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In all this excitement I forgot to post a picture I took of my first Netflix movie arrival, The Fifth Element in Blu-ray. I need to take full advantage of my Sony PS3 Blu-ray playback capabilities, something Microsoft Xbox 360 owners don’t have, I must mention.

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I had my Sony PS3 for some time now, and since then I was never able to take advantage of the Media Server features the Sony PS3 offers, till now. Thanks to fellow Twitterican Jose Izquierdo (@izqrdo on Twitter) who made me aware of this nifty app call, well, PS3 Media Server, from the great people at Google Code (http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/), available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

It’s a stand alone app, you install it on a Mac (in my case) just like you wound install any other app, do the drag and drop dance, run the app, and there is really no configuration necessary, other than in the folders tab you need to select the folders you want to have available to the PS3, in my case the Pictures, Music, and Movies, folders. No need to install additional codecs the apps does it all. MP4 play back is extremely choppy, and it doesn’t play DRM content, for obvious reason. MP3, and DIVX contents plays awesomely.

Haven’t taken advantage of the PS3 Media Server feature yet? take a look at this Google Code app, I know you will enjoy it.

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When I wrote my PS3 review I left out pointing the price range between the Sony PS3 and the Microsoft Xbox 360, mainly because I wanted to do a in-dept price comparison between the two consoles, where both consoles can be comparable with each other feature wise.

Sony PS3 -

• 80Gb System with Blu-ray playback capabilities, Wireless Rechargeable Controller and Charging Cable. $399
• Extra Wireless Rechargeable Controller $45
• Bluetooth Headset $45

Grand Total. $490 without any local tax.

Microsoft Xbox 360 -

• 60Gb System with Non-Rechargable Battery Powered Controller, Wired Headset, and Ethernet Cable. $299
• Extra Non-Rechargable Battery Powered Controller. $40
• Two Xbox 360 Play & Charge Kits (Rechargeable Batteries for Wireless Controllers). $40
• Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter (make your Xbox 360 WiFi enable). $99
• Xbox 360 Live Subscription Gold Card (Years worth of multi-playing capability). $50

Grand Total. $530 without local tax, and without the added fact that the Microsoft Xbox 360 doesn’t have Blu-ray playback capabilities.

In the end Price wise, the Sony PS3 is the right choice for a casual gamer, like myself. You make the choice, what type of gamer are you?

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This one started at Starbucks Paseos Mini Mall, walking distance from where I live, and ended up in my house playing LittleBigPlanet on my Sony PS3, the Mini TweetUp feature the likes of @rafamejia, @punkylady, @ramcosca, @magcast, @izqrdo (briefly), @The_PHP_Jedi (online via Sony PS3 and LittleBigPlanet) and of course me @Rmediavilla.

Pictures follow:

more pictures on my Flickr account Twittericans Mini Tweetups set.

LittleBigPlanet sackboys and sackgirls:

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Lets put a side the fact that we know the Sony PS3 is the fastest and cheapest Blu-Ray player in the market right now. The UI if you have ever use a Sony PSP before there interface are exactly the same, but not as easy to use as the Sony PSP one, meaning the Sony PS3 doesn’t have a on board card reader, so you can’t play movies or music off them, like the Sony PSP does. It does read usb drivers, but to me it doesn’t feel the same.

It’s has Media Server capabilities but I haven’t even took the time to figure out how to setup this feature, all I know it lets you see content on other computers in your home network.

Hardware wise it has two usb ports in the front, none in the back HUGE minus for me, it has a HDMI port in the back and no power brick and is WiFi enable so BIG plus for Sony PS3 in this case, no need to buy an external wireless adpater. The controller is much like the one on the Sony PS2 but the ones for the Sony PS3 are only Wireless, battery like is awesome I get almost a week of causal gaming.

It plays DVD’s great, CD’s haven’t tried but I figure it should play them as great, like I previously mention Blu-Ray read time is awesome.

Game wise, the Sony PS3 doesn’t have a great selection of exclusive games, hence LittleBigPlanet, Resistance, Killzone, MLB: The Show, but most must have games available for the Microsoft Xbox 360 are also available for the Sony PS3, hence Grand Theft Auto, Call Of Duty, BioShock, Guitar Hero. Graphics wise, the Sony PS3 game graphics, coming from a PS fanboy, I have to admit aren’t awesome but they are bad neither, Microsoft Xbox 360 has better graphics but only by a slim margin.

Feature wise, the Sony PS3 comes with a HUGE HUGE HUGE PLUS, a built in web browser with all the usual JavaScript Flash stuff enable, meaning Hulu.com on the Sony PS3 is a must, getting free streaming movies and TV shows gets huge props from me. Much like the Microsoft Xbox 360, the Sony PS3 also has an Online Store, as part of the Playstation Network, which unlike Microsoft Xbox 360 where you have top pay in other to play multiplayer games and/or get streaming movies via Netflix (which you also have to paid), you can play multiplayer capable games at no extra charge. On the minus side, two HUGE ones I must say, the Playstation Stores doesn’t have an extensive library of Demos like the Micosoft Xbox 360 Live Store has, but buyable games add-ons are perfectly balance between Sony PS3 and Microsoft Xbox 360. Secondly Playstation Store updates don’t come as often as you should like.

In the end for a causal gamer, like myself, which has found the use of being able to access Hulu.com and view Video Podcast like Tekzilla, Diggnation and TWiT Live on the HDTV, with the add fact that the Sony PS3 is the fastest and cheapest Blu-ray player in the market, I find it is a great buy, which I give it 8 stars out of 10 ********, because of the lack of must have exclusive games and the good, instead of awesome, game graphics.

NOTE: I didn’t mention Playstation Home (Virtual Social Network) because it’s in beta and I don’t trust betas.

Now a couple of pictures I took of my new Sony PS3:

More pictures on my Flickr account Sony PS3 set.

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