CES 2008 Predictions!

[TheMoose]

Originally Posted by deacongreg

but the OLD SONY PS3 seems to be the most consistent performer of every other stand alone player out there.

Which is why I don't have a standalone yet!
Kennyt has said the stand alones have better audio & video quality but I'll probably hold out for a profile 2.0 player that will bitstream the lossless formats.
I heard the new Sony player that does bitstream & it did sound & look great.

[deacongreg]

That is good then. I mean, as far as the PS3 goes, now it has 2.0, SONY continues to raise the bar on it. If, I was buying Blu-Ray today, I don`t know if I would buy a standalone player myself!!

[kennyt]

I still would, the PS3 is a great system, and has more features than anything else Blu-ray.

That said mine runs HOT and needs the internal fan to be on almost all the time, I don't really care when I am playing a game, but for subtle movies it might bother me as mine sits on my right side ~4 feet away, I might not notice it as it is pretty quiet, but knowing me, knowing it's there would bother me!

[deacongreg]

Hmmm, runs hot. That one I have not heard.

[TheMoose]

I've never heard the fan on my 60G PS3.
It's in an open rack about 10' away.
Mine is on 24/7 running Folding@home which uses more computing power than any game or movie & I have never heard my fan kick on high nor has it ever felt hot.

[kennyt]

I have the 80gb version, perhaps the extra HD space heats up more, but I usually keep it off unless I am playing a game and ZI turned it on the other day and within minutes it was pushing pout hot air. The fan is VERY quiet and I suspect even I wouldn't hear it at even quiet movie listening, but it IS on....