James Rolfe speaks about PS3 and Blu-Ray

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If you really wanted the opinion of a hardcore movie buff, then this guy is it. He explains his own personal experience with buying a PS3 and playing back Blu-Ray movies. Being also a very famous gamer, he expresses playing games on the PS3.

http://www.cinemassacre.com/new/?p=4707
 
+1 that guy's a fucktard. WHY n00bie, WHY? Snowknight - Tell your brother he's been hiding.
 
Care to explain why you think he's wrong? Everyone was wondering why Blu-Ray hasn't been picking up. So here's someone who's one of the biggest movie fans, who's explaining what he thinks about it. In detail might I add.
 
Who the hell is this idiot and why should I care? :rolleyes:

That rock must be mighty comfortable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_xDyPSJCzk

When a large group of people sing your theme song, and wanna know what you think about movies and video games, then I might care what you think.

Remember the guy that made the Super Nintoaster?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fsbYJNMf-Q&feature=player_embedded

He worked with Jame Rolfe on his review on the Atari Jaguar.
http://screwattack.com/videos/AVGN-Jaguar-Part-2
 
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That guy may be a big movie buff, but he's obviously not a big AV buff. He's got some good comments about using the PS3 controller as a remote, but that's about all anybody should take away from this.

Also, 2-3 movies per controller charge? I have two controllers that get swapped about once per month (one charging, one for remote), and between myself and my roommate we watch at least six movies a week.
 
I am a huge angry videogame nerd fan, but WTF?

My brother keeps his in a tight space and while it will get loud after intense gaming, it never gets too terribly loud while playing back BDs. Almost no reason to have one of aftermarket fan things unless it was faulty to begin with.

Yes, the triggers getting bumped can be a problem.

Never had an issue with the battery going dead too quickly.

Never had an issue with sound not being output, but I guess it can happen.

Anyway, yes he is a movie buff, but certainly not an A/V enthusiast.
 
Why would he have DTS selected in the audio.. When he only has a TV and no receiver. No wonder you didn't hear sound you noob.
 
Why would he have DTS selected in the audio.. When he only has a TV and no receiver. No wonder you didn't hear sound you noob.

That was the default setting, and the ability to change it was hidden. You'd expect the settings to be where everything else is, why have that setting in a different place?

He isn't an A/V fan, but why does that matter? If you want Joe Six Pack to be able to enjoy Blu-Ray videos, then what the nerd mentioned might be a few things that would put some people off from Blu-Ray.
 
That was the default setting, and the ability to change it was hidden. You'd expect the settings to be where everything else is, why have that setting in a different place?

He isn't an A/V fan, but why does that matter? If you want Joe Six Pack to be able to enjoy Blu-Ray videos, then what the nerd mentioned might be a few things that would put some people off from Blu-Ray.

It's not hidden.. It's in the sound options on the main menu. You can see it at 2:58. He has it checked. You don't check sound settings your system can't accept.
 
That was the default setting, and the ability to change it was hidden. You'd expect the settings to be where everything else is, why have that setting in a different place?

He isn't an A/V fan, but why does that matter? If you want Joe Six Pack to be able to enjoy Blu-Ray videos, then what the nerd mentioned might be a few things that would put some people off from Blu-Ray.
My brother is far from an A/V guru in fact he is joe six pack when it comes to A/V stuff and he never had any issue getting his PS3 to work as it should.

Do you have any personal experience with the PS3 and blu-ray playback or just taking this video as gospel?
 
The fact that he says there isn't a worthwhile difference going from DVD -> Bluray worries me, my grandpa is almost 70 and he just got a Bluray player last year, and he refuses to watch anything unless it's High Def.
 
Rolfe should stick to talking about old games. When he talks about movies he comes across like a 14 year-old fanboy.
 
The fact that he says there isn't a worthwhile difference going from DVD -> Bluray worries me

He doesn't have it hooked up to a large TV so I'm guessing it is 720p and he's sitting pretty far away from it. I think consumer reports was saying that under 40" most people can't even tell the difference between 720 and 1080 when viewed from a reasonable sitting distance.
 
So... I watch a TON of movies. And people listen to me, I guess you should all take what I have to say as the truth and knowledgeable.

Except... Maybe it's the fact that he makes his own video blog/reviews of things that makes him the foremost expert on movies, video formats, and games.
 
Is this guy an idiot on purpose or is he acting?

How can someone who doesn't know the difference between PCM and Bitstream get a website doing reviews that people are cross-posting like it's "informative"?

I want my clicks back...
 
Well, it's one thing to know the terminology and understand how the technology works, but it's another thing to see it working. I've read reviews and stories about Blu-Ray and BetaMax, but I've never seen the stuff actually work. I've never even heard of something like CED.

