Does the Sony PS3 do basically the same thing as the WD Media Player?
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Good question. Yes and No. The PS3 can stream media files from your PC or play them directly from the PS3 harddrive, but it has some limitations on the file formats, while the WD is more inclusive. Also, if you have an external harddrive with files on it, you can only play the files on a PS3 if they are under 4GB. Short answer: the WD Media Players mean less hassle and headaches, but whether or not it's worth the extra money if you've already got a PS3 that can do 85% of the same tasks is up to you.
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Its fast and easy to play content from an external HDD with the WD TV Live. I've other issues with it but if this is your purpose to have one: yes, it's a good equipment using a USB 3.0 connection. I did not use no USB 2.0 external HDD, then, for this I can't help you.
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Hi William, the menu interface of the Sony STRDN850 Stereo Receiver is not as the sophisticated as the PS3 menu screen. It's using basic GUI or graphic user interface. -Vincent
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Hi Gissie,I use the supplied Sony "MediaGo" application to download songs and other files to the player and it seems to work just fine for me. It's intuitive and easy to use and reasonably responsive. I hope that helps!
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Yes it does. This was the sole purpose for me purchasing the drive and it works great. As long as you follow the instructions on reinstalling the PS3 firmware onto the drive, you should have no issues. You'll notice a substantial speed increase for system boot and installing/running games. The capacity helps as well.
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No, it's not. Your way is probably the easiest way to do so. The player I purchased was supposed to work with a USB connection along with its software, not to mention it was literally breaking as I began to use it. It's worthless. Don't spend your money on it. I would buy an old Sony Walkman instead.
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No the External Drive will be reformatted to SOny's proporietary disk layout. You can attached a USB drive, but it will erase everything on it and then reformatt to hold overflow music from HDD
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Yes - I've got it playing just fine off a 320Gb WD Scorpio blue (5400rpm drive) in an enclosure. Takes about 10s to read the folders and start playing which is nice (pay attention Pioneer! slow load times are frustrating).
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Yes, I had the same problem on my SONY BDP-S350, in order for it to play your BD player must have either internal memory (PS3) or external memory (1G or more flash memory) inserted to handle the the BDLive requirements of the disc.
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Not sure it is formatted for PS3 as a Fat 32 flashdrive. I would just use a 2TB samsung internal drive for a little more $ personally
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sadly...no. The transfer utility is great though and the player works quickly and painlessly with any number of computer media players. This is our second Sony and both are extraordinary. Sound is great with lots of enhancements etc...I have never had a storage problem. Take the plunge...you won't regret it......
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.Hi Chuck,I remember a question on line identical to yours and the response given was no. You think like me. I planned to do that myself but the data on the external has to be downloaded to the PS3 in order to work. I bought a 1T hard drive to replace the 250GB that I had and love it. I believe it was under $100 and extremely easy to do. Currently, I have 54 games and well over300 hours of video not to mention music and photos and still have 470GB free for future downloads. I back things up on the external to be safe but am happy with it. Of course it comes with a price to do that but considering the cost of downloads, it pays for itself. .Hi Chuck,I remember a question on line identical to yours and the response given was no. You think like me. I planned to do that myself but the data on the external has to be downloaded to the PS3 in order to work. I bought a 1T hard drive to replace the 250GB that I had and love it. I believe it was under $100 and extremely easy to do. Currently, I have 54 games and well over300 hours of video not to mention music and photos and still have 470GB free for future downloads. I back things up on the external to be safe but am happy with it. Of course it comes with a price to do... » Read More .Hi Chuck,I remember a question on line identical to yours and the response given was no. You think like me. I planned to do that myself but the data on the external has to be downloaded to the PS3 in order to work. I bought a 1T hard drive to replace the 250GB that I had and love it. I believe it was under $100 and extremely easy to do. Currently, I have 54 games and well over300 hours of video not to mention music and photos and still have 470GB free for future downloads. I back things up on the external to be safe but am happy with it. Of course it comes with a price to do that but considering the cost of downloads, it pays for itself. « Show Less
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It recognizes and will play content off my 3TB Western Digital drive. YMMV, however, as the manual says it is works with drives UP to 2TB.
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No, but I use my ps3 as a media server to stream from my PC. You can do the same with an Xbox360.
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yep, that what I was afraid of but I did see that the PS3 will play SA-CD and output it as DTS over HDMI...hmmm....another reason to get a PS3
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Sean,I was wondering about playing back AVCHD files captured on the SDHC card via the PS3 and your post answered my question. Just want to say thank you. As for the PS3 being a versatile multimedia media, I do agree with your statement. Thanks again.
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I have a WD external hard drive that I use to play movies/music on my sony blu-ray player.