With the PS3, Sony has actually designed a versatile home entertainment hub, also capable of playing Blu-ray discs, outputting lossless surround sound, storing downloaded music and video, and displaying digital photos. To look at it another way, it's the cheapest Blu-ray player you can buy.
Solid ground
The PS3 is a well-designed, solidly built device that's slightly larger than an Xbox 360 but not particularly bulky or heavy. It runs very quietly, comes with a wireless controller and uses touch-sensitive controls, all of which add to the quality feel.
The main AV connection is the HDMI, which can carry 1080p video to a compatible screen or projector and lossless 7.1-channel surround sound to a receiver. Also available are an optical digital out and a multipurpose AV output that can be fitted with component video and Scart adapters.
An Ethernet port and built-in Wi-Fi make connecting to a network very easy, and there are memory card and USB ports for transferring media files onto the 60GB hard drive or connecting up mice and other peripherals.
Switching on the console brings up a crisp, clear 'crossways' menu for accessing media, games and settings. For our money, it feels slightly more natural to use that the Xbox 360's 'blades' menu. Slip in a Blu-ray disc and it appears at the top of the 'video' menu. Select that and you'll be at the movie menu in moments - there's none of the sluggish chugging we've seen on other Blu-ray machines.
Unfortunately, you don't get a proper remote control with the PS3. Controlling playback with the gamepad is relatively simple, and Sony's official remote will only set you back an extra £18 or so.
We're pleased to report that the PS3's 1080p Blu-ray image is quite fantastic. It's on a par with the £1,100 Panasonic DMP-BD10 and far crisper and more detailed than the Samsung BD-P1000's disappointing offerings. There's an incredible amount of richness (and virtually no noise) on show in good quality Blu-ray discs like Kingdom of Heaven, which suggests that PS3 owners have a bright future ahead of them when it comes to watching HD movies.
Class act
There may well be some top class games in the future too, but at launch the PS3 lacks anything like an exclusive 'killer app' to sell the system to hardened gamers. Motorstorm and Resistance: Fall of Man are solid titles, but nothing new, and the rest are either standard fare or ports of existing games. But concentrating on the PS3 as purely a home cinema product, it's an unmistakeably excellent buy.
(Reviewed by tech.co.uk staff - what home cinema )
from http://www.techradar.com
Solid ground
The PS3 is a well-designed, solidly built device that's slightly larger than an Xbox 360 but not particularly bulky or heavy. It runs very quietly, comes with a wireless controller and uses touch-sensitive controls, all of which add to the quality feel.
The main AV connection is the HDMI, which can carry 1080p video to a compatible screen or projector and lossless 7.1-channel surround sound to a receiver. Also available are an optical digital out and a multipurpose AV output that can be fitted with component video and Scart adapters.
An Ethernet port and built-in Wi-Fi make connecting to a network very easy, and there are memory card and USB ports for transferring media files onto the 60GB hard drive or connecting up mice and other peripherals.
Switching on the console brings up a crisp, clear 'crossways' menu for accessing media, games and settings. For our money, it feels slightly more natural to use that the Xbox 360's 'blades' menu. Slip in a Blu-ray disc and it appears at the top of the 'video' menu. Select that and you'll be at the movie menu in moments - there's none of the sluggish chugging we've seen on other Blu-ray machines.
Unfortunately, you don't get a proper remote control with the PS3. Controlling playback with the gamepad is relatively simple, and Sony's official remote will only set you back an extra £18 or so.
We're pleased to report that the PS3's 1080p Blu-ray image is quite fantastic. It's on a par with the £1,100 Panasonic DMP-BD10 and far crisper and more detailed than the Samsung BD-P1000's disappointing offerings. There's an incredible amount of richness (and virtually no noise) on show in good quality Blu-ray discs like Kingdom of Heaven, which suggests that PS3 owners have a bright future ahead of them when it comes to watching HD movies.
Class act
There may well be some top class games in the future too, but at launch the PS3 lacks anything like an exclusive 'killer app' to sell the system to hardened gamers. Motorstorm and Resistance: Fall of Man are solid titles, but nothing new, and the rest are either standard fare or ports of existing games. But concentrating on the PS3 as purely a home cinema product, it's an unmistakeably excellent buy.
(Reviewed by tech.co.uk staff - what home cinema )
from http://www.techradar.com
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