PlayStation 3 to feature Blu-Ray disc playback capability
Posted on 05/08/04 16:40 by Jan S.                             
PlayStation 3 to feature Blu-Ray disc playback capability
We spotted an article at Games Industry that claims the next generation console from Sony will handle High Definition content, due to an included, read only, Blu-ray disc drive. This will be quite a nice feature and will help this game console provide more value to the end user with this added versatility.

Sony officials confirmed that the next iteration of the PlayStation home console will be equipped with a Blu-Ray disc drive, allowing it to play back high definition movies (as movies are gradually expected to move from DVD to Blu-Ray in the coming years) as well as providing more space for game developers on the discs.

Single-layer Blu-Ray discs can store up to 27Gb on one layer of data, compared to 4.7Gb on DVDs, although the version of the standard favoured by Sony holds only 23Gb - still around five times larger than existing DVD discs. The Blu-Ray specification also allows for reading existing DVD discs, so the PS3 will almost certainly still be able to handle standard DVD movies and PS2 titles.

Video playback units based on the new read-only standard are expected to appear by the end of the current fiscal year, which runs through to March 2005 - the same timescale in which Sony plans to unveil the PlayStation 3 in public for the first time.

For those that are anxiously awaiting this console, we have to wonder if you think this is an important feature, at least for you. You may visit the Games Industry site for the full story, also you can discuss this new Playstation capability in ourStand Alone Devices & Home Entertainment Forum.

Source: gamesindustry.biz

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By FreqNasty, Thursday 05 August 2004 19:19
This is a plus I believe. The fact that you can have a PS3 with a blu-ray player thrown in has to be a plus for everyone. Now you no longer need to buy a separate player. I don't know how many games will take advantage of 23 gigs. Most games now don't go near reaching the full capacity of DL 8.5 gig. Having too much space is a good problem to have anyway supergrin
By RDJ, Thursday 05 August 2004 19:30
RDJTold you so in my reply on the blue ray post yesterday
By I Have Piles, Thursday 05 August 2004 20:18
The very same tactic they used with the PS2 and DVD
By cd11, Friday 06 August 2004 01:04
Hm...this will be interesting. Microsoft decides to back HD-DVD, Sony decides to add Blu-Ray to their Playstation console... Not to be biased or anything, but if Microsoft says something will become standard, it will become standard, even if someone as big as Sony wants to use something else. loveit
By petera, Friday 06 August 2004 01:50
peteraWell that's not allways the case.... Microsoft may well be able to lead the trend as far as PC's go, but this is home entertainment, and Sony will probabaly launch a load of blu-ray movies at the same time (something Microsoft can't do themselves). If enough movies come out on blu-ray (and a few decent games loveit) then the PS3 wil have a major edge over Xbox 2 weither Microsoft like it or not.
By Lacrymator, Friday 06 August 2004 03:22
**If you buy the optional remote... 19.99 wonder if the games will be HDTV resolution.. Too bad I never got the hang of any type of controller. (since snes)
[edited by Lacrymator on 06.08.2004 03:24]
By adam.mt, Friday 06 August 2004 12:06
Not sure I agree with you. I didn't think it was clear yet whether Microsoft's support of HD-DVD was actually just pretty much the same as their support of DVD-RAM for DVD recording devices, i.e. this is the FIRST one we'll support, HOWEVER expect support for all the OTHERS as well!
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