Play TV for PS3

If launch models are so robust and superior, how come the 60GB is apparently rare?
Surely there should be plenty about, after all, they sold millions of that model.
 
thing i like most about PlayTV is being able to stream the tv to my PSP using remote play and then watch tv in bed etc
 
Psycho Sonny said:
i would rather use a freeview box which costs £150 to watch freeview than my launch £550 sony games console, its a very rare 60Gb machine which has backwards compatibility and memory card sockets.
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You paid £550 for a ps3 :eek: My "rare" us 60gb PS3 launch model cost me under £250 and i have extra chips :D
 
funny thing is he refers to it as a £550 machine. But its not. The console was £400, it was only £500 with the 2 game and 2 pad bundle. He must have paid £550 for like 3 games, but that still doesnt change the fact the console was only £400 and is one of the poorer quality models. Launch consoles are always poorer because they havent had chance to perfect the design yet. Same with the Xbox 360s.

The later PS2 slims were way better than the launch PS2s as well.

And if you want THE best PS2, then your collection isn't complete without one of these


http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18016343
 
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there are 2 types of launch consoles

ones which are built with faults then fixed with later revisions (microsoft)

and those that are built perfectly (sony)

if you take the mini cooper (bmw) as an example, the mini cooper was very successful at launch and sold out all over the world and had a 2 year waiting list. every mini bought in the first 6 months from laumch was solid.

bmw then started to speed up productions times and quality levels fell as they ramped up production to meet demand. everyone who bought a mini which was 6 months after launch got ones which werent built to the same standard and this happened for a long time after that too.

so you could buy something which is a later revision and it be worse, which is what happened with the ps3, the original consoles had backwards compatibility, 4 usb ports and a memory card hub built in.

the recent slim ps3 now has a better audio chip with more functionality but still only has 2 usb ports, no memory card hub and no backward compatibility.

so generally speaking launch consoles have been better when sony is the manufacturer, there was even an article stating that launch ps1's with a special audio output on the back were comparable to some £2000 cd players.

below taken from web

Conclusions
I expected one of those hip affordable products that sounds a little edgy or a little tinny, but gets the notes and beats really right. The truth was different. Sony's PlayStation 1 offered some of the least edgy, least tinny digital sound I've heard. And got the notes and beats really right.

Compared with the kind of performance I'm used to hearing from high-end CD players, the PS1 had a very un–hi-fi sound. Whether you think that's a good thing or a bad thing will depend on your point of view. If certain other audio reviewers are right, it may even have to do with the time of day when you were born.

I think it's a good thing. So does my wife, who thought the PS1 was consistently more engaging than any other digital player she's heard in a long time. If John DeVore doesn't mind, we're going to write him a check—the cost of shipping the player was about three times the cost of buying it—and we'll keep this PS1 for ourselves. (John has more.)

Partly because of my indifference to digitally mastered music, I admit to having less experience with cutting-edge CD players than do most of my colleagues. That said, if I owned any of a number of other digital source components, and if my daughter owned a PlayStation 1, I would offer her a trade—although I don't know what possible use she could have for the former, and I don't know if I could shake the guilt that comes from getting the better part of the deal. Perhaps if certain "high-end" CD players came bundled with a few games...?


so the proves that launch ps1's were better than any other ps1.

launch fat ps2's were better built than any other fat ps2 apart from maybe the test ps2 which was extremely rare and not available for sale.

so im going to go with the trend and say that launch ps3's were better built than any other fat ps3 and had more features apart from maybe test ps3's.

look here for more info on launch ps1's

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15484873/
 
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Unfortunately the launch 60gb consoles are not fault free, They have laser issues. Sony replaced mine and I've replaced a laser in my cousins machine (out of warranty)
 
I have a PlayTV tuner and have had since they came out (pre-ordered one) and I swear by it. Sure its not the best picture produiced by a tuner, but its by far the easiest to use by a country mile. Ill go as far as to say apart from the 'record series' option on sky+, its is better than sky in pretty much all respects from a user interface point of view (note IMO). Ill quite happily recommend it, but just make sure you have a pretty large HDD, as ive as good as filled a 320GB drive just with recordings.

Psycho Sonny said:
i would rather use a freeview box which costs £150 to watch freeview than my launch £550 sony games console, its a very rare 60Gb machine which has backwards compatibility and memory card sockets.
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No they are not rare, I can easily get my hands on loads of them and they are not worth the amount of money I think your hoping they are. We are selling them second hand for £199.99 which is a slight premium when compared to the slimlines, but they are by no means holding their price. I paid £400 on release week for mine, so thats a hell of a large depreciation really. Infact, if you do the math, the slimlines hold their value better than the old consoles due to the old models being so bloody expensive.

All I can say is just use it mate, if it goes bang then it goes bang. Mines been used pretty much daily since release week and its still going solid.
 
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