On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 11:22 +0000, Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm mulling over getting a PS3 for Christmas for the family, mainly for > Bluray playback, but also for the odd game or two. Now I realise the > new PS3 Slimline doesn't support the 'Other OS' option, although I have > the option of getting one of the original PS3 consoles (a 40GB I think). > > The thing that attracts me to getting one of the original PS3 consoles > is the fact that I can run Ubuntu on it. However I'm wondering what is > like on there? > > What I'd like to do is play HD video files and possibly a few emulators, > but I have read that when the PS3 is in 'Other OS' mode it limits the > graphics hardware and memory, so I'm wondering if I'd possibly be better > of getting a standalone Bluray player (which are now pretty cheap) and > also something like an Atom/ION based PC for media playback? > > Is anyone on here running Ubuntu on the PS3? > > Ta, > > Rob
Some notes: The PS3 already plays HD video files, you can access them via the blu-ray drive, the internal (replaceable) hard-drive or via a media server network connection (what i use, stream media files over wifi from my home server). the PSN also has some old games available for download that are played via an emulator. Ubuntu on a ps3 is locked out basically from the blu-ray drive (because you have to be able to decrypt the blu-ray disks) and the cell SPU's (which means your stuck on a relatively slow ppc) essentially the jist of it is that putting linux on a ps3 is fun to play with but its not worth it for anything like a media centre which the ps3 does much better (my ps3 is my main media centre). oh and be careful with blu-ray players, they may look cheep but chances are they won't work with some newer blu-rays if the disk key's get changed and it doesn't update, generally the ps3 is recommended as the best blu-ray player out there from my more film buff friends. -- Gordon Allott <gord.all...@canonical.com>
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