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    Question Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    Hey all,
    I just bought a PS3 with Burnout, Ratchet & Clank and Resistance Fall of man.

    So far have only had a chance to play Burnout but am loving it

    Anyway, what kind of cool things should I be doing with my PS3? (I know I need to installing Folding@Home!)

    Thanks all and happy gaming,
    Leon

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    um...

    you could use it as a upnp client (e.g. to watch recordings from a mythtv server)

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    I know its a bit of a weird suggestion................... You could watch a Blueray DVD on it

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    Ahh nice suggestion Mr Hex. Hmmm I wonder whether the PS3 will play ISO films (non copyrighted material) from my NAS drive.

    /off to investigate

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    drakes fortune!
    throw new ArgumentException (String, String, Exception)

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    Quote Originally Posted by Big Leon View Post
    Ahh nice suggestion Mr Hex. Hmmm I wonder whether the PS3 will play ISO films (non copyrighted material) from my NAS drive.

    /off to investigate
    no. but it'll play VOBs, if your upnp server is so inclined

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    use tversity if u want to stream from pc to ps3, i use it and its pretty good (not sure about NAS usage) TVersity » Home

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    If your using a Mac, install MediaLink so you can share your media with your PS3.

    Install folding@home and join the HEXUS team. My PS3 has been on for about 3 months now!

    Buy yourself Drakes Fortune and Devil My Cry 4 oh and pre-order GTA4.

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    Its nice to see you ignored what everyone told you to do at the HEXUS meet
    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    And by trying to force me to like small pants, they've alienated me.

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    Quote Originally Posted by Agent View Post
    Its nice to see you ignored what everyone told you to do at the HEXUS meet
    A rough guess of the conversation:

    "...so I bought myself a PS3"
    "oh? why?"
    "Liked it, what should I do with it?"
    "Throw it out the window and buy yourself an Xbox..."

    Am I close?

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    Reasonably.
    He was asking before he brought either though

    Anyway, I don't want to turn this into a war in the Sony forum, these is enough other people to do that

    What other games you looking to buy for it mate? Will defo have to have a play on it one of the evenings with a few beers if you want
    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    And by trying to force me to like small pants, they've alienated me.

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    Quote Originally Posted by Big Leon View Post
    Anyway, what kind of cool things should I be doing with my PS3?
    Could try playing your favourite PS2 games, upscaled! Shadow of the Colossus ftw!

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    Quote Originally Posted by Agent View Post
    Reasonably.
    He was asking before he brought either though

    Anyway, I don't want to turn this into a war in the Sony forum, these is enough other people to do that

    What other games you looking to buy for it mate? Will defo have to have a play on it one of the evenings with a few beers if you want
    Playing the new burnout + ratchet and clank - both really wicked games! You're more than welcome any time matey.

    Thanks all for the suggestions.

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    There's a few decent games available fairly cheap just now if you have a hunt about. Good for building the collection. PC games, PSP games, XBox 360 games and games for GameCube, NDS and PS2 - Cheap video games price comparison is always good for that !

    Just snapped up VF5 and Virtua Tennis for round about £15 each, rather good bargains I felt

    There's plenty on the Store to keep you entertained too, if you haven't already downloaded a multitude of demos

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    Just downloading Folding at the mo, should have it up and running asap.

    Bigblue: I'm just heading to the store now to see what demos there are

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    Re: Okay I've just bought a PS3....

    I'm just heading to the store now to see what demos there are
    The US store i hope, because the UK store sux...I'm taking you've already created a UK and US profile?

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