.

[Gaffers]

Wii is more fun but theres one thing you get with a PS3 thats so worth it.......

[size=20]BLUE RAY!![/size]

If you have a HDTV you will love BR films     Getting my PS3 this week and then for xmas a wii  

I have a perfectly good media center, that can do Blueray.  Cheaper than a PS3 as well  

MCE (or VMC) also does one of the best upscaling from std DVD to 1080p I've ever seen.  Only film I own on both std DVD and BR is Casino Royale, and you'd be hard pressed to tell them apart.  Yes, the BR does have more detail, but from 10ft away in your armchair, you wouldn't know.  Thats how good MCE/VMC is at the upscale

What size is your TV?

40", mce running 1920 x 1080. LCD

True but isnt the PS3 BR reader firmware updateable to the next version whereas very few dedicated BR players are.

I had XP MCE running on my last system and it kept crashing, losing the channel data, etc so generally not impressed although the conceptual idea was brilliant.  Now I have Sky+ I got rid and now have Vista on it and turned it into a gen dogsbody machine  (stopped it crashing.....)

[Banjax]

I've had every console known to man since the dawn of time and hand on heart I can say without a shadow of a doubt that the 360 is by far the least reliable machine i've ever owned, but it is a powerhouse with great games and it does get a fair amount of use  

I've had a wii for years - got one the day they were out - played zelda, & mario and nothing else....until the next zelda or mario game comes along

I'll get a PS3 as soon as theres more than a handful of good titles - until then - I wouldn't bother.



btw the way best console ever if you're interested (yes I'm a bit of a geek) was the Dreamcast - imo  

[Gaffers]

I've had every console known to man since the dawn of time and hand on heart I can say without a shadow of a doubt that the 360 is by far the least reliable machine i've ever owned, but it is a powerhouse with great games and it does get a fair amount of use  

I've had a wii for years - got one the day they were out - played zelda, & mario and nothing else....until the next zelda or mario game comes along

I'll get a PS3 as soon as theres more than a handful of good titles - until then - I wouldn't bother.



btw the way best console ever if you're interested (yes I'm a bit of a geek) was the Dreamcast - imo  

Let me throw a geek swerveball to you there.... Atari STE  8-)

[Banjax]

I've had every console known to man since the dawn of time and hand on heart I can say without a shadow of a doubt that the 360 is by far the least reliable machine i've ever owned, but it is a powerhouse with great games and it does get a fair amount of use  

I've had a wii for years - got one the day they were out - played zelda, & mario and nothing else....until the next zelda or mario game comes along

I'll get a PS3 as soon as theres more than a handful of good titles - until then - I wouldn't bother.



btw the way best console ever if you're interested (yes I'm a bit of a geek) was the Dreamcast - imo  

Let me throw a geek swerveball to you there.... Atari STE  8-)

nice swerveball - ST (STE was a later edition was it?) was good, amiga's were better tho surely? anyway - the dreamcast isn't up for debate  

[rikki_essex]

I THINK WII IS GOOD FOR A FAMILY AND PS3 GOOD FOR EVERY ONE ELSE

[Banjax]

I THINK WII IS GOOD FOR A FAMILY AND PS3 GOOD FOR EVERY ONE ELSE

OK YOU WIN!!!! - jeez keep ur hair on  

[supermop]

btw the way best console ever if you're interested (yes I'm a bit of a geek) was the Dreamcast - imo  

Agreed. I cannot understand why it didnt take the market by storm. Too ahead of it's time by a few decades methinks (online gaming on consoles has only just got going, when DreamOn was already there).

First for online gaming, first with keyboard/mouse, graphics were incomprehensibly awesome for the time, the games original, and the unit itself even by todays standards is tiny.

I still have 4 dreamcast consoles - anyone want one? (sad I know).

[Banjax]

btw the way best console ever if you're interested (yes I'm a bit of a geek) was the Dreamcast - imo  

Agreed. I cannot understand why it didnt take the market by storm. Too ahead of it's time by a few decades methinks (online gaming on consoles has only just got going, when DreamOn was already there).

First for online gaming, first with keyboard/mouse, graphics were incomprehensibly awesome for the time, the games original, and the unit itself even by todays standards is tiny.

I still have 4 dreamcast consoles - anyone want one? (sad I know).

  you're making me all misty eyed - but you're right - awesome machine - free online play - u heard me - free - years b4 Xbox live etc, totally underrated - very few bad games and loads of phenomenal stuff    

[Martin_1962]

We have one but I think the laser has gone