So it’s the holidays and thanks I get it that I’m late to the party but with the PS3 at $300 now it’s  a no-brainer to tell everyone to get one.

I love mine.  But not just for game play. in fact Sony will be happy to know that I think I might still be costing them money as I have yet to buy a NEW game and all I’ve gotten this thing for is the Blu-Ray Player.  I had just bought a new 46 Sharp LCD last Spring and had an old Dvd player but once it was announced that Blu-Ray won it was time to decide what Blu-ray player to get.  of course had I waited till Christmas time last year I would have bought 2 $100 Blu-ray players at Target but alas I am an impatient type so I had to get one in October.

So I paid the $400 for it, took it home plugged in the three wires, HDMI Power, Ethernet for internet – I had the network  cable run already so I set it up with 1/Gb ethernet it also does wireless  if you’re not a total wire junk like I am. I  added a  fiber optic into my surround sound system and was blown away by how easy it is to hook stuff these days (HDMI makes this stuff really easy)  not to mention the picture quality. Movies look amazing in blue Ray but also the Games way more detail than I was used to and better then my tired old Graphics card in my PC.  Get this  according to this article here the new 3D standard has been announced and if  Sony is smart my PS3 will just need a Software update to recognize the new format and I suppose some kind of glasses. The only crappy part is the possibility that I will need a new LCD Set. (unless they can figure out something at 60Hz – after all Blue Ray at 24Hz looks awesome at 1080p. ) but “compatible 3d display” is the lingo at the moment I suppose we will have to wait and see.

Sony is still loosing money on each console (still $40 on the new Slim model)  according to this article I would imagine that for them it’s going to make far more economic sense to work out a firmware update then force a ton of folks to buy new consoles.  But then again I could be wrong. In any case not only does my PS 3 play games, I can also buy and download  content using the Playstation store both free game demos and a couple of HD movies which are priced  the same as VOD  on cable here It does  take time to download  which is why I did this one time out of curiosity  to see how it worked.  You do get a bit of leeway in that you have 14 days to start the video but then once started you have 24hours to watch.  So the verdict is out on this as to whether or not it catches on as a revenue generator for Sony.

I also have been able to paly my music from my PC through my surround system and some video clips as well using the media server connection that is built in to the PS3  so overall it’s a fun device has been quite reilable and I’m happy with it.  if you have a good library of video,audio and photos on your PC and want to see them in your living room through a console awsome picture quality with Blu-Ray discs and being ready for the next generation of what sony comes up with you will probably enjoy a PS3 Like I do.

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