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  I don't play my PS3 much, but I still think it's the sexiest of the consoles. I would love to use it more... : MagicWishMonkey
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    It is an amazing media box. Blu Ray, Netflix, Hulu+, the only thing it is really missing is playing back ... : Serpico74
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      I wish it or the 360 would support Amazon VOD. :/ : ThomW
      • http://www.playon.tv/content-channels?loc=pl1 : Slowtreme
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      I still use my 360 for Netflix, out of habit. I need to update my PS3 and check out 1080p streaming, it w... : MagicWishMonkey
      • I use ps3 media server to both my ps3 upstairs and my xbox downstairs. : legsbrogan
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      360 Netflix is HD but PS3 Netflix is not, correct? : Gorkgork
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        Nope. PS3 netflix is the first to get 5.1 surround and 1080p video for some content. : Prozium
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          No kidding. I have 5:1 speakers. Is there a link to the content? : Gorkgork
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            Nope. Netflix isn't listing 5.1 capable content separately. Check engadget for a review. I think they lis... : Prozium
            • Considering all my online gaming is on Steam, this is now the perfect reason to cancel my XBL account. : Gorkgork
      • They switched off disc based a couple months ago. : TShandy
    • For this reason I cannot see the point for getting a replacement like XBMC on it. It already does all tha... : LoioshDwaggie
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    I've always used my PS3 more than my 360 : uglysad
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      The controller kind of sucks IMO (personal preference) : MagicWishMonkey
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        That's actually why I use it more. I prefer the PS3 controller because I've been playing on the same basi... : uglysad
        • I always buy PC game pads that are roughly PS-pad shaped. I don't like the 360 pad. I actually preferred ... : Mr. Goodwrench
  • I use my PS3 all the time as DLNA client not so much for games though. : giant boy detective
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  The media center stuff is going to be insane. The rate these guys are going (cfw is already packed) its g... : pancake humper
  • There is almost no reason for a custom firmware though. The keys are public to sign whatever to just lau... : jaxpunk
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  Might be time to buy a PS3! : YerMothah
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    The moment they have a working XBMC port I'm enroute. : tboomer2
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      As am I :( : spazzium
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        what makes XBMC better than the built-in functionality of the PS3? : RikiTiki2
        • It supports every media and it has a nice interface. It also scrapes all the info for your movies, tv sho... : razlebol
        • Codec support and customizability. : BouillonCubes
• I still have my original xbox, running xbmc. So damned good. : seven
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  I like how they say that they did this in response to Sony removing the OtherOS option. lol : pyide
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    fail overflow is antipiracy, so i don't see what the lol about it is : harold.johnson
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      That Sony removed it in the first place. It wasn't hurting anything or anyone but they removed a feature ... : pyide
      • Ah, okay. I made an asumption, my apologies! : harold.johnson
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  PS3 Media server is awesome already, free and just works, what am I missing here? was XMBC that much bett... : oldschoolbob-o
  • no transcoding : pancake humper
  • Yes. It natively played content without the need for transcoding. Also had numerous options to tweak vide... : Prozium
  • ps3 media center is ok, but transcoding always sucks. My ps3 is connected through wifi and has trouble tr... : klearlyunseen
  • PS3 MS is mediocre at best. The requirement of a beefy PC to transcode many of the formats brings it dow... : Halen
  • Transcoding stinks :( : BouillonCubes
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  No. This stuff is mostly for piracy as far as I'm concerned. The 360 has been rooted too (it has been for... : jingletard
  • The big deal here is that since the private key has been exposed, you can mod and re-sign original conten... : rmjackson
  • Connect to Live with any jtagged 360 and it will not be running homebrew again. The XBox 360 private key ... : Endymion_
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  does this mean I can run anything without installing a mod or doing some twilight princess buffer overflo... : Chandler55
  • yes : pancake humper
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  How about just building a HTPC... It will cost you a little more but you will be able to do a lot more on... : razlebol
