PlayStation 3: Upscaling DVDs And Fan Noise

PS3 Buzz reports: I watched a couple of SD DVDs on the PS3 tonight and I think they looked great - comparable to what I would have expected from an HD version of the shows. The only thing that erked me was the noise of the fans kicking on…they seem to go to a 'level 2' or 'level 3' noise level after 20 minutes of watching the movie.

I did notice the fans kick on pretty hard during some Devel May Cry (PS2) bouts over the past couple of days…it's definitely loud.

I have read a few things on the Internet about noise, and generally some people have a loud fan problem and the jury still seems out regarding replacement units from Sony.

[FirstknighT]

The ps3 does a horrible job on upconverted standard dvds. This is old news and everybody already knows this. If you want a good player with perfect upconversion get a Sammy Bluray player with HQV. Best bluray player on the market.

[Relcom]

false

[blacsheep]

dang son you really are turning green with envy over all the major love the ps3 is getting,the ps3 is over its infancy and is now starting to show what it can do,360 got some good games noone can deny that but for me its now maxed out and even valve stating that orange box used 95% of 360s power thats what 5% left to play with,while ps3 is going from strength to strength.

lets hope we still see you on here later on during 2008 when ps3 is truly basking in its glory which after the year its had with some unjustified hate towards it,it deserves to gloat.

funniest thing 1up has even started to show the ps3 love,bluray is now seen as a smart move and the games are continuing to flow and not to mention 'home' is coming man it feels good to be a ps3 owner right now.

[boodybandit]

You do own one, correct?
I would hate to think you are giving an opinion on something you have no hands on experience with. Can you tell me what about the PS3 upscaling ability you don't like? I have 2 stand alone upscaling DVD players, one is a Samsung, and I have the PS3. Personally I think the PS3 is better than or at the very least equivalent too my stand alone players.

[joemomma]

Sure thats what you want us to think. Good thing your not anyone important in the movie world or we would be screwed.

[tk]

I have four DVD players. The PS3 beats them all hands down. It is quieter spinning the disk, and the quality is better as well. Heck - all of my DVD players tend to scratch the disks - but not the PS3.

Maybe you should buy a PS3 before making up stuff like this.

[lmao247]

You are pathetic, I respect bladestar cause he can muster up comments that are nice about the system even though he has his preferences, but you on the other hand have hid for the last few days avoiding all the good press sony has because they beat your precious 360 this holiday and that there supporting the leading HD platform. You have hid in the shadows and the one negative article that has popped up you jumped on like a dog wanting to hump bill gates leg.

[Flying_Squirrel]

My PS3 does a great job on upconverted DVD playback, the disc spin is silent and while the internal fan does spin slightly louder after about 30 mins of playback, it is not loud at all.

All in all the PS3 does a great job and it's now my preferred device for watching DVD's on - along with BD of course :p

For those that say that the upconverted playback is no good, watch some dvd's of Stargate Atlantis and you'll see that it look superb

[Antiomo]

Does pretty bad on upconversion also.

Btw I already know you talking trash out of your arse cuz ANY samsung player out there right NOW is trumped by the pioneer elite.

Im waiting for what denon has to offer.

[actas123]

So why are they posting this here. Apparently the owner of the unit has some technical problems with it. Why doesn't he/she call sony and talk to them about it, what the hell, is he/she expecting us to fix that? that a freakin moran.

[monkey602]

I agree with Lmao2476

Bladestar annoyed me to begin with but after a while his comments started to make sense, and he only lost bubbles over his opinion. I feel bad for him that he gets crap no matter what he says

[jcgamer]

The FirstknighT does a horrible job at representing the opinions of 360 gamers, especially PS3 gamers. But this is old news and everybody already knows this. If you want a better opinion seek the opinions of fellow unbiased N4G's. Best gamers on the market.

[robep3]

You are as thick as the guy you have on your avatar the PS3 upscales dvd's brilliantly the fan makes very little noise you make more noise than all the PS3 fans put together and its all BULL COOKIES you say.

Rob

[Lifendz]

would you rather a loud fan or a Red Rings of Death....

Don't worry...I'll wait.

BTW, I don't mind the PS3's fan noise, I do mind the heat generated by the system. My room must rise to by 9 degrees whenever I have the system on for more than an hour. I just open a window and in the winter it's better than having the heat on.

[BrianC6234]

Why is this crap on this site? Who runs that site? It looks like it's just some 360 fanboy trying to make the PS3 look bad. I never hear noise from my PS3 no matter what I'm doing. I have to listen really hard to hear any noise. This just doesn't belong on this site.

[BrianC6234]

"would you rather a loud fan or a Red Rings of Death...."

