Better to watch a regular dvd on xbox 360 or PS3

Polkie918
Polkie918 Posts: 245
edited October 2009 in The Clubhouse
I got both and both are hooked up via hdmi to my onkyo sr806....is one gonna be better then the other on REGULAR dvd movies or does it not really matter...ive always used my 360 for them...probably doesnt matter?
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited October 2009
    Polkie918 wrote: »
    I got both and both are hooked up via hdmi to my onkyo sr806....is one gonna be better then the other on REGULAR dvd movies or does it not really matter...ive always used my 360 for them...probably doesnt matter?

    Yes, it does matter....watch them on the PS3. The PS3 does a great job of upconverting them to 1080P
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  • Polkie918
    Polkie918 Posts: 245
    edited October 2009
    ok cool...will do tonight everyone else agree? thanks
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited October 2009
    Yes.
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited October 2009
    360 dvd quality is the worst - even worse than a $50 walmart player.

    go PS3.
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited October 2009
    nguyendot wrote: »
    360 dvd quality is the worst - even worse than a $50 walmart player.

    go PS3.

    I will disagree with that. They are about the same as a sony dvd player but yes use the PS3 for playback.
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  • buymesome
    buymesome Posts: 281
    edited October 2009
    nguyendot wrote: »
    360 dvd quality is the worst - even worse than a $50 walmart player.

    go PS3.

    Bigaudio your very wrong . The xbox is horrible and it affects the frame rate . I know the xbox360 sucks because I have one and many other dvdp's including a $ 50 walmart 1

    This quote is spot on , I cant believe any1 with common sense would argue
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,750
    edited October 2009
    Who cares what the XBox 360 looks like in picture quality...

    The thing sounds like a jet is landing in your room with that god awful fan.

    Jesus.
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  • Polkie918
    Polkie918 Posts: 245
    edited October 2009
    actually I wasnt even thinking cause the xbox 360 doesnt even upconvert at all unless u have the HD DVD add on drive right? so from now on its gonna be the ps3...just watched drag me to hell....good moviea dn it looked very good...thanks everyone
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited October 2009
    I love my 360, except for watching DVDs. It does a terrible job of that. Please use your PS3
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  • buymesome
    buymesome Posts: 281
    edited October 2009
    I dont mean to be rude but why would there even be a thread about this if you have both xbox360 and a ps3 ? Its extremely self evident that the xbox360 sucks
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited October 2009
    Just adding to the PS3 votes...I have one myself, my son has both. The PS3 definitely does a better job upconverting...better processing. And probably better built than the xbox which has a wonderful 'failure' rate--and is nosier as noted above.

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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited October 2009
    I own both and a dedicated dvd player. I have tested quality between all 3 and found my dvd player to be better then both followed by the ps3 and coming up last was the xbox360.
    I personally don't care for the xbox 360. I think it's built like crap . The failure rate of these unit s is completely unexceptable. I have had mine repaired once , then it failed again. I was out of warranty , got a new one , that failed out of warranty and I had to buy yet another one. The original xbox also had a high failure rate. I went through 4 units there. Microsoft in my opinion completely sucks **** and I wish they would go away. I hate them and all there products.
    The xbox 360 is cool when it works. When it works , when it works. I say this over and over again as my axe is waiting to chop this **** in half. The games are great as I like to play video games. Netflix just got updated and I now can choose stream movies on the 360 which is where it should have been in the first place. Xbox live is second to no one. I as a gamer found this to be the ultimate gamer ground. I wished for such a thing back when I was playing my Super Nintendo. My Brother and my friends would all come over to our house to play Street Fighter and see who was the man. It was awesome Mortal Komat and many other games. The 360 is excellent here. If they had a better fighting controller I would like it even more.
    The ps3 is a solid machine . I own the first one I purchased and it has not even shown a sign of "red ring of death" or any other stupid failure the 360 does. But the fan has got louder and I don't like that. You also can't control it IR or IP without other devices. That sucks. The 360 can be controller IR and I like that. The new Ps3 I understand is still the same way. How stupid is that??
    As far as DVD playback, both machines are ok, the ps3's picture looks more like film then a cheap dvd player smear which is what the xbox looks like. The video quality is not as good. It's exceptable for a game system to play DVD. If you have nothing to compare it to ,it's fine. Blu ray is here and who really cares about top notch DVD performance anymore.
    I have a Pioneer ELite DV58avi which I use for DVD. I never use the game systems for this role. Honestly my game systems are becoming less and less important to me. The ps3 I loved when I got it. Blu ray , music server , game system and you can go online??? Thats pretty damn impressive and still is. But over time I now have 3 other music servers or 4 if you count the Ipod jack in the front of my receiver. I rarely ever use the game side. I have like 6 or 7 ps3 games total with my son and I never use the Internet feature. So for me this player has really no place here anymore. I'll probably sell it and get the Oppo Blu ray player which I really like. Nothing wrong with the ps3 other then IR and fan noise. If they built IP or IR control in it , had a better fan I might consider keeping it. Or if there online gaming was as good as the 360 , then I would have no reason to want it out.
    Sorry went off topic a bit but this topic struck a nerve.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited October 2009
    I know the Xbox 360 DVD player sucks.

    However - with a decent video processor, it can actually look quite good. (I'm talking about the DVDO units such as iScan VP50, or a Lumagen, etc.)
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  • buymesome
    buymesome Posts: 281
    edited October 2009
    appadv wrote: »
    I know the Xbox 360 DVD player sucks.

    However - with a decent video processor, it can actually look quite good. (I'm talking about the DVDO units such as iScan VP50, or a Lumagen, etc.)

    It doesnt look good ever and why bother putting it through any kind of pro because its loud as **** .Sure you can put makeup on a hoe but she's always gona be ugly in the morning
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  • Rodeo0530
    Rodeo0530 Posts: 797
    edited October 2009
    buymesome wrote: »
    It doesnt look good ever and why bother putting it through any kind of pro because its loud as **** .Sure you can put makeup on a hoe but she's always gona be ugly in the morning

    That comment really necessary? You don't like it...end of story.


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