From the gamepro report, I presume he was playing a game.
PS3 Test Unit impressions (noise, heat etc.)
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From the gamepro report, I presume he was playing a game.
Johnny Awesome
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LOL at everyone who thought the Xbox was too big and are now defending the PS3's size. It's too funny.
The difference is, the orginal xbox was quite big, but also ugly.
The ps3 is big, but pretty good looking. Really looks like an expensive peice of equipment.
IMO of course.
If the games are running off the hard drive, yeah it will be quiet. if anyone has run games or demos off the Xbox 360 hard drive you will notice it's a lot quieter then when you stick a disk in the unit. The reason is the fans in the 360 kick in to remove the heat created by the DVD drive.
If sony really managed to keep the units quite for retail, then more power to them.
If sony really managed to keep the units quite for retail, then more power to them.
The difference is, the orginal xbox was quite big, but also ugly.
The ps3 is big, but pretty good looking. Really looks like an expensive peice of equipment.
IMO of course.
certainly is opinion. I disagree, I think the look of the PS3 is ugly. I like the shiny finish of the unit, but as far as looks, I don't like the shape of it. I don't think it's appearence makes it look expensive, but that's me...
I think appearence can definately make an peice of hardware look more expensive. The DS and the DS Lite for example. Overall the DS Lite just looks better designed, and more professional.
You can say that again. It wasn't until the Lite that I was impressed by much of the DS's design at ALL.
Someday, though... and someday soon, I hope! ...we'll have a clear-coat that can make glossy colors resist fingerprints! <sigh>
DVD drives do not create that much heat. They create a lot of noise which BD-drive certainly won't.
Which is still good news. If there was one thing that bugged me the times i happened to play DVD on my PS2, is that it was just as loud as it was when playing games, which is silly since for playing DVDs the hardware should be cooler than when it's trying to move 10Million polygons around.
On PS3, the noise of the drive when playing movies or games from Bluray will be negligible since the disc spins at a lower speed than today's DVD drives. Much like the drive in PS2, which was silent when a DVD was in it but VERY loud when a CD was in it. I still have nightmares of playing Tekken Tag. The thing sounded like an airplane was coming crashing down on my house...
Yup.. quite possible. I guess they need to show off the BD playback at TGS too, so maybe it's a special unit (or an early production unit).
Cheers,
Dean
I would ass-u-me that he meant 'in game' as the disks spin very fast and do (indeed) get very hot!
Personally I think the convex design of the PS3 helps get the heat away from the components whereas the X360 has a concave design (and therefore the heat has no-where to go).
Just a thought.
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Actuall DVD drives if constantly running do produce alot of heat.
scooby_dooby
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Well my 360 is pretty quite too until I put a game in it. He said he hasn't played a game yet?
Again, I'm pretty sure the Gamepro guy was playing a game..
You can get HD's quieter than 30db in use. Silent PC Review has a list of a couple of pretty quiet HDs here which are under 24db (at 1m distance) when seeking.
scooby_dooby
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Oh, well that's cool, show MS a thing or two about building a piece of consumer electronics I guess.
My 360 is nearly dead silent while playing movies or sitting in the dashboard. The fans don't spin up unless I am actually playing a game, and yes, it's less noisy while playing from the hard drive than it is playing a game from the DVD drive.
I would expect the PS3 to be equally near dead silent if all it's doing is playing movies. There is no reason why it should be any louder than any standard DVD player when performing that function.
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