Playstation 3
A few weeks ago I wrote about my debate over whether or not to buy a PS3. Last week Target ran a deal where if you bought the 40GB PS3 you got a free $40 gift card. This combined with the announcement that Toshiba will no longer produce HD-DVD players, resulted in me buying a PS3.I have owned an XBOX 360 for over a year and I have to say that from a hardware standpoint the PS3 is in another league. From the design, to the capability, this is one slick machine.
Pros:
- Quiet Fans (while the PS3 produces plenty of heat, it does so without the considerable fan noise that my 360 emits)
- Quiet Disc Drive (unlike the jet engine in the 360, the PS3's drive is virtually silent)
- Clean Interface (the blade interface of the 360 is good, but at times can be clunky with too many sub-menus per blade, I found the crossbar on the PS3 to be better)
- Movie Playback (the PS3 has a huge advantage due to its built-in Bluray player, but even the options for upscaling regular DVDs and the interface itself are far superior to the 360)
Cons:
- PSN (it doesn't come close to the content available on XBOX Live & its interface is clunky)
- Game Demos (require an install process which for some reason is not done automatically)
That said I am very pleased with my purchase. I definitely spend more time watching movies than playing games, so my PS3 will see a lot of use from all media.
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