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New PS3 owner. What do I need to know?

Spike Spiegel said:
How'd you get one at $325? I ordered mine from Dell on Black Friday and it cost me $340.
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There's 2 coupon codes which amount to 20% off and free shipping (but you have to pay tax, so my total actually came to $345). They also apply to the PSP (which I believe comes to about $140 itself). I made a post about it in the "Amazon 15 days" thread earlier today.
 
FatalT said:
You might want to get a Blu-Ray remote if you're planning on watching DVD's/Blu-Rays on your PS3.
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The remote can be handy for much more as well. I use it for the store, Mainichi Issho, and messaging.

OuterWorldVoice said:
And don't use wireless.
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Wireless works flawlessly for me. Just be wary of using a WRT54g router without custom firmware.
 
Kagari said:
Try using the iPod scratch remover. It does work.
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I'll give that a shot. The scratch is about an inch long and noticeable when the light hits it a certain way. So far, I've tried Scratch X and Quixx Scratch Remover. It's a lot less noticeable now but I still see it. I see why Sony had the PS3 under glass when they unveiled it to the press. ;p
 
When I get mine I'm sticking in a 300gb harddrive, getting a remote, blutooth headset kb/m, setting it up as a media hub, and getting wipefreakin'outhd and granbleedin'turismohd to view on my 1080p tv!!

And I'd recommend you do the same.
 
Why isn't there just a official "PS3/360/Wii Recommendation" thread stickied? There are like 5 of these threads every week.
 
Wireless is fine. You obviously won't get the same dl speeds you would if it were hardwired, but for online play it works perfectly.

Also, get motorstorm pacific rift and gran turismo 5 prologue.
 
The exclusive must-have games on the PS3 are:

Metal Gear Solid 4
Uncharted
LittleBigPlanet
Valkyria Chronicles
Resistance 1 (or 2)
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Motorstorm 2
Siren
Gran Turismo Prologue
Heavenly Sword
Folklore
Hot Shots Golf 5
Disgaea 3
Ridge Racer 7

PSN:

Wipeout HD
Pixeljunk Eden
Pixeljunk Monsters
Super Stardust HD
Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty
Echochrome
Everyday Shooter
Flow
Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection
 
Xdrive05 said:
There's 2 coupon codes which amount to 20% off and free shipping (but you have to pay tax, so my total actually came to $345). They also apply to the PSP (which I believe comes to about $140 itself). I made a post about it in the "Amazon 15 days" thread earlier today.
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Bah! I only knew about one code, got 15% off and free shipping. Oh well.
 
Xdrive05 said:
There's 2 coupon codes which amount to 20% off and free shipping (but you have to pay tax, so my total actually came to $345). They also apply to the PSP (which I believe comes to about $140 itself). I made a post about it in the "Amazon 15 days" thread earlier today.
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Woohooo...I am now officially a PS3 owner.:lol
Thanks for the heads up. My total was $348.02 with free shipping...not bad.

Glad I held off buying a PS3 the other day,this deal was too sweet to pass up. Major thanks to you.

Ok,ok(need to breath a second.) Ahhh.:D

Umm incase I want to buy a service plan...does Sony sell one out of the box? I was going to buy a PS3 at WalMart,their 3 year $45.00 plan was really great.
Whats the charge Sony issues for having a PS3 repaired if you don't have a plan anyways? I could just wing it and hope for the best,anyways PS3s will be around $100.00 cheaper a year from now anyway.

Xdrive05-thank you,THANK YOU.:)
 
also buy
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction / Uncharted
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift / LittleBigPlanet / Valkyria Chronicles
 
Congrats !

Take your time to explore these features:


(A) Configuration
===========
Check to see if your should use "Full Color" display option. The difference is noticeably better in my case. Also make sure you maximize your audio setting. A lot of first party PS3 games have superb sound (up to 7.1 even).


(B) Games
=======
For Blu-ray...
MGS4
Valkyria Chronicles
LittleBigPlanet
MotorStorm 2
Ratchet and Clank
Uncharted
Resistance 2 (Look out for KZ 2 next year)
GT5P
Warhawk
SingStar
Buzz!
Eye of Judgment
MLB The Show 2008
Hotshot Golf
Folklore
...

