making the big switch

blaze1

alrite lads,

so im thinking about getting rid of the 360 and investing in the ps3. just have a few questions and was looking for some advice.

does the playstation have a similar setup with sky where u can watch sky player or zune or some other sort of yoke on the ps3?

can you stream movies from your pc to to console?

think thats about it

if any one wants a trade let me know!

Grumpypants

blaze1 wrote: »

alrite lads,

so im thinking about getting rid of the 360 and investing in the ps3. just have a few questions and was looking for some advice.

does the playstation have a similar setup with sky where u can watch sky player or zune or some other sort of yoke on the ps3?

can you stream movies from your pc to to console?

think thats about it

if any one wants a trade let me know!

You dont have a sky player but you do have an internet browser so you can use any of the iplayers for free.

Yes you can stream as well.

gstar

blaze1 wrote: »

alrite lads,

so im thinking about getting rid of the 360 and investing in the ps3. just have a few questions and was looking for some advice.

does the playstation have a similar setup with sky where u can watch sky player or zune or some other sort of yoke on the ps3?

can you stream movies from your pc to to console?

think thats about it

if any one wants a trade let me know!

im posting from my ps3 now so u even get boards too u got vidzone 4 music vids which is handy, also i tend 2 either stream movies or download films straight to the hdd. things like i player work ok (just watched some classic fawlty towers as it happens ), theres also media server thing so i guess u can stream from pc

AtomicHorror

blaze1 wrote: »

alrite lads,

so im thinking about getting rid of the 360 and investing in the ps3. just have a few questions and was looking for some advice.

does the playstation have a similar setup with sky where u can watch sky player or zune or some other sort of yoke on the ps3?

can you stream movies from your pc to to console?

think thats about it

if any one wants a trade let me know!

Why bother getting rid of the 360? They're hardly worth big bucks even new these days, so trading in a used one is not going to knock much off the price of a PS3. Don't get me wrong, I love my PS3, but I don't see why it's an either/or thing.

Captain Chaos

AtomicHorror wrote: »

Why bother getting rid of the 360? They're hardly worth big bucks even new these days, so trading in a used one is not going to knock much off the price of a PS3. Don't get me wrong, I love my PS3, but I don't see why it's an either/or thing.

+1, the 360 is worth more by keeping it.

The PS3 does not have many differences over the 360 as a pure games console. Just a few exclusive games, free online play, and it's a web browser and bluray player.

F1ngers

Captain Chaos wrote: »

+1, the 360 is worth more by keeping it.

The PS3 does not have many differences over the 360 as a pure games console. Just a few exclusive games, free online play, and it's a web browser and bluray player.

PS3 does not have OtherOS though. In case that makes any differance.

amacachi

F1ngers wrote: »

PS3 does not have OtherOS though. In case that makes any differance.

Neither does the PS3, and I think the OP wants to go online.


I wouldn't get rid of the Xbox, for the amount you'd get I can't see the point.

The browser works with Megavideo which is handy. Look up PS3MediaServer for better streaming to the PS3, runs on the computer and converts as you watch.

blaze1

Captain Chaos wrote: »

+1, the 360 is worth more by keeping it.

The PS3 does not have many differences over the 360 as a pure games console. Just a few exclusive games, free online play, and it's a web browser and bluray player.

Yeah I know what your saying, just havin to many problems
it won't boot up if there's a disc in it
my live profile email was set up in the uk and according to ms I can't change this, it doesn't let me download some game update mappacks for waw for example,
just fed up with all the overheads with the 360

did someone mention iplayer ? Is that the BBC one?? Would love to get that,

amacachi

blaze1 wrote: »

did someone mention iplayer ? Is that the BBC one?? Would love to get that,

Won't work in the Republic.

blaze1

pah thought it was too good to be true


cheers lads

Grumpypants

blaze1 wrote: »

pah thought it was too good to be true


cheers lads

BBC iplayer doesnt work outside the UK but the RTE, TV3, ITV channel 4 (sometimes) do work.

marko91

Grumpypants wrote: »

You dont have a sky player but you do have an internet browser so you can use any of the iplayers for free.

Yes you can stream as well.

only rye iplayer, bbc iplayer is restricted to the uk

Luap

Thread title is a bit misleading, thought it was the Bord Gais Ad

tiernanmul_gos

im doing the same thing sunday and im wondering can you stream live matches on it?

Grumpypants

tiernanmul_gos wrote: »

im doing the same thing sunday and im wondering can you stream live matches on it?

yes but i cant tell you where forum rules and all that

DARK-KNIGHT

ok to be fair op the ps3 is great with bluray and couple of nice titles but im really disappointed with the online service compared to the 360 its pathetic now i know its free but they can charge me whatever but they need to get it right!

get little big planet btw so much fun lol

also gears of war 3 is out next april its gonna be epic lol

DARK-KNIGHT

in short just thought i would ad this so no flaming etc but the 360 and ps3 are both quality machines!! any dissing of either is just pants imo! good luck op if i was u keep both!!!!!!!

Riesen_Meal

I reckon keep the Xbox, but also get the PS3, I own both consoles, theres no super-exclusive PS3 games that have made me go WOW except for maybe Uncharted 2 and MGS4 (in parts) I do actually love the console at the same time, but feel theres not enough games for me at the moment, I reckon this is the year we will see the PS3 moving up a gear though as the developers really seem to be getting the knack of it....

Lately ive been doing a lot of stacking up and playing 2 games on each system and I have to say the Xbox generally is better from what ive seen, MW2, SF4, Assassins Creed 2, and Fight Night are some of the games ive compared both platforms and on each of those games the PS3 seem slow and not as smooth running compared to the Xbox counterpart, I reckon thats a trend thats dying thankfully and soon we will see the better looking PS3 games.....

And anyway, its nice seeing the two consoles stacked alongside each other and knowing you have choices....

Butch Cassidy

What a change in culture that the prime market ends up buying both consoles! Imagine a kid getting a Nintendo and Mega Drive back in the day?!



Right, so I get this much : PS3 is slightly more robust than the 360 which scratches disks if you fart too close to the machine. Is that an accurate assessment?

WolfForager

It only does everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHz_vBWzcFQ