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If you want a truly great media system, get yourself a PS3.
The arcade isn't any quieter than a regular 360.
Stubbymonkey. You and I must have vastly differing ideas of the meaning of the words truly and great. I bought my PS3 over a year ago and one I saw how limited it really was, I bought a popcorn hour (for less than half the price, I might add) and the PS3 has been collecting dust ever since. At least the dust is displayed in glorious 1080p though.
Apparently someone never thought to install linux on his PS3
Google PS3 Media Server, done. Currently using this for all my 1080p needs.
@ Nacho
Well considering that the PS3 not only reads more media formats in their native state, including native in-system DivX support -- something that the 360 doesn't do -- AND works so easily with many streaming programs, I'd say the PS3 has a definite advantage when it comes to, you know... media? Not only that, but the damn thing plays blu-ray's, for crying out loud. There really isn't any other console on the market right now that does as much. I guess it really is your preference, though...
Thats odd... I use my 360 to play Divx movies all the time
Nacho can I have your PS3? I'll pay shipping.
Not only does the 360 play DivX, it got DivX support before the PS3 did.
The PS3 has certified DivX support, the 360 does not. That means that ALL DivX files will play on a PS3 but files that were encoded prior to the more recent versions of the DivX codec may not on a 360.
To play DivX on my 360 I need to maintain an active internet connection so the box can talk to Microsoft. Granted I do have one 99% of the time, but this limitation is bull and frankly scares me privacy wise. My PS3 has no such limitation.
@ willieche.
It sounds like you have a DRM issue with the codec download from Microsoft. I used to have the same problem, but after fixing it with their online tool and redownloading it, I don't need to be connected to watch my videos.
Also, I don't want to start a flame war, but I was watching 24 on DVD last week on my PS3 and that thing was loud as hell. easily as loud as my 360.
Blu-rays, not problem, nice and quiet but standard DVDs are bloody loud.
Hmm... i bought a cheap case, mobo, processor, video card, ram, and power supply for less than $300 at Frys. Used an old hard drive and installed Ubuntu, and now I can stream glorious 1080p from my desktop. And I don't keep track but I'm pretty sure that's cheaper than a PS3 by a lot.
-Taylor
TROLL!! Or PS3 Fanboy. Either way, annoying as hell.