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PS3 worth buying?

Hey,

I am considering buying a ps3. I have heard alot of bad things about them though which leaves me unsure. I have always enjoyed the ps2 but the high price and the lack of games leaves a lot to be desired since the cheaper one(the one I could afford) isn't backwards compatible. Folklore looks hot though, as do a few of the other titles. I'm heavily into RPGs. Most consumers I hear talk about the HD-DVD aspect, but I don't own a HD-TV so that really doesn't help me much. Any and all opinions are welcome.

Thanks
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WalksInDarkness
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For me it came down to what "exclusives" the systems have, for me the X360 games just appeal to me more; Halo3 was very tempting, but BioShock sealed the deal for me.

IMHO, PS3 exclusive are mostly "kids' games". The only compelling exception is GTA. I will buy one for my kids when the price vs. titles ratio reaches an attractive level.

Lastly, for "non-exclusives" you need to do some research. Some of them are designed for one system, and the ported very poorly to the other system. So you need to consider that factor too.
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I'll say one thing. My kid's 360 is heading back to M$. I have friends that are on their 4th and 5th systems. If I get it back and it craps out again, I'm going to seriously consider a PS3 for the kids.
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I'll say one thing. My kid's 360 is heading back to M$. I have friends that are on their 4th and 5th systems. If I get it back and it craps out again, I'm going to seriously consider a PS3 for the kids.
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That would be my biggest concern. I would only recommend buying it new, as the newer units should be less problematic; and I would get it from a place that offers and "in store full replacement" warranty (BB has it for $60). OTOH, I also know of some people who haven't had a single problem. Yet I know of 2 people who had thier PS3 die already. All that being said, you won't get any argument from me that Sony is far superior in long-term reliability.
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WalksInDarkness said:
For me it came down to what "exclusives" the systems have, for me the X360 games just appeal to me more; Halo3 was very tempting, but BioShock sealed the deal for me.

IMHO, PS3 exclusive are mostly "kids' games". The only compelling exception is GTA. I will buy one for my kids when the price vs. titles ratio reaches an attractive level.

Lastly, for "non-exclusives" you need to do some research. Some of them are designed for one system, and the ported very poorly to the other system. So you need to consider that factor too.
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Kid's game my ass.
MGS4 you call that kid's game?
Tekken series, you call that kids game?
Killzone series, kids game?
Socom series kids game?
RFoM another kids game?

And there are many more our way..
Oh BTW, DMC 1-3 was PS exclusive, your lucky to have DMC4 on the 360..

I am sorry fanboy, but you asked to be flamed.
This guy came here to ask about the PS3, not your personal opinion on how the PS3 has kids games.
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WalksInDarkness said:
That would be my biggest concern. I would only recommend buying it new, as the newer units should be less problematic; and I would get it from a place that offers and "in store full replacement" warranty (BB has it for $60). OTOH, I also know of some people who haven't had a single problem. Yet I know of 2 people who had thier PS3 die already. All that being said, you won't get any argument from me that Sony is far superior in long-term reliability.
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Sony has far less defective units than the 360.
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I bought mine 2 weeks ago. Well I realized that most of the HD movies that I'll considered to buy are on Blue Ray. Well I got the $400 unit , I tested it with Spiderman 3 and I like what I saw, so I didn't return the Ps3 to Sears.
Now I have both HD formats.
I bought RFOM, cool game. I like the control and the fast pace of the character.
Basically the only game that I may consider right now is Unreal Tour 3, but I going to wait for the Xbox version, because most of my "online" friends play on the 360.(A friend of mine won that game for PC and I been using in my PC, too expensive to get a Direct X Card so I got the Ps3)Metal Gear and Gran Turismo, I'm very familiar with those on the Ps2 and Finally Haze which got delayed again are the other titles that I wanted for the Ps3.

What I don't like is that new games are being released on 720p, like Uncharted DF. I can't recall if Assassin's Creed is 720p too, because I have that game for the 360 and my brother took that game(Ps3 version) to make comparisons and the 360 versions is smoother, look more vivid. I have and 1080 Samsung Lcd, LN-T4071F, we played with the settings and we both agree that the 360 version looks better.(remember this is my opinion). Both using HDMI.

Now I have the best of both worlds on gaming and HD movies, so if your budget can take it go for it.

