Can you transfer movies from a computer on to the hard drive of a playstaion 3?
Blue ray, can you play HD dvd on the playstation if it plays blue ray dvds?
Can you attach an external hard drive to a playstation 3 in order to pla movies you have stored on the external hard drive?
Would we be better off buying a dvd recorder with a 250GB hard drive and then an x box 360 for gaming. Help please as this is a source of argument for my partner and I !
2007-10-02 17:04:36 · 5 answers · asked by pinkchampagne 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Games & Gear ➔ PlayStation
If the movie is in the correct format you can transfer it from your computer to hard drive on PS3,
You can also upgrade your hard rive on your PS3 with a SATA hard drive used in most laptops going from 60 or 80 to 250 or 500GB.
You can only play BLU Ray on the PS 3 NOT HD DVD.
You can also hook up an external hard rive to your PS 3 and also just stream the movies from your computer to the PS3 to play on your TV using the media connect feature similar to that used on windows and xbox 360.
The only thing you cant do is record TV with the PS 3 yet.
PS swapping out the hard drive does not void the warranty is easy to do and encouraged by Sony to do,
2007-10-02 17:17:44 · answer #1 · answered by fallen69jedi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, you can do pretty much everything you ask (except play HD-DVDs on it. Don't know if there are any websites that'll transfer the format out there, but Blu-ray is currently the format leader.)
The PS3 does play Blu-rays as good as players twice it's price, and due to it's ability to upgrade the firmware it's able to take advantage of future developments for the format.
Also, early next year, in europe to start with, Sony are releasing 'Playtv' which acts a bit like Tivo.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/22/scee-announces-playtv-for-ps3-watch-record-and-replay-tv-show/
2007-10-03 05:12:45 · answer #2 · answered by pluginmaybe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answer above was very good regarding HDD and movies question. Let's compare PS3 and XBOX 360:
Almost a third of XBOX 360 are malfunctioning right from the start. PS3 return rate is only around 0.2%.
Let's compare them
PS3 has 7+1 kernels in Cell processor, Xbox 360 -only 3x2
PS3 uses advanced tech called Blu-Ray, one disc can store up to 54 gb (in the future - up to 200 gb), Xbox 360 - regular dual DVD (9.5 gb).
Calculations per sec - PS3 - 51-billion-dot-product-operati... per second
Xbox 360 - 33.6-billion-dot-product-opera... per second
PS3 has full media support - USBs, built-in card reader (except 20 gb version), ability to use printer and so on.
Xbox 360 has USBs and only 2 memory slots.
PS3 supports up to 7 Bluetooth Controllers
Xbox 360 - up to 4 Controllers
PS3 - wi-fi included (except 20 gb version)
Xbox 360 - wi-fi will cost you around 100 $
Graphics are stronger in PS3, due to RSX chip, that was developed by Nvidia exclusively for PS3. To estimate its power (roughly) - take 8600 Ultra nvidia graphics card, multiply it by 2 - get a result, still PS3 stronger, because 8600 Ultra runs on 400 Mhz and RSX runs on 550 Mhz.
PS3 has a chip from AGEIA company. It does to physics of the game same thing GPU (videocard processor) does to graphics. This card is on sale for PC. The price is around 350$.
Xbox 360 is widely known for so-called "red ring of death" problem - it gets overheated easily. My PS3 was running for more than 8 hours non-stop with no problems. Sometimes Xbox 360 becomes so overheated, that thermopaste on CPU melts, drips on motherboard and successfully shortcircuits it.
Besides all of this, I've seen disassembled Xbox 360 - regular PC architecture - Billy Gates is an uninventive nerd (as usual).
When I saw disassembled PS3 - it was a surprise - smart architecture, good cooling (don't buy external PS3 coolers - they make everything worse - original system is good), etc.
In 2008 we'll get more than 300 games, including Metal Gear Solid 4 and other great exclusives. Here is the great link to the future PS3 releases. http://ps3.ign.com/index/release.html......
PS3 online world will be free, Xbox 360 - you have to pay.
In some countries people call Xbox 360 "Coffin 360".
The funniest thing, that right now there are no games for PS3, that show full potential of the console.
Sony expects PS3 to stay on the market for, at least, 7-10 years.
I didn't mention Wii, because it's so weak, no point to talk about it.
2007-10-03 02:24:00 · answer #3 · answered by Bull Goose Loony 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He answered your questions above now to add a thread to you and your partners discussion..
PS3 is $499 and the Xbox 360 Elite is $479. $20 dollar difference...
PS3 games produced are on Hd 50gig blueray (more space for better graphics without sacrificing game levels and game size..) GTA4 developers even stated that the game will have better graphics and gaming on the ps3 version and are having issues with the 360 version because of 8gig dvd game format... They may have to make the 360 version on multiple disc so if you like getting out of your chair alot while playing, .....
360-elite games produced on dual layered 8gig dvds
game developers are finding the 360 format to limiting and finding that they have to sacrifice game graphics or gaming levels and challenges...
Ps3 for the extra $20 you get a full HD entertainment system that also surfs the internet. You can goto any website and watch or download videos like YouTube...You can access your email and print it etcc...
Ps3 Blueray hd movie player that also upscales regular dvds movies to HD...It also upscales ps2 games to hd..
Ps3 comes with rechargeable controllers...
Ps3 comes with free online play and Wifi
All of the above the 360-elite can't do.
360 and elite -For hd movies you have to buy the hddvd player for $200. For
360 elite for quick charge kit you have to buy it for $20.
360 elite no interent browser
Ps3 hdmi 1.3 (supports deep color)
360-elite- 1.2 doesn't support deepcolor 1.3
Ps3 Nvidia RSX GPU Graphics at least two years ahead of it's time. And programmers aren't even close to using it's full potential yet.
360-elite is hardware locked into outdated DX9 graphics-Game programmers are developoing for DX10 (full 4d and 3d motion realism)
THe ps3 8cell broadband processors. CPU-Designed specifically for highspeed calculations (Games Capable of more AI charactors )
Xbox 360 -Elite-- The New 65NM CHip....Isn't any different then what they used in the 360 core except it cost less to produce....
Ps3 you can buy any external usb harddrive and hook it up loaded with music videos , etc...You can buy any brand 2.5 ata harddrive and upgrade the harddrive size for ps3...
THe elite and 360 requires Microsoft harddrives only- for a 20gig it's $100, for the 120 it's $189
360 -elite for wifi you have to pay an additional $100 and online gaming is $50 a year...And for that $50 a year to play online you also get stuck with third party in menu advertising...
To use 60% of what the 360 and elite can do you have to buy the addons and you'll spend over $750 before you even insert a game.
THe elite and new 360s hdmi, 65nm, red ring of death--Microsoft has no Idea what the cause is, You can't fix what you can't find. So yes they are all vulnerable.
Get the ps3 you can use it for so much more. We own all three. THe wii, elite and ps3
2007-10-03 00:15:18 · answer #4 · answered by R "n" D 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can transfer movies from a computer onto the ps3's HDD, even wirelessly
You can't play HD DVD on it
You can use an external, or even replace your internal HDD with any brand of HDD
No.
2007-10-03 00:09:33 · answer #5 · answered by Shadowfyre 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