bluRay

jackdaw

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7187179.stm


hmmm.. im glad i read this .. was thinking of getting a blu ray..

Kev_ps3

Get a ps3 and you'll be fine regarding updates. Its a great bluray player and you'll get great extreas like - music player, web browser, photos etc. You can get one for €400 these days. Im not sure what are the prices of a standalone player but they were expensive.

RangeR

This info is a good few months old. For shame, BBC.

Yes, PS3 is probably the best blu-ray entry point at the moment. Don't think of it as a games console. It's a near full entertainment box. You can stream music, pictures and movies form your main pc or whatever, straight to the PS3 to your big screen TV. It rocks.

yoyo

IrishTLR wrote: »

This info is a good few months old. For shame, BBC.

Yes, PS3 is probably the best blu-ray entry point at the moment. Don't think of it as a games console. It's a near full entertainment box. You can stream music, pictures and movies form your main pc or whatever, straight to the PS3 to your big screen TV. It rocks.

Hmm, no its not, Sony only said this the other day, and its only the Standalones from Samsung, Sony etc which have the issiue, these are not upgradable and do not have a ethernet port that is part of profile 2.0, sony also said they cannot confirm newer titles carrying the Profile 2 mark will play in older players bar the ps3 as they cant be updated to support this new tech, most titles will play although will be limited in features...

Nick

RangeR

yoyo wrote: »

Hmm, no its not, Sony only said this the other day, and its only the Standalones from Samsung, Sony etc which have the issiue, these are not upgradable and do not have a ethernet port that is part of profile 2.0, sony also said they cannot confirm newer titles carrying the Profile 2 mark will play in older players bar the ps3 as they cant be updated to support this new tech, most titles will play although will be limited in features...

Nick

This Linky specifies that this was known back in November.
This mentions it as far back as September.

There are many more references but I just can't find them at the moment. There are many article in The Register, if you feel like researching it, but this is very old news.

yoyo

IrishTLR wrote: »

This Linky specifies that this was known back in November.
This mentions it as far back as September.

There are many more references but I just can't find them at the moment. There are many article in The Register, if you feel like researching it, but this is very old news.

Sorry man thought Sony only made an announcement regarding it the other day,

Nick

RangeR

yoyo wrote: »

Sorry man thought Sony only made an announcement regarding it the other day,

Nick

No bother. Sony may have just made the announcement yesterday or whatever, but the manufacturers of the blu units knew this for a long time. Sony aren't the only blu players. They just seem to have the louder voice

ipodrocker

ps3 is great buy as its got a built blueray player, and it is upgradable with the software updates that sony send when new versions of the blueray profile are realeased. Such as Picture in Picture due for release in 2.0 of the blueray profile.

pureirish

Thank god its a ps3 I bought and not a standalone player.

Kashkai

Why anyone would want to buy a blu ray player when they could get a ps3 for the same price is beyond me. You get so much more with the ps3 and there's regular firmware upgrades to keep it current - its a no brainer really