Lets not forget that this stuff is for watching movies, and who better to review it then a movie buff? I can always wikipedia or read some website about PCM and Bitstream, but it's certainly doesn't show any hands on stuff. More often, the reviews are biased.
 
lol @ Ashbringer white knighting him. Yeah I vote this guy is an idiot. He should stick to putting a DVD/BD in and watching it.
 
Lets not forget that this stuff is for watching movies, and who better to review it then a movie buff? I can always wikipedia or read some website about PCM and Bitstream, but it's certainly doesn't show any hands on stuff. More often, the reviews are biased.

How about someone that actually has a clue as to what they're talking about? :rolleyes:
I don't know about you but I'd rather read a biased review from someone that actually knows what they're talking about then a review from some moron that thinks he's so awesome cause he has a "show" on the internet (seriously, that just makes him on the level of a cam whore).

He's an idiot. He doesn't know what he's talking about. Why should anyone care?
 
First, he said his first ps3 overheated in 5 min what a moron. You had a bad unit, sorry for the bad luck but it happens a lot less then the xbox 360. It didn't overheat though cause even a bare cpu from intel can handle 5 min without burning up.

Second find a better flash player. I couldn't get through the whole thing because it kept fucking up. I only got to about the point where he mentioned about you idiotically throwing around the controller which might cause the movie to stop or skip scenes.

If he's complaining about repurchasing his entire collection like most blu ray haters whine about well then guess what all blu ray players come with a dvd player for a reason. It's so you don't have to rebuy every dvd you own for Blu Ray. That is like saying mp3's are forcing you to buy all the cd's you own just so you can play them on your mp3 player. Also I do buy mostly new movies but every once in awhile if Fry's or Best Buy has them for $10-$15 I will buy repeats of my dvd's. I did this for Jarhead, Dogma, The Fifth Element and Kung Fu Hustle and I'm very pleased especially since I paid $11 for some of those. I think I have only spend a max of $20 for a Blu Ray movie. Hell I got Inglorious Basterds and Benjamin Button (2 disc version) for $16.99 each

People who say the quality isn't much better then upscale dvd your an idiot. I'm not even going to say it's a matter of taste no your just a complete idiot. 1:1 comparisons of dvd's and Blu Ray movies I can easily tell the difference. Just because you might not be to as interested in whats on the tv when you watch the movie doesn't mean it's not better. If you really watched it the colors alone would pop out a lot more then dvd's. Audio is a hell of a lot better as well so unless you have 2 speakers that are attatched to your tv you will notice the difference.

If you don't invest in a quality system you can't complain then because you are not enjoying the features that this product produces.

Update: I finally got through the whole thing. His statement about how jumping from composite cables to hdmi made the player format the screen correctly made me laugh the most out of anything. Does this guy not read the manual? How can you make a statement like that and then want to come off educated? I'll admit the PS3 should assume that audio being sent through hdmi might not always be hitting a receiver so don't always assume dts decoding is going to happen but a lot of his comments were made out of ignorance. With the amount of dvd's and vhs's on his shelf he should know how to handle aspect ratio's. Also if he hasn't used his ps3 for games and has had it for awhile now has he just used it as a $400 dollar dvd player?
 
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Well, the guy was only using the speakers attached to his TV from the looks of it, :p
LMAO
 
Yeah,
I don't think he even pretends to come off as an A/V afficionado.
He just wants to hook his shit up and hit play.
I've been thinking about a PS3 here in the living room and found this informative.
 
Well, if that's the case I feel really, really sorry for you.

Well, seriously. How would someone like me, who's never owned a console supposed to know about some of the PS3 specific stuff he talked about in his review. Are you suggesting that I should be aware of the items in that piece by, oh I don't know, osmosis? Now, I'm not suggesting that he was able to edify me in any way on how to hook up equipment to my home theater (btw I just hooked up my Bro-in-Law's system which was zoned including on/off volume control in different area's of the house and I mean pulling the wires and the whole deal so....just sayin') but the information on the PS3 as a BR player itself, I found informative.

So there.
 
The problem is is that it's not. The has no idea what he's talking about. All of his "issues" are either just dumb "throwing the controller around skips movies is a con? Seriously?" or he's just plain wrong (his audio issue isn't an issue if he had setup his PS3 right the first time when he hooked it up. It asks you how you want to output your audio). Seriously, none of his "problems," "issues" or what not are not problems at all if you have the faintest idea of what you're doing. Shit. I knew nothing about this stuff when I first got my PS3 and I've had NONE of his "issues." I've never heard of ANYONE having any of these "issues." If he had the slightest idea of what he was doing then he wouldn't have had any of these problems. I should rephrase that, if he had a brain he wouldn't have had any of these "issues."

