Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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1.) Buy PS3
2.) Add Blu-Ray drive to PC
3.) Install TVersity (free) on PC
4.) Rip Blu-Ray movies to H264
5.) Stream them to PS3
All HD Movies on demand - Simple.
Mad Mike.. the only thing that is waste of money here is the PS3:
1. Add Blu-Ray/HD DVD drive to PC
2.) Install TVersity (free) on PC
3.) Rip Blu-Ray and HD DVD movies to H264 or any other codec with AnyDVD HD
4.) Stream them through your PC to your TV or if you already have a PS3 or X360 use that.
There's no need to buy a PS3 for this.. only a good drive for PC so you can rip everything. And yeah, HD DVD (Plextor) is best solution because it allows you to rip HD DVD exclusives too. So you are not missing out on anything.
Actually, I was wrong.. Plextor is too expansive.. $180 LG drive that does Blu-Ray read/burn + HD DVD read is the ultimate solution.
You have a point there. I already have a PS3 so I just use that. I also want that Hauppauge HD PVR that can work with my Verizon FiOS HD Cable Box. That way I can rip shows. Right now I use Miro with a certain TV site, but that isn't entirely legal. Not like any of this is. It's probably illegal to rip your blu-rays on your computer and then streaming them is another charge. Etc, etc, etc...
We should start our own content label for music and movies. One that embraces net neutrality and fair use. We use digital content only, no physical media. We outsource the Blu-Ray burning to a 3rd party who will then market the content at a higher cost to give them a cut of the action. We save money on slush funds, cocaine funds, lobbying funds, etc and we don't get greedy. We could sell movies for $5.00 and entire CD's for $2 and still make a fortune. Of course we would be sued into oblivion by the MAFIAA. We could get artists and actors easy, because they will make more money off of us than they do with the MAFIAA.
The PS3 makes a great multimedia juke box and unlike the 360 you can copy movies to its HDD rather than just stream them. I prefer copying the movies over since they start faster.
faster? What kind of slow network you got? 54mbps on 802.11g wireless is good enough for hd streaming to the 360. I use a wired 100mbps connection, Or just play right of a dual layered disc, providing the movie is wmvhd..
As for ripping movies to the ps3 hard drive? Why would you want to do that? The hard drive is so small, and a proper hd movie is like 12gb, you gonna store 5 movies on your ps3 hdd? stick with your computers hard drive and a simple dvi-hdmi cable like mentioned above.
Maybe he's saying faster because playing from HDD is instant, and streaming isn't. Playing from HDD also means proper seeking, pausing, restart etc. It also means of course you can play the movie without PC being on, burning 2x the power. You have the choice of course to do either - copy to HDD or stream so its a matter of preference.
I find I do both but I prefer local storage. The HDD is also entirely adequate for SD movies, but you can expand it quite easily if space ever became tight.