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Philips Won't Sell Home Theater Equipment in North America Anymore

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ripfire
11/19/08

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Item number one, "Lose Accountability". Check!
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jdbaile3
11/19/08

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So if I am gonna get a blu ray player, is the PS3 still the best way to go? Id rather spend under $300 if possible.
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dc-united
11/19/08

@jdbaile3: It probably is for most people, since you get the latest spec player and you get a game system thrown in.

For some folks (like me) it isn't quite what I need to fit into my home theater for a variety of reasons.
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FrankenPC
11/19/08

@dc-united: It's loud. It's get's hotter than hell. It's a power hog. Oh, and it has a bizarre habit of turning on unexpectedly which can have really bad consequences if you have one enclosed in a cabinet.

But, yeah, for the money you get an excellent HDMI 1.3 capable BluRay player and Some pretty damn good games.

FYI: Don't flame me. I own one.
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robinandtami
11/19/08

@jdbaile3: Not really. We're starting to see standalone players that are more full featured than the PS3, with load times just as fast as the PS3, and cheaper than the PS3.

It's also going to depend upon your audio system. If it doesn't accept PCM audio via HDMI, but you do have multi-channel inputs; you'd want a blu-ray player that decodes HD audio and has multi-channel outputs. If you have a really nice receiver with HDMI, you'd want a blu-ray player that can bitstream the HD audio to your receiver and let it do the decoding vs. the PS3 which can not bit stream hd audio.
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Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!
11/19/08

@FrankenPC: My PS3 is almost dead silent and the heat that comes from it is from the right side vents which is what it's supposed to do.
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