Final note, my bother bought the Ps3 60 Gig version and he is on the third console and he barely use it. I bought 2 X360, my kids back in Jan 07 and is working fine. I had 3 RROD and back in Nov they send me a new unit after I talked to a supervisor, sold it and got an Elite. But as long as I'm not paying a single dime on those replacements I don't complain.
Something that helped me is the use of a Battery Back up so no electrical surges will affect my consoles and TV.
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Bottom line gents is that Sony has owned the market for the last 5 years. Hell, the PS2 still in some weeks outsells the PS3. With that said, the 360 and the Wii have greatly impacted the last 5 years of "exclusive sales" that Sony has endured. The 360 because of the live content and some exclusive games (Bioshock, Halo, Gears) and the Wii because it is the "new thing" to get and it appeals to a wider base. Is the PS3 worth buying, yes. Are the other systems worth buying, yes. Each offers its own little niche in the gaming industry. Find three friends who own three different systems and judge for yourself. Everyone is different...
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IcEWoLF said:
Kid's game my ass.
MGS4 you call that kid's game?
Tekken series, you call that kids game?
Killzone series, kids game?
Socom series kids game?
RFoM another kids game?

And there are many more our way..
Oh BTW, DMC 1-3 was PS exclusive, your lucky to have DMC4 on the 360..

I am sorry fanboy, but you asked to be flamed.
This guy came here to ask about the PS3, not your personal opinion on how the PS3 has kids games.
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Umm, what crawled up your butt? :confused: And how does that make me a FanBoy? :confused: Did you actually read my other posts:eureka, where I said I liked ALL of the systems and plan on eventually plan on buying ALL of them??? And I clearly stated that I only bought the X360 first becuase the PS3 didn't have any titles that compelled me yet? (I had a PS3 for a while and found Resistance to be boring IMHO, and I only ditched it because I had the infamous heat/noise problem) And did you read where I said over-and-over again that it is a matter of "personal taste"??? YOU sound like the FanBoi here icepuppy:D. If you want to start a verbal assault, come visit me in The Pit; I will vivisect you, and eat you with some fava beans and a nice Chianti...:hungry:
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PS3 kicks ass.
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IcEWoLF said:
Sony has far less defective units than the 360.
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And where did I say different? Did your mommy forget to give you your Ritalin today?
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FIFA World Cup of Horrors

Mexico takes on South Africa to open the World Cup Final (it is called the Final... this just isn't the World Cup Final... Final). The tournament has been plagued with rife malfeasance as FIFA has been committing all sorts of fraud with the ticket sales. Hotel rooms have gone unfilled as the prices to attend a game and stay somewhere are through the roof. I swear this is impacting Mansfield, OH hotel rates which are higher than average for the Indycar race. And there is a broadening VAR presence which will ruin things as nothing worse now when scoring a goal and knowing you can't quite celebrate yet as they check to see if a player was offside by a pixel a half-hour ago.

The Group Stage used to mean something, but now 32 of the 48... yeah, 48 teams are going to the Knockout Round. Getting into the Knockout Round used to be a big deal, even for the US. But now... if you don't lose all of your group stage games, you get to move on. Oi! And this is avoiding all the political stuff!

I have never been so unexcited for a World Cup before. Every game used to matter. But FIFA be darned if they don't try to squeeze out every dime they can out of the players, refs, and fans.
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NCAA Softball

Anybody been following the Tournaments? I've been watching all weekend on the various ESPN's...
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Not a good inning… Kavan coming on could be the nail.
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Better team won tonight…
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Last weekend I got in on a MLB game top of the 8th 1-1, first thought was extra innings... :D and it actually went extra after the 9th.
Catching a little of the AUSL, something to watch when I can't get into anything else.
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Auto Racing 2026

New thread or keep this one?

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Caught up to the 500... err... k in St. Louis. What a race! Andretti Motorsport were doing very well with Ericsson and Kirkwood, meanwhile Power was moving up the grid. Veekay started cautiously. He was working the tires just right, becoming more lethal later in the stint. Rasmussen was racing likewise, not nearly as insane as he has in the past. Palou was leading the race, in a shocker to all. Caio Collet was having a wonderful ride, making Ferucci potentially sweat a bit. Rain came, rain went, rain came, rain went. Generally mild sprinkles, but enough to pause racing on an oval.

