Buying PS3

[ecstasy_civic]

Buying a PS3 tommorow moreso for the blu ray player than gaming, but how important is the amount of space on the harddrive if im not really gaming?

[dj_rice]

Not important but you can download songs and movies onto the HD and whatever else u want to store on there for later viewing so its semi-important for storage

[xLostx]

word. not important at all. You can stream your movies, music, pics wirelessly from your PC to your ps3 if you have a wireless network set up as well so that takes up no room. I've got the 80 gig and I'll never come close to filling it up

[ecstasy_civic]

Originally posted by xLostx
word. not important at all. You can stream your movies, music, pics wirelessly from your PC to your ps3 if you have a wireless network set up as well so that takes up no room. I've got the 80 gig and I'll never come close to filling it up

Sweet, thanks alot guys.

[dj_rice]

Originally posted by xLostx
word. not important at all. You can stream your movies, music, pics wirelessly from your PC to your ps3 if you have a wireless network set up as well so that takes up no room. I've got the 80 gig and I'll never come close to filling it up

I have a wireless network setup, how do I stream?Right now I'm just burning DVDs and watching it on the PS3

[bashir26]

Originally posted by dj_rice


I have a wireless network setup, how do I stream?Right now I'm just burning DVDs and watching it on the PS3

You have to turn on media sharing on your computer. You do that by going into your network settings.

Once you've done that go into your PS3 then go to the video menu> Search for Media Servers

[dj_rice]

Thanks works now but the videos stream very slowly....if my laptop is laggy would that affect it?

[Kuvg]

Originally posted by dj_rice



Just did all that and the PS3 is connected to laptop but PS3 can't find any videos, am I supposed to put videos in a specific folder?Cause I cant find the folder

the folder the videos are in must be shared on the network its under the right click menu. xp and vista also have designated folders shared on the network and their in the public folder.

[ecstasy_civic]

Ive been checking for the best bundle and it seems to be on Dell, is there any good 80g bundles locally?

[dj_rice]

Originally posted by ecstasy_civic
Ive been checking for the best bundle and it seems to be on Dell, is there any good 80g bundles locally?

That Dell one is a wicked bundle, I paid $499 for MGS4 Bundle which just has console, 1 controller and MGS4

[xLostx]

Originally posted by dj_rice
Thanks works now but the videos stream very slowly....if my laptop is laggy would that affect it?

laptop shouldn't play much of a factor, if it has a wireless g card in it that should be more than fast enough, your router might be the bottleneck, what kind do you have?

[dj_rice]

DIR-625 Wireless N

[sCream]

just use TVersity for streaming, it works awesome for me

[Wraith]

You can upgrade the hard drive yourself pretty easily if you need the space later on.

[Godfuader]

Originally posted by dj_rice



That Dell one is a wicked bundle, I paid $499 for MGS4 Bundle which just has console, 1 controller and MGS4

I am a bit confused as to why are these bundles are considered a better buy? You get the 80G Console with Controller for $399...or you get the same + 1 game for $100. Does that not mean that you paid $100 for the game? PS3 has many variations of the bundles that have included MGS4 and now its Uncharted. What am I missing?
PS3 at dell

[dj_rice]

Its an okay deal considering what you get but if you look hard enough, you can find better deals, I got my bundle when MGS4 just came out so I dunno what pricing was on just a 80GB console/controller also, at that time, PS3 stock was hard to find....a good website to bookmark is redflagdeals.com, they have killer deals when people find them...like this deal I got when people mentioned it



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[Zero102]

Speaking of buying PS3's. I just bought 2 from Rogers, they did a price cut on the 40GB models. 40GB ps3 = $249.99 includes 1 six axis controller + 1 dual shock 3 controller
the bundles (sing star / jumper) including blu-ray remote are $299.99 also including 1 six axis and 1 dual shock 3.

I bought the last 2 at the centre street rogers
Cheap bribery / presents for the older men in my family.

[Speed_69]

Originally posted by Zero102
Speaking of buying PS3's. I just bought 2 from Rogers, they did a price cut on the 40GB models. 40GB ps3 = $249.99 includes 1 six axis controller + 1 dual shock 3 controller
the bundles (sing star / jumper) including blu-ray remote are $299.99 also including 1 six axis and 1 dual shock 3.

I bought the last 2 at the centre street rogers
Cheap bribery / presents for the older men in my family.

are these used?

[wardpr68]

talk to jeremy mani. He will hook you up with a sick deal on a used ps3.

[Zero102]

Originally posted by Speed_69


are these used?

No, not used, brand new, trust me, I sold about 10 of them, we pulled them in from many other stores. The only store I know of that has any is Hillhurst and I think they have 2 left.