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scorp said:
Nearly got linux installed on it today - i think i might actually buy the european one* if i can get MPlayer running (HD media player goodness)... Well worth the money for that feature alone. Current version is buggy as hell, didn't like my usb keyboard and crashes often 
* the one i have access to isn't mine.
* the one i have access to isn't mine.
Depending on the outputs the unit has, so Mplayer. MythTV-FrontEnd, especially if the beast has a cat5 port on it.
Tempted to get one in a year or so now.
ThePassenger said:
scorp said:
Nearly got linux installed on it today - i think i might actually buy the european one* if i can get MPlayer running (HD media player goodness)... Well worth the money for that feature alone. Current version is buggy as hell, didn't like my usb keyboard and crashes often
* the one i have access to isn't mine.
* the one i have access to isn't mine.
Depending on the outputs the unit has, so Mplayer. MythTV-FrontEnd, especially if the beast has a cat5 port on it.
Tempted to get one in a year or so now.
Might still not be out in a years time the way it's going!
combemarshal said:
ThePassenger said:
scorp said:
Nearly got linux installed on it today - i think i might actually buy the european one* if i can get MPlayer running (HD media player goodness)... Well worth the money for that feature alone. Current version is buggy as hell, didn't like my usb keyboard and crashes often
* the one i have access to isn't mine.
* the one i have access to isn't mine.
Depending on the outputs the unit has, so Mplayer. MythTV-FrontEnd, especially if the beast has a cat5 port on it.
Tempted to get one in a year or so now.
Might still not be out in a years time the way it's going!
Give it time. Once all the bugs are ironed out and people are bored of the machine they'll appear in loot and ebay.
ThePassenger said:
combemarshal said:
ThePassenger said:
scorp said:
Nearly got linux installed on it today - i think i might actually buy the european one* if i can get MPlayer running (HD media player goodness)... Well worth the money for that feature alone. Current version is buggy as hell, didn't like my usb keyboard and crashes often
* the one i have access to isn't mine.
* the one i have access to isn't mine.
Depending on the outputs the unit has, so Mplayer. MythTV-FrontEnd, especially if the beast has a cat5 port on it.
Tempted to get one in a year or so now.
Might still not be out in a years time the way it's going!
Give it time. Once all the bugs are ironed out and people are bored of the machine they'll appear in loot and ebay.
As of 2 hours ago, 23,132 PS3 have either been sold or currently for sale on eBay.com. Considering that 240,000 were shipped to stores, almost 10% have appeared on eBay... and I believe the console only came out today in the US. The eBay figure is growing at a staggering pace, it was only around 4,000 24 hours ago.
malman said:
Just had a quick look on ebay for a laugh
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-Playstatio
£2200 + £65pp is just daft
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-Playstatio
£2200 + £65pp is just daft
Hey that's 'cheap' check out this one on ebay in the US;
http://cgi.ebay.com/playstation-3-ema
$38,100
space_cowboy said:
notice how all the bidders except 3 had a feedback of 10 or lower.
Yep, you can totaly ignore 99.9% of any bids for silly amounts of money on these, just as you could with the PS2 and Xbox etc.
There will always be people prepared to create accounts just to slap in silly bids for items such as this for various reasons.
Someone could put in a bid for 50 million on a PS3 and a day later the world knows all about it because internet forums are full of people suggesting "OMG..look how much they paid for this!!!".
I'm not sure what i find more disturbing, the fact someone is prepared to spoil an auction with a fake bid, or the fact that some people believe there are ebayers paying thousands for a console
Digby said:
space_cowboy said:
notice how all the bidders except 3 had a feedback of 10 or lower.
Yep, you can totaly ignore 99.9% of any bids for silly amounts of money on these, just as you could with the PS2 and Xbox etc.
There will always be people prepared to create accounts just to slap in silly bids for items such as this for various reasons.
Someone could put in a bid for 50 million on a PS3 and a day later the world knows all about it because internet forums are full of people suggesting "OMG..look how much they paid for this!!!".