Palou would kind of send Siegel into the wall. Siegel really didn't do much wrong. As he noted, you have to turn at some point. Palou had acres of room below and Siegel might have had his ticket out of Indycar stamped. Dixon was doing the fuel thing and got busted twice by yellows, not pitting before the flag came out. Then the most critical happened... Palou ran out of gas on pit lane, effectively giving Newgarden the race lead and win. Newgarden had a very early pit, so he was able to slide in, get service and go. Meanwhile, everyone else was confused and stuck behind Palou for a bit. Once people figured what was happening, Newgarden had a major advantage of several seconds. Newgarden wouldn't look back and when it went green again, he'd hold the lead for the win.

Massive credit to Juncos Hollinger who bested Penske in getting Veekay out before Malukas in a transition that was oddly bizarre. I haven't had time to check, but I'm wondering if Veekay was about to run out of fuel or cut a tire. He was charging late in a stint, got up to fifth, and then tailed back for a few laps to 10th or 11th. It looked like it was over. Went into the pits, and after the pitting sequence was over, Veekay was well inside the top ten again. It was weird. And he charged, getting up to fourth. He made a late move on Rasmussen, but Rasmussen held his position with some great driving. In fact, there was a ton of incredible racing passing, not passing all race long. Veekay would finish 4th. A podium would have been awesome, but it is a great outcome for a guy who hopefully will get a break with a big team. We saw what Veekay could do with a Honda last season with fuel save, imagine replacing Simpson on Ganassi and having speed to go with fuel saving. His 6th at Indy and 4th at St. Louis get him up to 13th in the points standings and only 5 points outside of the top 10.

Ericsson finished second, resigned to finishing behind the current best in the world guy on a short oval. Rasmussen got the final step on the podium, a nice rebound to what has been an otherwise bad year for him, and a good reward to ECR who just extended his contract.
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They raced USAC cars at Daytona once. Once! People died. Aj Foyt said 'f this', and left after the first go around. AJ freaking Foyt thought it was crazy! And cars weren't nearly as fast as they are now.

I think they tried Talladega once too.
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LeMans qualifying on going. WEC has d9ne a great job expanding the automotive company entries. Even without Porsche, a large nunber of manufacturers.
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Channels on DIRECTV Satellite and not on Stream/Internet

So...DirecTV advertises the Choice package with 95+ bonus channels for Satellite customers. You don't want 90+ of the 95...

Excluding PPV, premium networks, infomercial, shopping, religion, and non-English programming, there are 7 channels on satellite that are not on streaming:
NFL Network, MavTV, FE TV, Free Speech, NASA, INSP, and Pursuit. I'm pretty sure a couple of those are public interest that they have to carry to meet an FCC quota on satellite.

I hope they get called out for this advertising because that is ridiculous. One big network, NFL, will probably get added to streaming when their next agreement comes up, and the rest are likely very low viewership.

What about streaming, what do you get extra with the Choice package that isn't on Satellite:
Two stations - one of which is an internet TV - Fox Weather, and Heros & Icons (a diginet). Nothing special here to look at either.

If they cleaned up a couple of their agreements, added a few public interest stations to streaming, they could probably have their lineups match. It's close now, if you take out all the garbage on satellite that they earn money on. If they can sell infomercials on satellite, why can't they on streaming, seems like a miss. A bigger miss, including those stations in the "bonus channels just for satellite customers." Pretty sad marketing right there.

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Attached is a comparison sheet of satellite vs streaming for the three main packages if anyone is interested.

MOD EDIT: See Post #3 for an up to date list of what channels are available on sat but not on streaming/internet, see Post #21 for an up to date list of what's available in the app for streaming customers, but not for sat customers.
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They turned them on today !
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I see in the 4K Channels Guide that the Telemundo WC games will be airing in 4K. I believe this is the first time ever we will have Spanish-language broadcasts in 4K (in the USA). Did not happen during the last World Cup in Qatar 2022.
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4K telemundo working !

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Song Name Game Part 3!

Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Problem when I switch from Bonus View channels back to regular Dish channels

Hello everyone, new guy here. I'm trying to solve problem I'm having with Dish bonus view channels. When I'm watching the bonus view channels then I switch back to regular dish channels, after few minutes the screen flips to black and after 30 seconds flips back to regular channels and continues to flip back and forth until I turn off TV. After I wait 30 minutes and turn back on , I can use regular channels again. So, its after I switch from bonus view channels to regular dish channels the problem starts. Been trying to fix this for a month, but no luck
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks
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