Act Now - The State-of-the-art Media Center Has Arrived - The Ps3 Is Here To Stay

Have you ever found yourself wondering, "what if I could have a device that could handle my digital photos

, music, DVD/Blu-ray, and have it connect to my HDTV"? Even if you have never played a video game your best bet for a state-of-the-art media center may be a Sony Playstation 3. Lets review the different facets of the PS3 as a Media Center.

Let's start with the most convenient, easy -to-use feature of Sony's latest gaming console, the Blu-ray player. Sony has rightly argued since the release of the Blu-Ray enabled PS3 that it was a bargain despite its 400$ price tag. It's true, the PS3 matches most entry level to mid range Blu-ray players in features and price. You can purchase a handy blue tooth remote for operation and navigation (or use a typical PS3 gaming controller but at first this feels kind of clunky) and you have everything you need to watch the highest quality home movies.

The PS3 allows you to upload and store photo files via the USB port. There are some easy to use slideshow options. You may find that it's a lot easier to use the Media Link option that we just talked about above. It's really great to cue up a slide show of photos on your laptop while using the media link through the PS3. It allows you to take advantage of your high-definition screen instead of trying to gather a bunch of people around a smaller computer screen.

You have always been able to play or copy cds and music files onto the PS3 (which is probably connected to some sort of speaker system and centrally located in your dwelling). As mentioned above you can bypass this step by directly linking a computer to your system, if that is where you store your music files. Recently Sony has announced another option.

For about a year, Netflix has been offering direct, on demand streaming video from its "play now" library. This gives you another great way to use your media center for movies (Netflix also offers Blu-ray movies for most new releases, an additional three dollars a month charge applies though).

Sony, like everyone else, wants a piece of the direct to home delivered media these days. So it's no surprise to find games, movies and other content available for purchase and download. The surprising part is how easy it is and how nice the interface is. Simply log into the Playstation store, browse, preview and purchase. Moments later you have the content on your PS3 and it's ready to go.

Sony still has some work to do in this category. Once they touch up the clunky web browser and interface this could be a great asset to the living room. You can already stream YouTube clips on your flat screen using the PS3 but there are some connectivity problems with Hulu and other sites.

Since this article is geared toward the media center driven aspects of the PS3 we won't say anything about the gaming element of the PS3 other than it was made for high quality video gaming, most titles are released on the PS3 and Xbox now and there are even some amazing exclusive to the PS3 titles out there.

Overall, with a little know-how and set up the Playstation 3 makes for a great media center. Even if you don't touch the gaming aspect of it, you're still getting a lot of value out of this device (or a super value if you can find a gently used PS3). However you decided to access the myriad of entertainment options you are going to be satisfied with the media center capabilities of the PS3.

by: Brandon Perton

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