For PSN...
Pixel Junk games
Everyday Shooter
Super Stardust HD
Echochrome
flOw


(C) Media Hub
=========
DLNA server -- http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=158357


(D) Other Software
=============
Web browser (YouTube, Hulu, etc)
Playstation Video Store
*If* you like to chat, look out for Playstation Home. Otherwise not much there (yet).


(E) Accessories
==========
The full-sized USB keyboard is my most used peripheral, right after the controller
Check out the Playstation Official Headset. It's really nice.
PS Eye
 
H_Prestige said:
Wireless is fine. You obviously won't get the same dl speeds you would if it were hardwired, but for online play it works perfectly.
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Please explain how a 54Mbps Wi-Fi holds back a 3Mbps DSL connection.
 
Angelus said:
Woohooo...I am now officially a PS3 owner.:lol
Thanks for the heads up. My total was $348.02 with free shipping...not bad.

Glad I held off buying a PS3 the other day,this deal was too sweet to pass up. Major thanks to you.

Ok,ok(need to breath a second.) Ahhh.:D

Umm incase I want to buy a service plan...does Sony sell one out of the box? I was going to buy a PS3 at WalMart,their 3 year $45.00 plan was really great.
Whats the charge Sony issues for having a PS3 repaired if you don't have a plan anyways? I could just wing it and hope for the best,anyways PS3s will be around $100.00 cheaper a year from now anyway.

Xdrive05-thank you,THANK YOU.:)
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Hey, glad I could help! Not sure about the service plans though.

I was pretty bummed when I missed the Amazon PS3 bundles last weekend, so you can imagine how stoked I was to find this one. I believe this deal is going on for another week or two at least, or until the coupon codes run out.
 
So I just made the plunge yesterday (thanks to the SonyRewards.com $150 off deal) and bought a PS3. There are some good game suggestions here and in the other exclusives thread, but what I really want to know is this:

Does anyone make a controller that is similar to the 360's? Yes, this may sound like heresy to you Playstation stalwarts, but I have an very tough time with the PS3 controllers after having used the 360 controllers for three years now. I like the way the thumbsticks and triggers conform to your fingers on the 360 controller, rather than the opposite on the PS3 controllers I've played on.

I notice Mad Catz made a PS3 controller, but I've no idea how it feels in-hand. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
 
I've been wondering a few things about the PS3.

- Are there printers that are compatible with the PS3?
- Can the PS3 use pretty much any Bluetooth keyboard and mouse?
- What is the functionality of the card readers? Can you use them to transfer game saves?
- Is it difficult to stream music or video from a PC to the PS3?
- Is there a Bluetooth universal remote that is compatible with the PS3, like a Harmony remote?
- Is it possible to create your own custom theme, or only the background?
- There's a very limited amount of avatars available. Can I make my own? If not, where can I download more?
- Can you use USB hubs with the PS3?
- Is there a size limit on the external USB hard drives/flash drives that I connect to the PS3?
- Can you install web applets like Flash and Adobe Reader to use with the Playstation 3's browser?
 
mr jones said:
I've been wondering a few things about the PS3.

- Are there printers that are compatible with the PS3?
- Can the PS3 use pretty much any Bluetooth keyboard and mouse?
- What is the functionality of the card readers? Can you use them to transfer game saves?
- Is it difficult to stream music or video from a PC to the PS3?
- Is there a Bluetooth universal remote that is compatible with the PS3, like a Harmony remote?
- Is it possible to create your own custom theme, or only the background?
- There's a very limited amount of avatars available. Can I make my own? If not, where can I download more?
- Can you use USB hubs with the PS3?
- Is there a size limit on the external USB hard drives/flash drives that I connect to the PS3?
- Can you install web applets like Flash and Adobe Reader to use with the Playstation 3's browser?
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- last I looked you can use canon, epson... might be some others now
- yes, bluetooth is universal
- card readers are for memory sticks, sd cards, compact flash... you can use them to back up date or transfer files
-you can create custom themes, there's a compiler lying around somewhere
- avatars, you can't make your own, though sony said they'd be adding more sometime soon
- yes you can use usb hubs
- no size limit on external drives iirc
- flash is built in to the browser
 
Something I've been curious about. I've been wanting to encode my DVDs to DiVX and store my Sarah Connor Season 1 and boatlaods of Galactica and Buffy DVDs on the machine's hard drive.
Can I do that nowdays with the PS3?
Or do I have to stream movies from PC>PS3?
I hate media streaming though.:/
 
Angelus said:
Something I've been curious about. I've been wanting to encode my DVDs to DiVX and store my Sarah Connor Season 1 and boatlaods of Galactica and Buffy DVDs on the machine's hard drive.
Can I do that nowdays with the PS3?
Or do I have to stream movies from PC>PS3?
I hate media streaming though.:/
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You can do either.