If you want both problems just buy a 360. The PS3 has neither problem. At least my PS3 doesn't have a noisy fan.

[Lifendz]

Thanks for quoting me....I think. Not sure if you were agreeing with me or not so I felt the need to clarify.

I'm not saying the PS3 has a loud fan. I was saying that assuming what this article says is true, you still have a choice of a loud fan or RROD.

[wallace1000]

I am not pointing fingers at anyone on this site but some people seem to have a little bit of a problem portraying thier opinion and other people taking it the wrong way. I only take bubbles away when a comment is obviously stupid. Some of the stuff i read on here that could be taken a few different ways i leave alone. I don't want someone loosing bubbles over a misunderstanding :-), i hope everyone else thinks that too.

[Damphear]

you never played a ps3 stfu

and a normal dvd well never look as good as a blueray dvd. you xbots really donno any thing any more

[Lord_Mike]

My PS3 upscales my DVD's beautifully, I don't know what your talking about knight. It's so good it's close to Bluray movie quality. At least that's how it looks on my 42" Panasonic Plasma.

[jorellpogi]

As proud owner of 360 and PS3, no one can beat the jet engine noise of the 360. The terrible noise of the 360 is a proven fact.

[FirstknighT]

Wow alot of personal attacks. I'm only stating what is already known. The ps3 upconversion of standard dvds is well below standards. And I never said anything about the 360 doing a better job, I agree the fan is to loud to watch a movie. But I don't use my 360 for movies, I use it for gaming. I own a Sammy bluray player with HQV processing. NOTHING beats HQV in making standard dvds look near hidef. That is a proven fact. Their was an article awhile back on the ps3 being equal to HQV processing and was completely laughed at by professionals. The ps3 does a good job on bluray movies but not standard.

And it doesn't do a good job on games either. ;)

[the worst]

my sh!t dont make nosie

[jcgamer]

my sh!t don't make noise either....and 9 million others...lol...bubbles way up bro...

[Lifendz]

but I'm glad yours isn't making noise.

HOWWWWWWWWWDEEEE HOOO!!!

[PirateThom]

The only time my PS3 kicks into Stage 3 fan noise is when it's been on for a long time through a game or is funning folding@home... even then it's nowhere near as noisy as the Wii or 360 with a disc in the drive.

[SaturnTo]

My PS3 is folding all the time and it isn't that noisy, my 360 is much louder as soon as I turn it on. And when I'm playing DVD's on my PS3 the noise is still very quite I can't hear it.

[bOOmStiCK]

I thinks it depends on where you put it and from PS3 to PS3 because mine gets noisy during PS2 games but it never gets to the extend of the Xbox360. My friends Xbox is really annoying when watching an Xvid or Divx that PS3 couldn't load. Oh well everything got it downside but noise is not a big downside at all since it's one the silent devices out there. My PS2 (first gen) was getting really noisy towards his end.

[ravinash]

Check for dust over the vents, as the fan will work harder if it can't get the air flow it needs to keep the device cool.

[gnothe1]

I cant tell if my PS3 has a loud fan noise, because I dont play it enough to get it hot!! but my 360 do sound pretty loud starting up!! but after the startup I cant tell because i'm focused on winning then!!

[ravinash]

Did this guy have his ear against the machine while watching the film or something?
I have my PS3 running 24/7 in the room I sleep in and I don't hear a thing unless I lessen for it. and even then I have to lessen hard.
May I suggest he turn the sound of the movie ON, so that there is something else making noise in the room.

[monkey602]

I'm the same. My PS3 is in my bedroom and when I am home it's used for my games mostly then movies, music and web browser, a lot of my friends are online too so it doubles as free messaging. All that and it barely makes any noise. It does however keep my room a bit warm.

[monkey602]

My PS3 is dead silent, I worry about playing my Elite at night for fear of waking up the rest of the country.

In fact I have often fallen asleep watching dvds on my PS3.

EDIT: I'm not saying others aren't having problems with loud fans. Just not me! :D

[Account deleted]

bubbles for you...
someone spot one defective thing in one ps3 and starts bragging; don't throw stones at....
anyway which movies are you watching?

[monkey602]

I have the Spiderman trilogy, Die hard 2, Casino Royale and Tears of the Sun on Blu (getting 300 later today)
and I have over 200 dvds so I'm not going to list them (a lot of them a seasons of cartoons like family guy and south park etc.)
recently watched Die Hard 4, Transformers, Star Wars Episode 3 and Pan's Labyrinth.

[TripleTags]

my fan only kicks in during folding .. sometimes since mid-fall it barely ever powers up the fan.

