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PlayStation 3: Upscaling DVDs And Fan Noise

PS3 Buzz reports: I watched a couple of SD DVDs on the PS3 tonight and I think they looked great - comparable to what I would have expected from an HD version of the shows. The only thing that erked me was the noise of the fans kicking on…they seem to go to a 'level 2' or 'level 3' noise level after 20 minutes of watching the movie.

I did notice the fans kick on pretty hard during some Devel May Cry (PS2) bouts over the past couple of days…it's definitely loud.

I have read a few things on the Internet about noise, and generally some people have a loud fan problem and the jury still seems out regarding replacement units from Sony.

FirstknighT5972d ago

The ps3 does a horrible job on upconverted standard dvds. This is old news and everybody already knows this. If you want a good player with perfect upconversion get a Sammy Bluray player with HQV. Best bluray player on the market.

blacsheep5971d ago

dang son you really are turning green with envy over all the major love the ps3 is getting,the ps3 is over its infancy and is now starting to show what it can do,360 got some good games noone can deny that but for me its now maxed out and even valve stating that orange box used 95% of 360s power thats what 5% left to play with,while ps3 is going from strength to strength.

lets hope we still see you on here later on during 2008 when ps3 is truly basking in its glory which after the year its had with some unjustified hate towards it,it deserves to gloat.

funniest thing 1up has even started to show the ps3 love,bluray is now seen as a smart move and the games are continuing to flow and not to mention 'home' is coming man it feels good to be a ps3 owner right now.

boodybandit5971d ago

You do own one, correct?
I would hate to think you are giving an opinion on something you have no hands on experience with. Can you tell me what about the PS3 upscaling ability you don't like? I have 2 stand alone upscaling DVD players, one is a Samsung, and I have the PS3. Personally I think the PS3 is better than or at the very least equivalent too my stand alone players.

joemomma5971d ago

Sure thats what you want us to think. Good thing your not anyone important in the movie world or we would be screwed.

tk5971d ago

I have four DVD players. The PS3 beats them all hands down. It is quieter spinning the disk, and the quality is better as well. Heck - all of my DVD players tend to scratch the disks - but not the PS3.

Maybe you should buy a PS3 before making up stuff like this.

lmao2475971d ago

You are pathetic, I respect bladestar cause he can muster up comments that are nice about the system even though he has his preferences, but you on the other hand have hid for the last few days avoiding all the good press sony has because they beat your precious 360 this holiday and that there supporting the leading HD platform. You have hid in the shadows and the one negative article that has popped up you jumped on like a dog wanting to hump bill gates leg.

Flying_Squirrel5971d ago

My PS3 does a great job on upconverted DVD playback, the disc spin is silent and while the internal fan does spin slightly louder after about 30 mins of playback, it is not loud at all.

All in all the PS3 does a great job and it's now my preferred device for watching DVD's on - along with BD of course :p

For those that say that the upconverted playback is no good, watch some dvd's of Stargate Atlantis and you'll see that it look superb

Antiomo5971d ago (Edited 5971d ago )

Does pretty bad on upconversion also.

Btw I already know you talking trash out of your arse cuz ANY samsung player out there right NOW is trumped by the pioneer elite.

Im waiting for what denon has to offer.

actas1235971d ago

So why are they posting this here. Apparently the owner of the unit has some technical problems with it. Why doesn't he/she call sony and talk to them about it, what the hell, is he/she expecting us to fix that? that a freakin moran.

monkey6025971d ago

I agree with Lmao2476

Bladestar annoyed me to begin with but after a while his comments started to make sense, and he only lost bubbles over his opinion. I feel bad for him that he gets crap no matter what he says

jcgamer5971d ago

The FirstknighT does a horrible job at representing the opinions of 360 gamers, especially PS3 gamers. But this is old news and everybody already knows this. If you want a better opinion seek the opinions of fellow unbiased N4G's. Best gamers on the market.

robep35971d ago

You are as thick as the guy you have on your avatar the PS3 upscales dvd's brilliantly the fan makes very little noise you make more noise than all the PS3 fans put together and its all BULL COOKIES you say.

