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Who's got one then? I've just picked up a 60GB model with Motorstorm for a pretty good price

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Someone was selling it, so I bought it 'off em.

240 quid including Motorstorm - the original 60GB version as well

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Watch the shops coming up to Christmas though - will be some pretty good deals.

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Nope - haven't used Ebuyer or Dabs for yonks. Haven't used Dabs in particular since around 1997, when the had Real People(TM) to speak with.

Had a pre-order in for one earlier n the year, cancelled it though, as I thought I'd never really use it - and that they'd be dropping in price quite a bit later in the year because they weren't shifting.

I just got one the other day, couldn't decide between 360 and PS3, but just wanted something for our new telly. Then decided that I wouldn't get anything since I already had a Wii which was not used enough and I knew I wouldn't use the new box much either - then late Saturday afternoon, I couldn't resist any longer and went out and got a PS3 - have played it a little - have a few games, just need to make some more time, and maybe another TV that I don't have to share.

Downloaded the demo of Motorstorm - I really like that, actually I'll order it now, along with COD4 I think - never played anything like that, but the graphics looks unbelievable.

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Hmmm...

Trying to install Fedora on the PS3, for fun

This is proving difficult because:

1) I know feck all about Linux

2) FC8 isn't supported.

3) FC5 is supported, but I can only get it down at about 80KB/s, as it appears that everyone has dropped it now in favour of the later releases, obv

Managed to get it to boot the Linux kboot files from my MS Pro Duo and loads up my USB keyboard drivers, which is a jolly good start.

Will report back on progress. Would be great to get this streaming XVID from my machine in my office upstairs.

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Just got and HDMI lead. Motorstorm looks absolutely stunning on 1080i and 720p.

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I didn't report back on the Linux I realise. I've got ubuntu on it - but being pretty embryonic, there's not currently any wireless drivers for it out of the standard build, and I don't know nearly enough about linux to mess around with recompiling kernels and whatnot. Going to wait until I get Adam round here to fix for me

Originally Posted by ServerCityUK

Just got and HDMI lead. Motorstorm looks absolutely stunning on 1080i and 720p.

Cool - I'm waiting for Motorstorm to be delivered (should have been here today actually) - does it upscale to 1080i? I thought is was a 720p game - not too bothered I suppose I won't be able to tell the difference anyway

Originally Posted by ServerCityUK

I didn't report back on the Linux I realise. I've got ubuntu on it - but being pretty embryonic, there's not currently any wireless drivers for it out of the standard build, and I don't know nearly enough about linux to mess around with recompiling kernels and whatnot. Going to wait until I get Adam round here to fix for me

That's interesting, I guess kubuntu should work too then, and you can run LinuxMCE on that.

I do just want to play my movies directly over the PS3 player though - but it's all a bit hit and miss - I have converted one DVD to mp4 which took around 26hours, and it works perfectly on PC's but not at all on PS3 which I thought was supposed to play mp4 movies ? I have got a couple of movies clips to stream to the PS3 - but nothing that's really watchable.

Has anybody else had any luck? I may try some more this weekend...

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Originally Posted by dch

Cool - I'm waiting for Motorstorm to be delivered (should have been here today actually) - does it upscale to 1080i? I thought is was a 720p game - not too bothered I suppose I won't be able to tell the difference anyway

Yeah, it's 720p - Not sure if it's upscaling, I guess so, but there's probably not a lot of difference. I think some games will benefit from 720p as opposed to 1080i; Motorstorm is probably one of them.

It is soooo beautiful tho