One-and-Only PS3 as Blu-Ray Player Thread - Page 1058

Well, elapsed time or time in use?

I barely EVER USED it, so if it lasted 100 hours I would be amazed.

I would expect something to last more than 100 hours.

Elapsed time...well 4-5 years.

I know that I shouldn't jinks myself, but I own 2 phats (original 40GB, and 80GB MGS4 with some PS2 backwards compatibility).

These things don't owe me anything at this point. The 40GB phat has played every Bluray disc that wasn't cracked from Netflix and Blockbuster and the 80GB has so many gaming hours by my son that I can't believe it still read Game discs like it was new. It has played every PS3 game disc he has rented (blockbuster and local) except 1. The 80GB ps3 is also transported 6 times a year for vacations.

I have rented hundreds of Blurays since I have owned them.

My home has quality electrostatic dust filters on the furnace with regular circulation times scheduled and some standalone air filters. My home is always maintained below 75degrees. I wonder if heat kills peoples PS3s?

LACK OF USE is not good - only 25 hours per year or 2 hours per month.

I have used my fats for 200 hours per year.

I believe there was an early laser problem that has been gone for a long
time - a refurbed fat or slim should be fine and the only thing you get
with a slim is the TrueHD or DTS-MA light on your AVR to come on.

... Instead of SACD playback

That post you responded to is more than six years old. Even if those numbers were accurate at the time, they definitely aren't anymore.

I have an older ps3 and a samsung pn51d6500. Tv looks great with hd cable, but blu rays from my ps3 are way too dark. Ive tried different combinations of settings and im using rgb limited with ypbcr and super white on. Is this a known issue with the ps3?

I think I figured out the source of my problem - the Harmony PS3 adapter was "dying"! I noticed a few times that the LED on the adapter was off even though it was plugged in at the times that I discovered the PS3 on when it shouldn't have been. Last night I went down to use the PS3 and found that the LED was off - unplugging and plugging the adapter back in made the LED come on briefly before it shut down again. I'm assuming it has officially died at this point.
This was a "refurbished" Harmony adapter... I guess it wasn't refurbished very well.

I have had a Logitech Harmony adapter for the PS3, which I bought new, for nearly three years. Until recently it had been working perfectly. Unfortunately, it has lost its Bluetooth connection with my PS3 a couple of times in recent weeks. I suspect this is because recently I have been using Bluetooth remote control apps on my Macbook Pro and iPad to control a Mac Mini, which I use as an HTPC. Assuming that's the case, I still give the Logitech Harmony adapter high marks.

I give high marks to no adapter whatsoever. I can do everything I need via bravia sync (HDMI CEC) for free. Codes and details are posted in the FAQ.

Amazon streaming is know on the ps3 i have bin hoping for this since i have amazon prime. They need to add a queue though.

That would be helpful to someone with sony equipment I suppose. Unfortunately that won't help my situation.

This talk of One Remote To Rule Them All still tickles me after all this time. Did your various components not come with remotes?

I still see nothing wrong with using a remote to do one job. Turn on the TV, put it down. Turn on the AVR, switch to the TV input (if it was left on the PS3 input), put it down. Pick up the TiVo remote and enjoy....

I guess I must have missed the fascination of these...

Seggers

Why make life difficult and clutter up the space?
Push one button to turn on the ps3, turn on the tv, turn on AVR, set AVR to the correct input - or - find TV remote in remote pile, push on button, find AVR remote, push on button, remember which input the ps3 is on and push that button, find ps3 remote, push button to turn it on. For me the one button solution just makes more sense. I don't have a place to keep a pile of remotes, and I like being able to just hit the button and walk away to get my popcorn or whatever as the system fires up.
Combine that with equipment that not in line of sight with the remote - it just works better for me. It also lessens the number of times I have to help my wife figure out how to work the system. "push the button that says what you want to do" is easier to explain than "grab these 3 remotes from the pile of remotes, do these 5 steps, unless you want to use the Wii instead - then hit these button... And for the blu ray player use these remotes and these buttons".

Whatever works for you and makes you happy

We are clearly in the minority on this one but I agree with you 100%. I only wish that all my remotes had Bluetooth like my PS3 remote. Not needing line of sight for it has spoiled me for all the others.

Works with my toshiba too (their HDMI control is called regza link or something like that). It should work with anynet, viera link, etc., whatever your tv maker calls it. Of course your tv remote would need the transport controls on it. My toshiba uses them for playing slide shows, but also sends them over HDMI to my PS3 and every other player I've tried. It's worth a shot to just enable it and see what happens.

Oh really? Interesting... I will have to look into it a little more Does your Ps3 turn on every time the tv comes on? I know that when I had CEC turned on with my blu ray player it kept turning it on whenever the tv came on so I shut off CEC on the tv (Mitsubishi).

Neither of my tv's do that, but they do work differently. The toshiba will turn on the PS3 when I select its input. I do have the option to turn that behavior off. My sony has a menu for controlling HDMI connected devices which can be set to turn them on when they are selected. Each tv has options to manage what level of automation and control I can have over HDMI connected devices. I have been able to set mine up without any undesired effects. The benefit for me is I have more control than I had using an IR dongle and none of the cost of a bluetooth solution like the logitech adapter.

+1

Unless equipment is in line of sight and not too far away, IR controls are very unreliable. I love the PS3's Bluetooth remote.

Thanks for the information!
I tried playing around last night but I'm not really sure what I'm doing...

Hi mdavej, curious if you're running PS3 straight to the tv or running PS3 through AVR and then to the tv.

Straight to tv in both cases.

I never really understood this but, does not HDMI to TV preclude the PS3 from sending the more recent audio codes (ie Dolby True HD, etc) to your AVR, resulting in only the older DD or DTS?

absolutely correct

Another thing that precludes it is having no HDMI inputs on one's AVR, which happens to be the case with me ;-)

Got it. That was the sole (well, at least biggest) motivator in my recent AVR (Onkyo 709) upgrade. HDMI has made my spaghetti wiring nightmare so, so much better! Of course, I have not figured out how to turn on the (fat) PS3 via HDMI from my AVR. Don't think it's possible.

im thinking of selling my infrequently used bdp-83 player in place of a new ps3. i currently have my oppo output to source direct into my scaler. does the ps3 do source direct? if not, is its internal scaler anywhere near the oppo's? im using it with a jvc rs35 pj and 130" screen so i can see when the image is inferior for scaling.

thx.

Except LG's. There's only works with their own devices. So lame.

Could anyone explain the best way to configure my setup for audio with the ps3? It seems like some of you are saying straight to he tv is best?

I've got a lg 55lw5600, ps3 slim, and Panasonic 1021k reciever. The reciever and tv both have arc.

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Hi talk show host, wow a new model receiver . I believe you have a Pioneer 1021K receiver.

PS3 -> 1021K -> Tv (all via HDMI cables)