Picked up a PS3 the other day for playing games on and not Blu-ray. It did come with a couple of Blu-ray films, one of which was Casino Royale.

Now, I don't have a HD screen at the moment but my DVD5 is plugged into the same screen.

First thoughts on looking at the film? Absolutely terrible! The DVD of Casino Royale is much cleaner, doesn't have what looks to be stuttering movement when the camera pans and well, my DVD collection will just increase over time. I'm unlikely to purchase any further Blu-ray films.

The PS3 has the most recent firmware which I believe fixed some of the earlier problems of blu-ray playback.

Steve.

It will be naff if you are trying to play a BR DISC through a none HD screen.
Munch

First thought is frame-rate incompatability can cause stuttering image, i.e. 24 fps vs 25fps.

Also you really need an HD display to get the best out of Blu-ray. The 65" panasonic panel that John Lewis have on display at Cribbs Causeway shows how good it can be.

Jono

It is a known fact, that the analogue outputs on the PS3 are completely crap!

You really need to connect over HDMI to see what BluRay it is capable of...

Ideally to a full HD device with dot-by-dot mode (no overscan) and 24p compatibility.

happy watching
Adrian

don't know much about ps3 and blue-ray, but i run a HD-drive via x-box 360 and then a toshiba HD-E1 HD player into my panasonic sd panel and had no problems at all and in fact the picture quality inputed at either 720p or 1080i was very good even though the panel downscaled it to 480, now use the HD-E1 into my HD ready fujitsu and yes the picture is better , but its not night or day ? as for the 24p compatibility after reading some threads on the av-forums that does not seem all its cracked up to be ?

John, would you recommend the 360 as a stand alone player (for dvd and hd-dvd). How noisy is it in actual use. I know that the hd drive is an add on.

Toying with the idea of buying one or the ps3 as an all in one solution for dvd and gaming.

Ryan

ryan d, the x-box is not as noisy when you are using the hd-drive as it is when you play games on it, and funny enough it seems quieter now its in my boys room as apose to being in the front room, but you will probably still hear it wherever it is, some people say thers are quite mine is not.

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Originally posted by Ancipital:
Now, I don't have a HD screen at the moment but my DVD5 is plugged into the same screen.

First thoughts on looking at the film? Absolutely terrible! The DVD of Casino Royale is much cleaner, doesn't have what looks to be stuttering movement when the camera pans and well, my DVD collection will just increase over time. I'm unlikely to purchase any further Blu-ray films.

A few days ago, I plugged a friend's DVD player to my old school (but still rocking) black & white tv my grand dad bought back in the year 1953. First thoughts? Absolutely terrible! There is no way I'm upgrading from VHS to this crap.

Just kidding of course But I think you really need the right equipment in order to judge the quality of a technology (here: a full HD capable screen natively supporting 24 hertz mode). I guess a full Naim setup wouldn't sound exactly as it should when used on crappy plastic PC speakers, would it?

Just bought myself a PS3 solely to find out what Blue Ray is all about. I coupled it to my Pioneer pdp427xd via a Chord 1.3 Silver Plus HDMI and watched Die Hard 4 on Blue Ray tonight.

Wow! what a difference. Wonderful. I'll never by a garbage dvd again. Let's hope the Blue Ray takes off properly.

Is your Pioneer one of those new Kuro sets, count?

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Originally posted by count.d:
Just bought myself a PS3 solely to find out what Blue Ray is all about. I coupled it to my Pioneer pdp427xd via a Chord 1.3 Silver Plus HDMI and watched Die Hard 4 on Blue Ray tonight.

Wow! what a difference. Wonderful. I'll never by a garbage dvd again. Let's hope the Blue Ray takes off properly.

PS3 is the best DVD player for so little money spent. Make sure you upgrade your PS3 to the latest version. I have mine for about a year and like it very much. The PS3 upscaling abilities are also admirable for normal DVD

Jon,

No, the new Pioneer is the pdp428xd. It superceeded mine about June/July this year.

I've been faffing around debating what sd dvd player or recorder to buy for months and suddenly thought sod it, I'll try the newly released, cheaper 40gb version PS3 and if it's rubbish, I'll still use it for something. Best thing I've bought for a while. The picture is virtually perfect. There's a little bit of grain and a little bit of pan judder, but with the amazing definition and sound, I think I'm just being too fussy.

Tuan,

I've connected it to the net via my wireless router and downloaded the v2.0 update.

Thanks for the info, count.

Funnily enough I'm considering a Sony 32" LCD for my next TV and have been half-thinking about getting a PS3 to go with it, especially as the price of the latter came down recently.

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The picture is virtually perfect. There's a little bit of grain and a little bit of pan judder

And I mean this in the most critical way. I'm judging the 42" screen from 2ft away. Getting a good HDMI cable is extremely important. The Chord 1.3 Silver Plus cost me £123 for a 5m length and I know it's crazy money, but believe me, it's worth it.

I temporarily replaced the standard Pioneer mains lead with one of my Naim leads to see if there was a difference and to my suprise, there was a very subtle one. I've ordered a Chord mains "Power Chord" to improve my picture and that was £180!

Jeez - this stuff just doesn't come cheap, does it! Well, I suppose the devil is in the detail, as the saying goes.

I hope it turns out to be worth all that extra expense.

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Originally posted by count.d:

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The picture is virtually perfect. There's a little bit of grain and a little bit of pan judder

And I mean this in the most critical way. I'm judging the 42" screen from 2ft away. !

With a 42" screen, the optimal distance is about 3m away from the screen (not 2ft) to watch movies. I only use a 50 dollars "low end" HDIM cable and the picture is already stunning on my LCD Sony Bravia XBR2

You're quite right Tuan, I need to move my sofa back. At the moment, I have no option but to watch the tv sitting cross legged.