Put them on PC in h264 or divx and stream them, or copy them to PS3. The PS3 will not rip DVDs by itself though.

I am not sure to what extent we can discuss piracy here though...

I would use Tversity, it it fantastic for what you are thinking. You can stream without reencode, or just hit triangle on a file and hit copy to download to PS3.
 
Angelus said:
Something I've been curious about. I've been wanting to encode my DVDs to DiVX and store my Sarah Connor Season 1 and boatlaods of Galactica and Buffy DVDs on the machine's hard drive.
Can I do that nowdays with the PS3?
Or do I have to stream movies from PC>PS3?
I hate media streaming though.:/
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You can play divx files now, yes.
 
You need:

LittleBigPlanet
Warhawk
Motorstorm (either one is a fine choice)
Uncharted
Burnout Paradise
Metal Gear Solid 4
Resistance 2

As for DLC games, I'd recommend:

Pixeljunk Eden
Pixeljunk Monsters
Super Stardust HD
Linger in Shadows
Wipeout HD
Bionic Commando: Rearmed
Mega Man 9
 
AndyD said:
You can do either.

Put them on PC in h264 or divx and stream them, or copy them to PS3. The PS3 will not rip DVDs by itself though.

I am not sure to what extent we can discuss piracy here though...

I would use Tversity, it it fantastic for what you are thinking. You can stream without reencode, or just hit triangle on a file and hit copy to download to PS3.
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I've already got DVD Fab Platinum for ripping my collection.
But nah I don't pirate movies. I just like having a huge hard drive full of stuff from my DVD library. You know - I can watch it in a console without having to plow through my closet and have the whole thing come crashing down on me at times.:lol I buy more horror films than anyone on the forum probably.:b This and using the system's web browser are gonna be quite fun. YouTube gets lots of love in my home. Shit if I'm not uploading tons of video I'm watching them. The whole multi media box thing is one of the sexiest things about this machine. Games - I already know what I want for the machine,just need to catch some deals on them first.

Kagari ,thanks for the confirmation also.
 
mr jones said:
- Is there a size limit on the external USB hard drives/flash drives that I connect to the PS3?
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They have to be formatted in FAT32. Windows places a limit on the size for this, but there are 3rd party apps you can find to format larger sizes.
 
Help you justify your purchase? Aren't you supposed to justify your purchase before, you know, purchasing the thing?

That's how it works for me at least.
 
Seeing as how I might be getting a PS3 soon (and sure as hell am not making a new thread for such a similar question), what are the top 5 games on the PS3 right now (multi-platform games included)?
 
Making a top5 at the moment would be so pointless as with the ammount of new games out everyone's would be completely different.

But if you want, my Top5 of the moment (including mutliplatform):
1. LittleBigPlanet
2. Bioshock (don't have a 360 and don't game on pc)
3. Dead Space
4. Motorstorm 2
5. Tom Clancy's End War (told you it would be a severely subjective list)

And my Top10 alltime ps3 exclusives:
1. LittleBigPlanet
2. Uncharted
3. Metal Gear Solid 4
4. Motorstorm 2
5. Valkyria Chronicles
6. Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
7. Hot Shot Golf 5: Out of Bounds/Everybody's Golf: World Tour
8. Resistance: FOM
9. GT5 Prologue
10. Warhawk

On PSN my musthaves would be:
Super Stardust HD
Pixeljunk Eden
Wipeout HD
 
Yaceka said:
Seeing as how I might be getting a PS3 soon (and sure as hell am not making a new thread for such a similar question), what are the top 5 games on the PS3 right now (multi-platform games included)?
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You can't really say "top games". They're all great that you'll be satisfied with anything that catches your eye.
 
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