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    Htpc doesn't play valkyria chronicles :( : roushimsx
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      I have 0 interest in buying online games on the ps3 : razlebol
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        lol. : roushimsx
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          Yeah... That's the reason why I suggested that. It would be stupid not playing the Uncharted serie. N... : razlebol
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            I don't recall Uncharted having multiplayer, and no one buys Uncharted 2 for the multiplayer, just like n... : roushimsx
            • Shining Force is one of my favorite games of all time but I couldn't get into Valkyria Chronicles at all.... : razlebol
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              yeah if I got a ps3 it'd be to play SP games. : boomstickah
              • wait I have a ps3, in a closet in 1000 pieces. So easy to forget. I actually was actively fixing it. doh : boomstickah
              • That's pretty much all I play, too. Though I did dabble in BLOPS multiplayer. that shit is really damn fu... : roushimsx
            • I wanted to like it, but strategy games make me stupid :( : Entity
  • to loud for a htpc : matthaeus
  • actually Id argue you can do a lot more with a modded ps3, as it can play ps3 games and bluray. : klearlyunseen
  • A little more? I bought a 1080p capable HTPC for $220 and it's the size of a book. : Halen
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  It will be awesome when someone hacks in backwards compatibility. : harvord
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    didn't they remove the hardware that did the backwards compat? so any efforts at that would be a software... : RikiTiki2
    • You are correct sir! I am betting the people working on these hacks will be able to do what Sony was unab... : harvord
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    Yea, that's not possible. The hardware isnt there and there's no way anyone is going to write a proper gp... : roushimsx
    • interesting, why not? : indosauros
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      Why would it be impossible? I know they removed the hardware but I bet someone will figure out a way to s... : harvord
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        Emulation is very expensive compared to the real deal, it's possible the PS3 isn't powerful enough to emu... : Zek
        • if you can even figure out how to program the thing to pretend it's something else : RikiTiki2
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          Didn't the second iteration (after removing hardware emu) still contain a software emu? So they've done ... : indosauros
          • I mean I see a small stretch, but not "impossible, ever." stretch : indosauros
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            Nope. The first batch had the EE and GS chips from the PS2. The "software" BC models still had the GS chi... : Prozium
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              ah, so they'd have to write an emulator for both missing EE and GS chips : indosauros
              • I was always bummed that Sony didn't go the extra mile to emulate the GS, because not only would that ena... : roushimsx
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        The first PS3's had hardware emulation, the second run had software emulation. : LankyJon
        • There was never a 100% software solution. : Frank_Mackey
        • Sweet, let me know when you get that emulator working! : roushimsx
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        Well, look at it from a practical point of view: PCSX2 has been in development for over 8 years and st... : roushimsx
        • i like when you lay down knowledge about emulators for us : RikiTiki2
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      There's already a Dreamcast emulator in the works. I wouldn't say never. : burning eye
      • yea, it's a portjob of NullDC. What a big surprise. It runs like crap and the compatibility isn't good. P... : roushimsx
  • That poses this question - isn't the PS3 difficult to program for? If that is indeed the case and dev st... : jingletard
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  if you hack it to turn it into a media centre, will you still be able to connect to PSN to update the blu... : dantastic
  • the PS3 already does a lot of media center stuff anyway : RikiTiki2
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  I have no desire to pirate PS3 games...but man would I love it if someone built a good emulator to run ol... : Vincent Grayson
  • The thought of building an HTPC for MAME games has certainly occurred to me. I wonder if a guy could make... : Entity
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    NES: https://code.google.com/p/fceu-ps3/ SNES: https://code.google.com/p/snes9x-ps3/ SDLMAME (possibly ... : roushimsx
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      Oh neat, they actually improved the core in Genesis Plus and made it more compatible/better. Big up to th... : roushimsx
      • duurrr, i'm retarded. The PS3 port of it is on a page I don't totally feel warm and fuzzy linking. But he... : roushimsx
• when there's a XBMC for it, I'll get one for sure : umegastar