[doshey]

ya my ps3 has some pretty bad fan noise, oh wait thats my 360

[Korosuke]

I found the vid about upscaling capability of PS3 on stage6.
Take a look with FULL SCREEN.

http://www.stage6.com/user/...

[Fezthebest]

THnx uglygree wow this just further shows that 360 sucks at anti-alising for upscaling. but some times the 360 had better colours, wherever there isn't and bends or curves, ex clear sky.

[Bombomb]

Ever since that 2.0 upgrade something changed with the fan kicking in more often than it used to.

[rushbd]

Phone Sony.
My PS3 is so silent that i need to put my ear in vents to hear something. It only kicks after I run it for 12+ hours. you know doing Folding@Home. I love the auto-off feature. ;D

[monkey602]

Is there a sleep function on the PS3 i didnt know about? or is that a folding at home thing?

I would like a timed-off on the controllers too.

[MaximusPrime]

you can switch off controller by holding the PS button (in the middle) for 10 seconds. This comes in handing when you wanted to watch a film.

[rushbd]

There's a Auto off function on Folding@Home. it came at v 1.3
U can set the PS3 to turn off after a work unit it complete or after a certain time.

Also there's in-Folding@home music option that can automatically go through ur ripped musics to find out Calm, Dramatic, Energetic etc musics just by analizing the files and play em !! cool isnt it?!

[monkey602]

Thanks guys.
I knew about the PS button Maximus but I'm still always forgetting to turn it off.
and yes rushbd that is cool :D

EDIT: OH and I love Linkin Park. In The End is brilliance

[rushbd]

for loving Linkin Park :D

Do like the new album. I think it's good in a different way. But good. I'm listening LP as i write :D

[jcgamer]

I love the new LP album...fave songs are Leave Out All The Rest and In Pieces...bubbles up...

[monkey602]

Bleed it out is probably my favourite of Minutes to midnight. It's cool like made up on the spot kind of cool.

[Bubble Buddy]

Numb, Bleed it Out, Forgotten, High Voltage, some of my 40 favourites =)

[MaximusPrime]

fan is quiet on PS3. Very noisy on Xbox 360.

DVD HD upscaling on PS3 is excellent. Dont know about xbox 360 (i sold it a last year feb) But i do remember that it irritate me. Watching DVD on xbox 360 with an annoying fan noise. Very unpleasant.

btw: Warners Brothers and New Line Cinema going Bluray Ha ha Ah HAA Ha A

[rushbd]

have bubbles :D

[MaximusPrime]

cheers ;)

[jcgamer]

My 40gb PS3 stays on a lot...10 hours plus at times...and it's as quiet as Zhuk has been the past couple days...VERY QUIET...lol...so is my brother's 60 gig...I know what loud sounds like...me and 17.7 million others...but I'm not knocking my 360...never have I seen the Lord Of The Rings, so I'm good...lol

[picker332]

I did notice the fans kick on pretty hard during some Devel May Cry?
Well just pointed that out.
bored i quess.

[big0]

Only time I can hear my fan is if it just sitting in the xmb I never hear it while watching movies, playing games, or music. The ps3 is great at converting sd dvd its been tested I dont know what firstknight is talking about.

[ReBurn]

Even at it's loudest the PS3 isn't that bad. Not as loud as my first 360 was, but that was more drive noise than anything. The only time I've ever heard drive noise from my PS3 was last night right after I updated Heavenly Sword. It took a bit longer to load the first time after the update and it was spinning loudly. But once it loaded it didn't make any more noise.

As far as fan noise, I never notice fan noise while watching DVD's or Blu Ray movies on my PS3. Maybe this guy has a faulty unit or something? And it is a great upscaling DVD player. Probably the best DVD player I've ever had. It only upscales over HDMI, so that may be FirstknighT's problem.

[monkey602]

My PS3 sounded a bit different last night too, During COD4. I still had to put my ear up to it to hear if it was making sounds it should'nt though.

[Marceles]

Honestly, "Level 3" PS3 fan noise is quiet as hell and Level 2 is pretty much silence. You have to concentrate REALLY hard to hear the PS3's fan. The 360 on the other hand...the combination of the DVD drive and the fan is just insane. Playing games like Orange Box and Bioshock are torture when you're in quiet places.

[Antiomo]

until you heard my computer crossfired at full throttle.

The ps3 is pretty dam quite regardless WHAT YOU DO. I only hear the noise when Im sitting pc sitting distance, and even so the sound is very quiet.

I have the 60gb version and I heard the 40gb uses less energy and it produces less heat then I guess its even more quiet.

The xbox 360 sounds like my pc but its lacking the power of my pc.

