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Joe Murphy Jr

In Reply to: RE: Yes, IF� posted by David Aiken on January 12, 2008 at 22:06:30

#1 I have a 60GB version (SCEA began the PS3 series with the 60 and the 20 models) and the PS3 starts up as a player if a BD or a DVD is inserted. Mine was firmware 1.0 when I bought it, but I don't recall if it did this from the start. Perhaps one of the firmware updates allowed it to act as you prefer.

#2 Bluetooth is the future (I know you hate reading that) and I'm sure manufacturers will eventually release (hybrid) remotes to use with the PS3. I do understand your situation, as many have commented on no IR control for the PS3. There are work-arounds for this (the USB ports support past IR remotes via the PS2 add-on), but allowing IR use, even if just for Blu-ray and DVD playback, would have made many people happy.

#3 Tray vs slot? I'd prefer a top-loader, but the price-point would have really been missed if they did this. The tractor-drive slot works rather well, though.

#4 Right now the PS3 will decode Dolby TrueHD and pass it via HDMI as PCM. It will also decode and send it as 8 channels (if the disc was encoded with 8 channels of audio): there are some players that will only give you 6 channels. As for DTS, I believe SCEA will issue a firmware update after the PS3 is made Profile 2.0 compliant (profile support seems to be highest on their list of priorities) to give it the capability of decoding DTS-HD Master Audio and sending it as PCM via HDMI. The only way I see this as not happening is if there isn't enough processing power left over, which I don't believe will be the case.

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Thanks for the responses - David Aiken 12:53:51 01/13/08 (1)
#1: solves one of my problems.

#2: the future is always different to how things are now. Things change and BlueTooth may be part of it but during any change people will always have 'hybrid' systems, part old and part new. It would be nice if products introducing a new control technology also offered the old to simplify the change for those using universal remotes but that probably is too much to ask.

#3: what can I say? Slots are my least favourite loading mechanism. I'd say top loaders are not my favourite because the couple I've tried tend to have not that much extra well space around the disc and I've got fat fingers. Bigger wells would make that less of an issue for me. There's just an awful lot of room around a tray when it's in the open position and it's easy to keep a tray dust free.

#4:DTS decoding is important for me since I want a player to be able to handle all standard formats associated with the disc type. A software update to fix that one point might well tip me over the edge to a purchase since that's the big reason I've been fence sitting to now. I was very tempted to just buy a PS3 anyway a couple of times in the leadup to Christmas and that was the sticking point each time.

David Aiken
- another tipping point - Joe Murphy Jr 15:41:50 01/13/08 (0)
  in favor of stand-alones are the announcements of players with more capability and processing power. I believe there were at least 4 or 5 players announced at CES that have DTS-HD Master Audio decoding and/or bitstreaming. The Panasonic BD50 looks to be a very competent player (provided they've addressed the LFE issues of the BD30) and should sell for around $399 - $449.
  
  Regarding SCEA and DTS-HD Master Audio (decoding in the PS3), I just wish they'd make an official announcement so interested parties can make a decision. While the word from a Sony insider says it will come to the PS3, I'd like to see something official. I think some of the engineers and firmware coders at SCEA like the fact that they can release updates and still get that "Christmas morning" reaction from PS3 owners. I have to admit it's cool to download an update just about every other month and a piece of electronics you purchased over a year ago now has multiple newer/better/more advanced features added to it for free in a matter of minutes.

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