Roopesh's Blog » PS3 http://www.roopeshsheth.com A random blog Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:39:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Why I bought a PS3 http://www.roopeshsheth.com/2008/01/21/why-i-bought-a-ps3 http://www.roopeshsheth.com/2008/01/21/why-i-bought-a-ps3#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:53:14 +0000 Roopesh Sheth http://www.roopeshsheth.com/2008/01/21/why-i-bought-a-ps3/ As you can see, Sony (i.e. Blu Ray) is (sadly) winning the Hi Def Disc Format War. With only two studios now backing HD-DVD, I decided it was time to cover all my bases. So I have the HD-DVD drive for the XBox 360, as well as a PS3 now, only for the Blu Ray drive.

Sorry, world. I really tried not to let Sony win. I wish you all would have supported me.

Format Wars: Where Things Stand In The Hi-Def DVD Format War

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]]> http://www.roopeshsheth.com/2008/01/21/why-i-bought-a-ps3/feed 0 Connect360 works! http://www.roopeshsheth.com/2008/01/16/connect360-works http://www.roopeshsheth.com/2008/01/16/connect360-works#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:37:51 +0000 Roopesh Sheth http://www.roopeshsheth.com/2008/01/16/connect360-works/ I’ve tried a lot of different uPnP servers in the pursuit of using my XBox 360 to be a media hub. Now that I have a PS3, I figured one of the two ought to be able to fill the huge gap in my technology requirements.

As I was out there looking once again for the latest offerings of uPnP servers, I came across nullriver’s MediaLink (for PS3) and Connect360 (for the, well… you can guess).

I installed both on my mac (yeah, native apps!). They both quickly dipped into my iTunes and offered iPhoto integration (no integration offered for Aperture). They even let me pick which folders to share, presumably for videos.

I got them both configured, thinking I would give them both a go and see which worked best for me.

Well, as you can guess from the title, Connect360 is the clear winner, for many reasons:

  • The PS3 interface sucks ass. There’s very little anyone can do about that, so there’s that.
  • MediaLink let me traverse the shared folders on my mac, but none of the files actually showed up.
  • Connect360 showed all my files, let me quickly sort through them, and let me fast forward, rewind, and pause my videos without an issue.
  • While the XBox 360 UI is no gem, it’s usable – there I said it again. The PS3 really blows.
  • It all worked with Connect360 on the first try.

Now, how much will I use this capability? I dunno. Now that I can play DivX files, maybe more often than previously expected. But it’s nice to know it’s there – and it’s easy enough to use.

I wonder if I’ll still need to get an Apple TV (take 2). Hmmmm…. probably… but for all the wrong reasons :)

]]> http://www.roopeshsheth.com/2008/01/16/connect360-works/feed 0 PS3 in stock at Fry’s San Marcos! http://www.roopeshsheth.com/2007/04/15/ps3-in-stock-at-frys-san-marcos http://www.roopeshsheth.com/2007/04/15/ps3-in-stock-at-frys-san-marcos#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:20:28 +0000 Roopesh Sheth http://www.roopeshsheth.com/2007/04/15/ps3-in-stock-at-frys-san-marcos/ Oh, wait. That’s not news. My bad. A good reason to post a picture though.

PS3 at Fry’s.

Should I mention… there was not a Wii to be found.

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