Yeah - it's pretty great.  There's every episode of Jericho, Arrested Development, and Star Trek TOS.  There's also a lot of old Twilight Zone episodes and whole seasons of 30 Rock, Buffy, Angel, and B5.  I've had some stopping and freezing and the quality ranges, but IF they really get the Netflix Watch Now thing going I'll pony out the 30 Bucks.  I'm having a hard time adjusting to the PS3 from XBMC (I had to leave the XBOX in Europe because of weight restrictions) - a lot of stuff, like Sirius radio, that I could just stream off the internet into XBMC I need to "bridge" onto the PS3, even though the PS3 is like a million times more powerfull than a modded XBOX or my laptop.  The upside is that the interface for the PS3 is better than XBMC and, even though the PS3 does a horrible job organizing my content, (XBMC just uses folders) I can name playlists using a keyboard.  I guess the idea is to make doing anything on PS3 except buying from the PLAYSTATIONStore so complicated you just give up.

Dude, if you're gonna do that, why not just get a cheap Media Center PC like the one I listed in the bargain thread?  Then you don't have to fart-around with this crap.  You can watch everything, and it records TV just like a Tivo.  You can do Netflix, iTunes, Unbox, Hulu, Joost, DVD, etc.  Plus it typically has a remote, you can play some games on it, browse the web, and you can shove it behind the TV and nobody has to look at it. 

I get this whole extender thing you guys are doing, but if you're gonna keep your Mac/PC on anyway, and you got one streaming to the other, it just makes more sense to get a Media Center PC in the living room and have it all.

I feel you about buying a cheap Media Center PC, but what I was really trying to do with the PS3 is replace the modded XBox and get a blueray player.  It's just easier to access mp3s, podcasts and photos on the PS3 by remote than it would be on a PC that takes longer to start up and I lways have to update and shit. I also want to play that SFHD game online when it comes out. Yesterday my cousin just stuck an SD card into the PS3 and we were able to look at her photos on the TV in no time flat .  Anyways, I bought the PS3, so there's no going back now.

Frankly, I'm having less trouble than Character 0,and I only have 1 1.5 Ghz processor - You probably just need to have a wired connection on both ends.

Ok...  I hear where you guys are coming from.  I still have an HD DVR from my cable company.  I use the Media Center PC to record a third digital channel, and an OTA HD channel.  OTA HD is actually better quality than cable or dish HD because it doesn't go through any compression.  Depends on where you live and if you have an antenna.

Second, you just leave it on all the time KD.  You don't have to turn it on and off.  It's recording shows.  You could put it in Suspend Mode if you want.  I guarantee you it comes out of that faster than the PS3 does to warm up, play its little Tune with it's swirly wave, and then show you the menu bar.  But I leave mine on all the time. 

The remote controls iTunes and Media Center.  Although I use my iPhone to control iTunes now, as it's better.  Of course, you can't do that at all with a PS3. 


  I know everyone doesn't have money to throw around, and spending that kind of cash is high if you just want to stream some movies or whatever.  But I used to do this shit you guys are doing.  Hacking together some makeshift deal thing so you can say, "Hey look at that honey, I got streaming movies on the TV."  and she can say, "Can I still watch my shows?"  and you say, "Yea, but you gotta let me switcheroo the cables and flip on this device here.  Lemme show you."    and she says, "Does it always come up with that error message there?  Where are the files at?"   and you get flustered and say, "I dunno!  Fuck!  Look, never mind, the damn thing only works sometimes.  Just push cable on the remote and watch your shows."  and she says, "You're not gonna get ride of cable for THAT are you?"  and then you just grumble and say, "No, nevermind, fucking forget it."

  And stuff freezes, and directories go out of order, and things lock up, and you buy routers and wires and start wondering about how you can get the sound better, or it'd be great if you had a remote or a longer mouse cord, etc. 

  Anyway...  If you get a shitty PC, just get one with a graphics card that does TV out.  Almost all of them do.  Even the ancient ones.  Then just use the crappy PC as your player and forgo the Media Center portion.  It'd still be better than trying to shimmy together this crap you guys are doing.