Sony Plans Cheaper Blu-ray Disc Player
Smaller, better, cheaper -- and undermines reason to buy PS3.
Man did Sony f*ck up with the PS3 or what?
Theo just got a Wii but I haven't played with it yet.
Other than being very late (and missing Xmas 2006) , way too expensive, having no compelling titles, and now ditching PS and PS2 compatibility, they did a fine job. I like the case.
I'm going to buy a PS3 soon because I need to spend time watching Blu-movies -- they're the new benchmark for delivery of HD to consumers -- and so I can get something that will play PS2 games (before they pull the hardware that supports that feature).
I've been holding off because I want to get a new 1080p monitor at the same time. But I'm salivating for the 120 Hz models. I was thinking more about that last night. 120 Hz = 5 x 24 Hz, which is the US frame rate for film. (Europe runs films at 25 frames per second). What that means is that for the first time (in NTSC land) that the video display device has a frame rate that's a whole number multiple of film frame rate. I find the pitifully slow frame rate of film to be annoying, especially with pans. The jerky motion of film is made worse by the uneven cadence of telecined film. That goes away with 72 Hz or 120 Hz displays.
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Smaller, better, cheaper -- and undermines reason to buy PS3.
- mark 2-28-2007 2:49 am
Man did Sony f*ck up with the PS3 or what?
Theo just got a Wii but I haven't played with it yet.
- jim 2-28-2007 7:21 pm
Other than being very late (and missing Xmas 2006) , way too expensive, having no compelling titles, and now ditching PS and PS2 compatibility, they did a fine job. I like the case.
I'm going to buy a PS3 soon because I need to spend time watching Blu-movies -- they're the new benchmark for delivery of HD to consumers -- and so I can get something that will play PS2 games (before they pull the hardware that supports that feature).
I've been holding off because I want to get a new 1080p monitor at the same time. But I'm salivating for the 120 Hz models. I was thinking more about that last night. 120 Hz = 5 x 24 Hz, which is the US frame rate for film. (Europe runs films at 25 frames per second). What that means is that for the first time (in NTSC land) that the video display device has a frame rate that's a whole number multiple of film frame rate. I find the pitifully slow frame rate of film to be annoying, especially with pans. The jerky motion of film is made worse by the uneven cadence of telecined film. That goes away with 72 Hz or 120 Hz displays.
- mark 2-28-2007 9:50 pm