Only 40% of PS3 owners know that PS3 can play Blu-Ray

Sony may have a big name but in the last numer of years the quality of many of their computers, consoles etc have been average to poor. Plus they seem to corner the market for expensive removeable media that will likely fail, eg UMDs the Black Disc for the PS1 etc.
 
Wow that is.....pretty shocking, i mean i'm glad i've got a blu ray player for a relatively cheap price compared to what you would pay for a good quality stand alone player (i've seen ones for £1000 :eek: ) but i kinda bought a PS3 to get all the great games that will (eventually) come out for it. I'm a maverick i know, somebody stop me!

I'll no doubt use it one day but i've never liked playing dvds on a console since my old 360 decided to "eat" one. Touch wood sony remembered to install that no eaty software that was obviously installed on the 360. :D
 
Liquid Skin said:
I'll no doubt use it one day but i've never liked playing dvds on a console since my old 360 decided to "eat" one. Touch wood sony remembered to install that no eaty software that was obviously installed on the 360. :D
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Sony should be more used to that part of the market more so than Microsoft.
 
Jayme said:
Liquid Skin said:
I'll no doubt use it one day but i've never liked playing dvds on a console since my old 360 decided to "eat" one. Touch wood sony remembered to install that no eaty software that was obviously installed on the 360. :D
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Sony should be more used to that part of the market more so than Microsoft.
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Meh, i dont use any sony dvd players so i can't say and i havent heard anything bad about the Ps3 as of yet, it has got the specific player after all. I just wasnt best pleased when the sound was stupidly out of synch while i was watching it and there was a nice gouge on my dvd after the 360 spat it out. :D
 
My xbox has been working fine from the day i got it ages ago, never gone wrong, and has never eaten a game or DVD of mine. The PS3 isn't that great, and to be honest, i don't see it worth dishing out all the money for yet anyways.
 
thekendyman said:
Sony may have a big name but in the last numer of years the quality of many of their computers, consoles etc have been average to poor. Plus they seem to corner the market for expensive removeable media that will likely fail, eg UMDs the Black Disc for the PS1 etc.
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My PS2 lasted 6 years, not 6 weeks like the 360, hardly average to poor quality. Launch day PS3 still going strong, where as I know someone whos 360 bust within 4 weeks!

The UMD is for the PSP not the PS1, although I agree it has failed, but Blu-ray is beating HD-DVD hands down at the moment hardly a failure.
 
Ditchdigger said:
The UMD is for the PSP not the PS1, although I agree it has failed, but Blu-ray is beating HD-DVD hands down at the moment hardly a failure.
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I know the UMDs are For Psps My comma is hit & Miss at work. The Black Disc [Don't know the name] were only ever used on the PS1 & never really took off, as have the UMDs. The PSP is the only device, potable or oterwise to use UMDs, which is how u say ****

My Playstation lasted the duration which is why I bought the PS2 when It came out. I loved it to bits until 2 years in where it started to not recognise disks & took 10 minutes to initially load a disk. It then 3 years to the very day Died Completely.
I also work in a large company who used to buy Sony Laptops and Monitors, each & every one of them died over the space of 2 years, and where we ever to require maintenance they charged us 25 quid for initial call & billed us for any further maintenance.
I do not have a major grievance with Sony Pas I really Hoped that the PS3 would be good but the quality of consoles, computers etc have been average to Poor IMO
 
Just looked up the black disc thing, it was a security device and as such were never meant to work on any thing, but a PS1.

I can't say about computers, never used one. We have Dells at work and they have their fair share of problems.

As for consoles all the stories suggest that in build quality the Japanese consoles (PS and Wii) beat the Yanks 360 hands down. I'd rather have 3 years with one console than 3 consoles in a year!
 
With a percentage like that, I can only suspect that they surveyed a whopping great 10 Playstation 3 owners. Not that that isn't a representative sample of course. There can't be that many more than 10 Playstation 3 owners.
 
McIcy said:
Because the Xbox pretty much falls apart and is made by microsoft so people go with the quality of the SOny machine
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I'm probably using it in a different context, but quality isn't a word I'd use for the PS3 =P
 
Espy said:
McIcy said:
Because the Xbox pretty much falls apart and is made by microsoft so people go with the quality of the SOny machine
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I'm probably using it in a different context, but quality isn't a word I'd use for the PS3 =P
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Its had its problems certainly (still no xmb access in game, psn downloads are buggy etc etc) but i see my Ps3 as an investment - ESPECIALLY given the amount of money it cost hehe - something that will bloom over time rather than burn out like the 360.
10 years sony have promised to support the Ps3 for, i'd give the 360....well its been out 2 years now so.......perhaps another 3 if they're lucky? So (at launch day prices) for 10 years its £425 for ps3 or £540 for 360....So what was that about the ps3 being costly?
Yes its a pricey machine but its got better hardware, more features and a longer lifespan, its a trade-off.

At the end of the day its all backbiting and fanboyism, i like the 360, it certainly beats the ps3 with its games at the moment and its had some classic games (i couldnt get enough of dead rising) its just not the console for me.
 
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