For Christ's sake. You don't need to have ever owned a console to figure out that you plug this in, that in turn on the console and tell it what kind of TV you have (720p or 1080i/p) and then if you want to use digital out (HDMI or SPDIF) or analog out for audio. This isn't rocket science and yet he doesn't know how to set it up. :rolleyes:

So yes. If you found value in his "review" then I do feel very, very sorry for you. The guy is a moron. None of his "points" have any relevance to what he was doing. He speaks with no knowledge on the matter at all.
 
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He's an idiot like others have said. there's CAV and CLV which depending on the disc and player let one fast forward like VHS etc.

only commented on that cause that annoyed me the most.:p

more annoying.. and that was a review? not informative and unbearable.
only good is that Blade Runner was released on that for some reason. (now if I can find the VHD copy :)...)
 
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So yes. If you found value in his "review" then I do feel very, very sorry for you. The guy is a moron. None of his "points" have any relevance to what he was doing. He speaks with no knowledge on the matter at all.

But, that's the point. He has no knowledge of the technical stuff, but only in moving watching experience. Yes, there is some comedy to this, but there's also some truth. Most people don't know what HDMI is, most people are clueless to Bitstream and PCM, and if they're curious about these technologies, they can always Wikipedia it. None of that really matters anyway to most consumers, they just wanna know how's the experience.

Has there been any difficulty setting it up? Does the device work flawlessly? Hows the experience? We already know from his review a few things about PS3, and Blu-Ray.

#1 PS3's do break, and seem to run hot. PS3's shouldn't need to have an external cooling fan, but his experience scared him enough to buy one. It's certainly something to consider as a consumer.

#2 The quality seems good, but only if you're sitting near the TV. For James, getting a DVD player with HDMI output made a huge difference for his DVD movies. In his opinion, Blu-Ray may not be worth the hassle and cost for the extra quality. Especially if you sit far away from your TV.

#3 The PS3 is certainly not consistent, in how it handles movies. Why does the controls change from DVD to Blu-Ray? Why didn't the PS3 auto detect the correct audio format?

#4 The PS3 controller has poor battery life. I never owned a PS3, but I do own a 360, and the sucker eats batteries. If I ran the 360 controller for about 2-3 movies, I would probably need to recharge it. I'm usually smart enough to shut off the controller, but it's still annoying.
 

Grow a sense of humor already. Not everyone is as smart and great as you are, please get over yourself. :rolleyes:

Don't agree with all of the points in the reviews, but I use the PS3 as a media server so I at least can see where he's coming from. I haven't gamed on the thing in years.
 
But, that's the point. He has no knowledge of the technical stuff, but only in moving watching experience.
I'm not talking about the "technical stuff." I'm talking about having a brain. All his issues were his own making. :rolleyes:
#1 PS3's do break, and seem to run hot. PS3's shouldn't need to have an external cooling fan, but his experience scared him enough to buy one. It's certainly something to consider as a consumer.
Of course PS3's break but thank the gods they don't break like 360's do and they don't need a fan to keep them cool like the 360 did. The guy got a dead/defective unit the first time and yet he thinks that's how all of them are like. :rolleyes:
#2 The quality seems good, but only if you're sitting near the TV. For James, getting a DVD player with HDMI output made a huge difference for his DVD movies. In his opinion, Blu-Ray may not be worth the hassle and cost for the extra quality. Especially if you sit far away from your TV.
His TV is tiny. Any idiot can see that Blu ray or DVD isn't going to make any difference when you're TV is under a certain size and you sit far away from it. Any idiot would know that. You could smear crap on his TV and it would still "look good" considering how small it is and it actually sounds like that's what he does (the use of composite cables with an HDTV). What's the point of getting an HDTV and a Blu Ray Player if you're going to connect it using composite? The average consumer isn't going to shell out for an HDTV without knowing the very basics about it. They will at least have some idea of why they're paying as much as they are.
#3 The PS3 is certainly not consistent, in how it handles movies. Why does the controls change from DVD to Blu-Ray?
That's the only valid point he brings up. I have no idea why they did what they did with the controls.
Why didn't the PS3 auto detect the correct audio format?
When you first setup your PS3 it asks you about this, it makes it very simple to understand. The fact that he screwed it up speaks volumes.
#4 The PS3 controller has poor battery life. I never owned a PS3, but I do own a 360, and the sucker eats batteries. If I ran the 360 controller for about 2-3 movies, I would probably need to recharge it. I'm usually smart enough to shut off the controller, but it's still annoying.
No it doesn't and this is another point for why he's an idiot. The controller's battery can last for a while before charging, mine lasts for months between charges. If he is having an issue with the battery life then he's doing it wrong. :rolleyes:

In conclusion, the guy is a moron who has no idea what he's talking about.
 
PS3 has poor battery life? Gee I guess I better change mine out that's been in the controller for almost 3 years and counting.
 
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