Rob

Lifendz5971d ago

would you rather a loud fan or a Red Rings of Death....

Don't worry...I'll wait.

BTW, I don't mind the PS3's fan noise, I do mind the heat generated by the system. My room must rise to by 9 degrees whenever I have the system on for more than an hour. I just open a window and in the winter it's better than having the heat on.

BrianC62345971d ago

Why is this crap on this site? Who runs that site? It looks like it's just some 360 fanboy trying to make the PS3 look bad. I never hear noise from my PS3 no matter what I'm doing. I have to listen really hard to hear any noise. This just doesn't belong on this site.

BrianC62345971d ago

"would you rather a loud fan or a Red Rings of Death...."

If you want both problems just buy a 360. The PS3 has neither problem. At least my PS3 doesn't have a noisy fan.

Lifendz5971d ago

Thanks for quoting me....I think. Not sure if you were agreeing with me or not so I felt the need to clarify.

I'm not saying the PS3 has a loud fan. I was saying that assuming what this article says is true, you still have a choice of a loud fan or RROD.

wallace10005971d ago

I am not pointing fingers at anyone on this site but some people seem to have a little bit of a problem portraying thier opinion and other people taking it the wrong way. I only take bubbles away when a comment is obviously stupid. Some of the stuff i read on here that could be taken a few different ways i leave alone. I don't want someone loosing bubbles over a misunderstanding :-), i hope everyone else thinks that too.

Damphear5971d ago

you never played a ps3 stfu

and a normal dvd well never look as good as a blueray dvd. you xbots really donno any thing any more

Lord_Mike5971d ago

My PS3 upscales my DVD's beautifully, I don't know what your talking about knight. It's so good it's close to Bluray movie quality. At least that's how it looks on my 42" Panasonic Plasma.

jorellpogi5971d ago

As proud owner of 360 and PS3, no one can beat the jet engine noise of the 360. The terrible noise of the 360 is a proven fact.

FirstknighT5971d ago

Wow alot of personal attacks. I'm only stating what is already known. The ps3 upconversion of standard dvds is well below standards. And I never said anything about the 360 doing a better job, I agree the fan is to loud to watch a movie. But I don't use my 360 for movies, I use it for gaming. I own a Sammy bluray player with HQV processing. NOTHING beats HQV in making standard dvds look near hidef. That is a proven fact. Their was an article awhile back on the ps3 being equal to HQV processing and was completely laughed at by professionals. The ps3 does a good job on bluray movies but not standard.

And it doesn't do a good job on games either. ;)

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jcgamer5971d ago

my sh!t don't make noise either....and 9 million others...lol...bubbles way up bro...

Lifendz5971d ago

but I'm glad yours isn't making noise.

HOWWWWWWWWWDEEEE HOOO!!!

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PirateThom5972d ago

The only time my PS3 kicks into Stage 3 fan noise is when it's been on for a long time through a game or is funning folding@home... even then it's nowhere near as noisy as the Wii or 360 with a disc in the drive.

SaturnTo5971d ago

My PS3 is folding all the time and it isn't that noisy, my 360 is much louder as soon as I turn it on. And when I'm playing DVD's on my PS3 the noise is still very quite I can't hear it.

bOOmStiCK5971d ago

I thinks it depends on where you put it and from PS3 to PS3 because mine gets noisy during PS2 games but it never gets to the extend of the Xbox360. My friends Xbox is really annoying when watching an Xvid or Divx that PS3 couldn't load. Oh well everything got it downside but noise is not a big downside at all since it's one the silent devices out there. My PS2 (first gen) was getting really noisy towards his end.

ravinash5971d ago

Check for dust over the vents, as the fan will work harder if it can't get the air flow it needs to keep the device cool.

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

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XiNatsuDragnel3d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow3d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1822d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie1d 23h ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow1d 22h ago (Edited 1d 22h ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere1d 14h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin1d 19h ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere1d 14h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow1d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere1d 14h ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow1d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX2d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney19h ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno2d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno2d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii1d 19h ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno1d 18h ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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