I'm not sure what i find more disturbing, the fact someone is prepared to spoil an auction with a fake bid, or the fact that some people believe there are ebayers paying thousands for a console
To say what I said in P&P.
I find the whole idea of this happening quite sad; I realise that it's either spoiled bids or Sony's Marketing division. But I find it quite sad. I, personally, think it reflects badly on Sony (who would do well to generate positive publicity at the moment) AND their product (which I find over priced for its capabilities), but then I felt the same about the 360, PS2, xbox and every other over hyped console launch going.
Give me a few weeks and I'll be moaning about Nintendo's launch of the Wii
catso said:
malman said:
Just had a quick look on ebay for a laugh
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-Playstatio
£2200 + £65pp is just daft
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-Playstatio
£2200 + £65pp is just daft
Hey that's 'cheap' check out this one on ebay in the US;
http://cgi.ebay.com/playstation-3-ema
$38,100
That's just an email address!!!!
ThePassenger said:
scorp said:
Nearly got linux installed on it today - i think i might actually buy the european one* if i can get MPlayer running (HD media player goodness)... Well worth the money for that feature alone. Current version is buggy as hell, didn't like my usb keyboard and crashes often
* the one i have access to isn't mine.
* the one i have access to isn't mine.
Depending on the outputs the unit has, so Mplayer. MythTV-FrontEnd, especially if the beast has a cat5 port on it.
Tempted to get one in a year or so now.
Both versions have HDMI out.
scorp said:
ThePassenger said:
scorp said:
Nearly got linux installed on it today - i think i might actually buy the european one* if i can get MPlayer running (HD media player goodness)... Well worth the money for that feature alone. Current version is buggy as hell, didn't like my usb keyboard and crashes often
* the one i have access to isn't mine.
* the one i have access to isn't mine.
Depending on the outputs the unit has, so Mplayer. MythTV-FrontEnd, especially if the beast has a cat5 port on it.
Tempted to get one in a year or so now.
Both versions have HDMI out.
Which is good for getting a HDTV signal, however what about audio out? It is SP/DIF or TOSLINK?
Had a look at Yesasia.com which normally has this stuff on launch date and is selling PS3 already but, strangely, they have a little note at the bottom stating that they will not ship outside of Asia(?) and the US. Don't know how they get their stock but appears to be some constraints put on by Sony as there is no way Sony can control what they do if the units were obtained by just buying them as regular customers. Will probably wait for the Euro one myself...at least there will be someone to complain to!
Sony put LikSang out of bisiness for trying to grey import PS3's into the UK. Its OK to buy in Asia and private import but grey export is 'illigal'.
Even though its exactly the same box, made in the same factory and sold for sony as a European console would be (baring region coding).
Even though its exactly the same box, made in the same factory and sold for sony as a European console would be (baring region coding).
scorp said:
ThePassenger said:
Which is good for getting a HDTV signal, however what about audio out? It is SP/DIF or TOSLINK?
The same AV connector that was seen in the PS2 is used (for composite video/Scart + stereo out) and optical out/SPDIF is used. HDMI also carries the sound.
Ahh good. My Surround amp has coax digital audio in (SP/DIF) *makes notes*.
ThePassenger said:
Which is good for getting a HDTV signal, however what about audio out? It is SP/DIF or TOSLINK?
HDMI is both Video AND Audio in digital
this is why the top end VGA card manufacturers are investing in sound too, soon a graphics card will be both graphics and audio, even if its just a pass through for audio.
only need the one cable then u see.
ThePassenger said:
scorp said:
Nearly got linux installed on it today - i think i might actually buy the european one* if i can get MPlayer running (HD media player goodness)... Well worth the money for that feature alone. Current version is buggy as hell, didn't like my usb keyboard and crashes often
* the one i have access to isn't mine.
* the one i have access to isn't mine.
Depending on the outputs the unit has, so Mplayer. MythTV-FrontEnd, especially if the beast has a cat5 port on it.
Tempted to get one in a year or so now.
It has a wired network port, the 60gb version has a wifi adaptor built in too.
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