Sell PS3 and buy....?

[marketsons1985]

Hi All -

As a first year teacher, I am finding my time (and desire) to play PS3 has greatly diminished to the point where I am now questioning if I should sell it. I have a 60GB backward compatible PS3, and use it currently to play BluRays mostly, and the quite uncommon Guitar Hero / Rock Band, but that has been twice or three times this entire school year!

I am questioning whether I need a $300ish (mostly) bluray player now, but wondering what to replace it with!

I want something that I can use easily with a Logitech harmony (which I'm assuming is everything) but also does Netflix streaming, and (ideally) is under $200 (even less is better!).

Is this illogical or something I should do now while my PS3 is still functional and in demand?

Thanks for your help!

 

[Tristicus]

Don't replace the PS3...it's a hell of a player, and upgradeable for 3D and the like. Plus if a game comes out you really need to play..there you go. 60gb models are worth a lot too, and there are Harmony remotes that work with it (I think).

 

[mshan]

From what I've read, that is one of the fastest Blu-Ray players.

The one I used to own put out a lot of heat and the fan spinned up very audibly, but that 60 GB backward compatible one was supposed to be quite good (SACD playback too).

If you wanted a dedicated Blu-Ray player and can spend some more money, Oppo BDP-83 gets lots of positive comments: http://www.oppodigital.com/

 

[sivart]

My brother bought a Samsung C5500 player for about $160. It boots up the disc faster than any player I've seen. It will do netflix, pandora, etc. Worth at least checking out. He did the same thing you are doing. Replace a 60GB (original) PS3.

http://bluray-players.net/samsung/samsung-bd-c5500-review/

There is a C6500 too that adds wireless capability.

 

[zerogear]

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmo.../dp/B00267S7XW

Harmony adapter for PS3

 

[sdifox]

keep your ps3.

 

[gorcorps]

I'd keep your PS3 personally. You've already spent the money, and in order to get a bluray player with all the same features as the PS3 you'd have to spend enough to not make it worth it. And now you have the console in case you ever get the itch to play a game.

 

[kalrith]

Don't replace the PS3...it's a hell of a player, and upgradeable for 3D and the like. Plus if a game comes out you really need to play..there you go. 60gb models are worth a lot too, and there are Harmony remotes that work with it (I think).

This.

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmo.../dp/B00267S7XW

Harmony adapter for PS3

And this.

Unless you have a specific issue with the PS3 (such as too much noise/heat, lack of analog outputs, etc.), then I think you'll lose out by selling your PS3 and buying a BD player that does much less and is not as future-proof.

And shouldn't you be off in the summer as a teacher?

 

[zerocool84]

I sold my Xbox and bought a PS3 mainly for the Blu-ray player and Netflix and if I occasionally want to play a game as I don't play games as much as I used to. It's still one of the best Blu-ray players on the market cus it can do so much.

 

[pontifex]

how much are you realistically going to get for a used PS3? Why also downgrade soemthing that can do tons of things to one that can only do 1 or 2?

 

[darkswordsman17]

how much are you realistically going to get for a used PS3? Why also downgrade soemthing that can do tons of things to one that can only do 1 or 2?

Exactly. Unless you can sell it for near full price to someone you know, it was fairly easy to nab one for less than the current asking price from Dell and other places that run specials from time to time. The only reason I could think of dumping the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player is to go for one that's higher quality such as the Oppo, and depending on the rest of your setup even that would be fairly questionable.

 

[KeithP]

It sounds like you are in pretty much the same situation that I was in. I purchased a PS3 when BD players were more expensive. My idea was to use it mainly as a BD player and for occasional game playing.

When the BD players got cheaper I decided to sell my PS3 and replace it with a Samsung BD player with Netflix streaming, which wasn't available at the time for the PS3.

If I could do it over again I would keep the PS3 and buy the Harmony adapter. While the Samsung player is okay, it is nowhere near as fast as the PS3 in regards to BD. Plus, I never had a BD playback problem with my PS3 while with the Samsung, I have run into a couple of discs that wouldn't play.

One thing you might consider, since you have an older PS3 with backwards compatibility, you might be able to sell it and get enough money to buy a new one. If you can find the right buyer, the models with backward compatibility can fetch a pretty good price. That would get you a new machine with a warranty.

-Keith

 

[shortylickens]

Vienna is a nice town. They have the best Metro stop.

Anyway, if you already have a PS3, keep it. Dont sell it and buy something different.

 

[Fallen Kell]

To continue beating the dead horse, you won't be able to sell the PS3 and buy a comparable stand-alone blu-ray player without losing money. As stated, the PS3 is one of the few players that is going to continue to get updates as new features get added. The current case and point is 3D blu-ray. But there have been lots of other updates, like Netflix (even though it currently needs a disc to do it, once the exclusive deal with MS ends, it will be available built in on the hard drive)...

 

[poofyhairguy]

My old 20GB first gen PS3 died on me the other day, so I sold off my games and used the money to buy a Samsung BD-C5500.

I am happy with this purchase. The Samsung BD-C5500 can load a Blu Ray fairly fast (not PS3 fast, but faster than any other player I have seen), and when hooked to a ethernet cable it will update itself.

My favorite thing about the Samsung BD-C5500 compared to the PS3 is that the PS3 drops down to 480p when playing a movie through Netflix (even "HD" movies), but the Samsung BD-C5500 upscales the Neflix movie to 1080p. The result is of a slightly higher quality than the best the PS3 can deliver.

 

[simonizor]

I don't really game much on my PS3 anymore, but I don't regret the purchase at all. It's an awesome media player, both blu ray and streaming from PC.

 

[Nurn]

No contest - keep the PS3. The media streaming capability make it far more valuable than a stand alone BD player. I transfer (i.e. copy onto the PS3 hard drive) video files wirelessly from my PC over to the PS3 (like full seasons of hi-def TV shows), and watch them thru the PS3. Streaming hi def wirelessly is too choppy, due to bandwidth restrictions; however, I stream music from my PC to the PS3 to my receiver. I never use it for gaming.

 

[Fallen Kell]

My favorite thing about the Samsung BD-C5500 compared to the PS3 is that the PS3 drops down to 480p when playing a movie through Netflix (even "HD" movies), but the Samsung BD-C5500 upscales the Neflix movie to 1080p. The result is of a slightly higher quality than the best the PS3 can deliver.

You just needed to have 720p checked as an option on the PS3 output device for HD from Netflix to work, as all the current streaming HD is 720p, and it will down sample to 480p if your output device isn't set to receive 720p content..... You should have read the FAQ or even just googled as their twitter page even has it:

https://twitter.com/Netflixhelps/status/5488203966