I guess so then. I didn't think the cables would make that much of a difference (plus I hadn't noted that option, and I don't recall seeing it in the thread. Oh well.) but apparently they have. So, 480i it is then, but it's still quite an improvement.

Anything is better than composite cords. I seriously wonder why they even package their consoles with them, and then I remember some people really do have such horrible televisions that they can't accept anything better.

We should all have a moment of silence for these people who can't afford to spend even $200 on a new tv that at least has a single s-video or component slot.

For some people, it's simply not worth 200$ to have your games look slightly better on television. If you already have a suitable television for your needs, why spend 200$ when you can just use composite? This is just an incredibly boneheaded assumption by you that everyone who wants to play a video game system should go out and buy a new television. Composite cables don't look perfect by any means, but they look good enough when you're not playing on a 30"+ TV (and considering probably about 90% of college students don't have TVs that size in their room, that makes up a pretty large portion of the market.)

With my Dell 2405fpw I'm happily not included in this group, but to say that they can't afford a good TV simply because they choose not to buy one is a ridiculous generalization.

anys opinion here.

Should I get a PC?
because theoretically I can download all my games.
or should I get a PS3?
which would cost a hell of a lot less then a computer capable of outputting the same levels of graphics.

pc games, console games. both are good to me.

Now a days there are about 10 console games per each PC game, and that's not even exclusive PC games which is why I stopped bothering with PC gaming and now just simply buy the 3 major consoles on the market for about the same price a new PC would.

Also if you get the PS3 you can install Linux on it, after which point you can do word processing and whatever else you could do on a new PC, and it'll still be able to play PS3 games. Therefore for the price difference that you pointed out as far as I'm concerned the PC right now is just an over expensive piece of hardware that's been bettered by Sony.

Any TV made in the 90s will have a s-video slot or maybe even some component somewhere on it. You're just being silly.

sounds good to me. Thanks for the input.

I wouldn't guarantee that. I'm still stuck on Composite for now. Granted my TV is rather old (maybe 10 years now? Still puts it about 1995/1996) But Composite is still the way to go right now for me.

That's not a fair thing to say. The PC gets SHITLOADS of games. Moreso than most of the consoles do, they just aren't necessarily big ones, or popular ones.

For example, this week, the only PS2 game coming out is NCAA March Madness 07, but the PC is getting The Burning Crusade, Great Invasions, The Shield, and Pat Sajak's Lucky Letters. Most people haven't heard ot eh last three, which is why this assumption is a common mistake.

Well I guess if he rather play games that no one's heard of before rather then some of the most anticipated games of the year like MGS4, Tekken 6, MotorStorm then he should go get a PC instead of a PS3+Linux so that he can play Great Invasions and The Shield instead.

I never argued that the console games tend to be more hyped in this day and age, but I'm just pointing out a technicality.

Alright, well technically I suppose you're right however I don't know why you pointed it out if it doesn't really matter in the end.

Because I'm anal like that. That's really about it.

(We should stop derailing this now. >_>)

Last time I checked, Linux supported USB printers. Correct me if I'm wrong, though.

It does

Devoxycontin: I never print things at home myself, I always save it to a USB drive and print my stuff at school for free.

You obviously haven't been paying attention to what's going on and have come in half way through something you don't understand or are too narrow-sighted to see the bigger picture.

Jan wanted to know if it would be alright to get a PS3 over a PC because they need a new PC for PC things, however they also want a PS3 to play the games coming out this year and all I said was that you can get a PS3 and load it with Linux which would allow you do do anything your standard PC can do besides play PC games however you would also be able to still play PS3 games also.

So as you can see now, nowhere in there did anyone say that it was better or easier to do word processing on a PS3 over a PC, it was a matter of only being able to get a PC or a PS3 and we just pointed out that if they get a PS3 with Linux installed that they can do both.

I've heard Linux on the PS3 is pretty hokey and not nearly as good as a few decent cheap parts laying around that would cost a third the price of a PS3, hell even for a Windows machine. I mean its one thing if you can get Linux to interact with all the usb ports and such to use mouse/keyboard and a printer but if still runs like shit then why even bother? I wouldn't recommend using a PS3 as your home computer. What happens when someone wants to do a report on it and you want to play PS3 games. Bummer times that's what. Just build a cheap machine out of some decent parts. Download an illegal copy of XP Pro for all I care. I don't recommend the PS3 as a replacement computer, not in the least.

I wouldn't base my opinion on just what you heard if I were you. However I would definatly look into it before making the leap for sure. If he wants to play games as well as casual use he might have to get a console+sub $400 PC, however like I said, further investigation on Jan's part is required before making any final decisions.

I wanted to install Linux merely so I could play PC emulators on my TV, but since I recently upgraded to a 1080p LCD with a DVI port to display my PC, I no longer have any real reason to use Linux. At least not until the hackers figure out how to make it so you can play PS1 and PS2 games on Linux with a resolution boost (someone was working on this a while back).

With the Linux installed you can play your custom soundtracks during gameplay.

And you can use a Wiimote as a pointer for your PS3 through Linux.

Custom soundtracks? On what?

I've just heard from IGN and others that if someone has Linux installed on their PS3 that they can play their own music in the OS and then go play a PS3 game with their own music still playing via Linux, therefore custom soundtrack.

So kinda like Playin Music on WinAMP (or some similar program) while playing PC/Emulated games or just having a CD Player next to you while playing any game.

I'm actually curious about how closely the PS3's Linux can imitate PC functions. Obviously, It ain't got shit in terms of data input (unless you have a USB Keyboard) But would it take storage devices like additional hard drives and play back non-DVD/BluRay movies (e.g. AVI, OGM, MKV format). Because that would be pretty useful. I'm still rather surprised (even if it's old news) that a Wiimote works with a PS3. But hell, there's a good mouse right there.