Loving my PS3, not just for games

[martynh]

Hooked up my camera to my PS3 lastnight and watched a slide show of all the pics on there of my 2 baby girls, very easy to use and the pics looked brillant on the TV, also copied up 2 DivX files, worked a treat so simple!

I may not go back to my PC!

 

[McBunny]

360 does the same aswell good isnt it

 

[sneeks]

I often use my PS3 for DivX playback, looks great on the plasma

 

[oska]

Did the same with my holiday pics. Looks fantastic if you have an HD camera, like you are back on holiday again.

 

[David]

plug your pc into your tele even better, more codec compatibility, you can watch hidef stuff you downloaded, play games, watch dvd's, there much better.. can a ps3 put up a powerpoint presentation?! lol

 

[nosluom]

im sure its not top of everyones list watching a powerpoint presentation of an evening lol

 

[martynh]

Yeah, never used powerpoint in my life!

As far as I concerned this is a great box, movies, games and pictures, and smaller than my desktop PC upstairs. I still use my PC for COD and the like but for everytihg else it's the PS3 for me!

 

[David]

only playing with you mate, i'm love mine too, was just saying! it's all been done before

 

[martynh]

Fair do's, sure you can get media players but they cost more than a PS3 and probably aren't as simple to setup either, especially for the "average joe" in the street.

PCs do not belong in the living room imo.

 

[David]

Fair do's, sure you can get media players but they cost more than a PS3 and probably aren't as simple to setup either, especially for the "average joe" in the street.

PCs do not belong in the living room imo.

I couldn't disagree with you more on that statement ... but lets not squabble eh.:quiet:

 

[sneeks]

Now that the PS3 plays all my media files I have sold my Archos 605 wifi as it was no longer needed. The quality of playback on my TV from the PS3 is also superior to the Archos.

 

[Longy]

I just stream everything from my PC upstairs to my TV via Xbox 360 wirelessly. All my movies/music/pics are stored on the PC - instead having disc's lying around. Digitally organised

 

[Nigel]

^^ I agree. Streaming from my PC to the xbox over wireless is pretty cool!

Can the PS3 be sync'd to a PC?

 

[KDF]

can a ps3 put up a powerpoint presentation?! lol

Erm, yes actually.

Install linux/openoffice.. job done.

 

[David]

can a ps3 put up a powerpoint presentation?! lol

Erm, yes actually.

Install linux/openoffice.. job done.

:boring:

 

[KDF]

^^ I agree. Streaming from my PC to the xbox over wireless is pretty cool!

Can the PS3 be sync'd to a PC?

Hmm, you could just setup a UPNP folder and access all your media through that..

You could sync if it was running linux but I don't think you could in the Xrossbar OS as such as you would need network access to the PS3's hard drive.. or be able to run code on the PS3.

 

[KDF]

Erm, yes actually.

Install linux/openoffice.. job done.

:boring:

Just cause the 360 can't... :quiet:

 

[Nigel]

Cool, thanks for that. I'm thinking of taking the plunge for a PS3 soon.

 

[David]

:boring:

Just cause the 360 can't... :quiet:

LOL!!!

 

[The Ironist]

Is it just me or does the PS3 playback of divx look really grainy? I got my laptop and ps3 hooked up to same tv (Sony Bravia 40").

The laptop plays them really well but then i put the file on the ps3 and play it through there it looks really crap compared to when on the laptop. Is it just me experiencing this? Can i do something to fix it?

 

[The Hoff]

^I'd suggest looking at your playback settings on the PS3.

 

[sneeks]

Is it just me or does the PS3 playback of divx look really grainy? I got my laptop and ps3 hooked up to same tv (Sony Bravia 40").

The laptop plays them really well but then i put the file on the ps3 and play it through there it looks really crap compared to when on the laptop. Is it just me experiencing this? Can i do something to fix it?

No problems at all with DivX playback on my TV via the PS3, it's very clear and sharp and better than the Archos 605 I have previously used.

 

[The Ironist]

Can you list the settings you have just so i can set mine to it and try again? Also what setting do you have it on to stretch it to full screen?

 

[Lagerlout]

Yup, ace isn't it. Big fan of the whole digital/wireless revolution tbh.

Love using Media Centre on my 360. Impresses my non-geek friends lol

 

[JoelDee]

Sold my ps3 lol couldnt be arsed with it :S