While most of the PlayStation 3 Slim haters in the house have been knocking Sony's new system for the lack of PlayStation 2 backwards compatibility, these haterade drinkers will be pleased to know that the Slim also has an inferior Blu-ray drive. Engadget did an extensive analysis of the system and discovered that the Slim's Blu-ray drive is a tad slower than the original's.
"We're actually a bit surprised by the results here, so we checked over these a few times. It seems that the PS3 Slim's Blu-ray player is actually a tiny bit slower than our 60GB PS3 classic from 2006, albeit not by much. The time between inserting the disc (listening for that last little 'click' sound) and having it register in the menu was pretty much the same ten seconds each time, but once you click on the disc and actually launch into the movie, the time it takes to get to a non-loading screen was seconds quicker on the classic. Not a drastic difference, but after so many years to improve theBD technology, you think they'd bother to add something with a little more pep here, and certainly not deliver something with less."
Personally, I really dig the Slim. I love that it uses less power, runs cooler, and isn't nearly the fingerprint magnet the original is. Plus, I'm totally geeked out by its awesome 17-blade fan. Still, it's disappointing that its Blu-ray drive is outperformed by a three-year old model.
Are any of you disappointed in the PS3 Slim's Blu-ray performance? Shouldn't a three-year update of a console have a drive as good or better than the original's? Or is the difference small enough that it doesn't matter to you?
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k2_kambo
i always wondered...upgrading hard drives yes thats nothing new, but hey how about upgrading the ps3 blu ray with even a FASTER read/write time? That possible?
black0panther
Has anyone truly done any research on this. What i mean the new biggest complaint is the PS3 slim blue ray drive is slower. And were talking a few lousy seconds. here. I have 2 other blueray players all non sony and that take a minute or more to load movies. They take for ever. And yet we complain about 2 seconds. This is just another way to bash Sony and the PS3. A we that bad that we cant sit there for 2 seconds. Ive seen teens on slow internets slam mice and keyboards and think whats the deal. I now see it the world has no patience any more.If its not now then its not at all. Im a proud owner of a PS3 and 2 seconds dont mean crap to me. Reason I know I got oneof the best blue ray plaers out on the market. BAR NONE>
marthofdoom
They needed to make it cheaper. So they did.
Tmidiman
Slow dvd drive. ROFL!
ZombiekingX
This is supposed to matter? I guess it does to nick picking whinney babies.
emugod
I don't care a few seconds means nothing if the slim had come out a year ago i would have bought it but instead I got a fatboy and though the price was annoying i am not looking back at all a few seconds is a few seconds
amazingjakeo
@DaBigFatCow : hell yea man, its all about the PC.
DaBigFatCow
I dont understand why people care so much about backwards compatibility. Like what generation are we in? If people like PS2 games sooo much then why did they buy a PS3, oviously the PS2 had better games than the PS3 then. Its simple, if you want to play PS2 games keep your PS2.
As for me I use a PC and Xbox 360.
G4maniac14
ill stick with my original 60 GB any day :-D
Tmidiman
Ah!! So you have to download games to the hard drive because the dvd drive in the PS3 is too slow?!
This is very very far from the high tech device that fanboys have raving about. What a piece of junk.You folks need wake up and stop going on about a low tech device and just enjoy it.
Done!
metal_gear_ratchet
only people with no life would care about this
whoa! 2 seconds slow big deal
crabs8518
So there is nothing really wrong to report about the PS3 Slim so they put out a story like this. Really? Then for you to say in the title of the video that the Blu-Ray player is worse in the slim and that is very misleading. Some people might see that and second guess if they should buy one because of articles like this. Are people that impatient these days that you can't wait a few extra seconds to watch a Blu-Ray movie on one of the best Blu-Ray players on the market. Come on guys!!!
LinksSword
who cares... its still a Blu-ray player that works
silas19
Really? who gives a %#*>.
LameFace
why was this post even written? seriously? this article is utterly pointless...
godlike79
who cares it takes two seconds longer to load blu-ray.i have a 80gb ps3 and a 60gb xbox360..who cares about a $100 bucks.the slim is only smaller to me.my old 360 and old ps3 and psp 3000 are fine.newer dosent mean better.i have had no problems with my old systems.they are a yr or two old but they are working like the day i got them.why should i upgrade.nothing new about them.just cheaper.
TheCrystal
That wouldn't affect me so much. I don't mind the extra 10 seconds for a smaller PS3 with a bigger HD. I think the PS3 slim is great for a second PS3, at least for me.
lucidity
This site has tested two Blu-Ray player that cost $100
Thyknighttemplar
The word Worse is not the right title for this topic . I think set back is what your looking for. Any ways a blu ray dvd is only 200, now slim version that has so much features is by another 100 bucks, which is worth.
jalapenowonmil
So?
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