[Skerj]

Watching DVDs now and I have to go across the room and get closer to the machine in order to hear it, even on mute.

[khellendros1]

I didn't know that the PS3 had multi level fan speeds. I've had mine for a year now and it always sounds the same or I guess it does since a rarely notice it.

[PirateThom]

There's a reason why the PS3 is so quiet. Have you seen the size of the fan?

Bigger fans means less rotations.

Compared to the 360's two smaller fans

[Yoma]

If it sounds a lil lower then the 360, it's level 3, if it sounds a lil bit, its lvl 2, if it sounds like it should when you are in XMB without any discs in, it's level one.

This is common. Just vaccum clean it or something :)

[AuburnTiger]

I don't like the fact that you have to use the HDMI cables for the upscaling to even work on the PS3. If you don't believe me then read your PS3 manual.

[PirateThom]

Everything except legal DVDs upscales over component... if you burn a disc and play it, it will upscale. Which is odd.

[titntin]

My PS3 remians incredibly quiet whenever i use it for however long? I guess the guy has blocked air vents or faulty fans....

...and anyone claiming the PS3 upscaling and video output is no good, has obviously never used one. Its superior in nearly every way to nearly every stand alone player on the market, and its quite easy to find videophile articles with imperical proof and comparitive tests agianst vastly expensive professional equipment.I've nevr seen a professional review of its playing capabilities that didn't comment of how impressive they are, and my own experience would bear this out too.

You can call it all you like about its merits as games machine (I like it plenty, and it gets as much gaming use as my 360), but its got a well desreved reputation as an excellent media player and server, with superior processing circuitry than you can find on any other console or games machine.
Its also got proper v1.3 HDMI as opposed to the old V1.2 HDMI as recently supplied on another competitive machine.. :)

[chrisin3]

what sites say about the PS3 and I'm confused. I have a launch PS3 and I've never heard the fan over the sound of the game; hell, I barely ever hear the thing. From what I hear, the PS3 has one main 120mm fan, and this site said that fans starting kicking on, as if they could hear one by one fans getting louder. I don't know about all that.

I also think the upscaling abilities are just fine. Oh well...

[Tsukasah]

Because my PC is the loudest thing I've ever had. The power supply has fans going at about 2300rpm while the CPU fan goes at around 3000rpm, and its just loud! O_o when thats off I usualy have headphones on. But when I went to my grandmas for a month when my parents went to Italy... I rarely heard the PS3 was on. Occasionally the fans would kick in but it wasn't to the point it was bothersome. My cousin came over for a week with his 360, and that thing really did sound like a jet engine. Of course he had an inter cooler... Either way it was so loud to the point that I could hardly hear my TV at night when not trying to wake my parents(when the volume was on around 5 or so) :/ Iono... I guess it just depends on which model the PS3 is. Oh, and firstknight.. will you ever shut the f@ck up with this crap already? Seriously... you're posting other peoples experiences, not first hand. Its also possible you're just pulling sh!t out of your ass as well.

[kevin1122]

everyone should know that the ps3's that are made in japan are quieter since they have a larger fan. the ones made in china are louder since they have a smaller fan, i have one of the chinese one's so my fan goes into second or third gear after 20 minutes. Only time it bothers me is when im watching a movie and its a scene that isnt loud, btw i sit less then or at 5 feet from my tv.

[DJ]

If it does, I've never heard them. I keep mine out in the open, in case you're wondering. I love the upscaling and video cleanup capabilities though; my DVDs end up looking near-HD quality, which is amazing, and I'm pretty sure the PS3 upscales and cleans up Divx/Xvid content as well.

My Divx videos look quite a bit cleaner on my PS3 than my PC. Can anyone else confirm this?

[Phalken_Six]

Whats wrong with you? Just give it up and go back to your HD-DUD Cave forum. Noboby wants you here and nobody cares about what you say alright. Everyone just give this person a negative and report this person if you see him post again. I really dont care who you are but, whatever you say wont matter to us so just go waste you time and pick up your broken Cr@pBox and your failed HD-DUD and go bury yourself. Also Dont talk about Blu-Ray you sell-out! Your embarassing your DUD friends. Can you guys believe this?? LOL Look at these people talking smack about Blu for being RED Fans and saying "Blu-ray is Cr@p". Look who won and look who's going extinct. This person talking about oh yeah its the best Blu-Ray in the market. First knight dont get a blu-player aiight?? We dont want you in our Blu world. YOU MAKE ME SICK! I would probably F*** you up if i see see you buying a blu-player. Go buy your Download content from your god Bill Gates and problably you can keep it up your @ss and and show your friends. Good Luck with that bud. Keep it up HD-DVD Fans!! Im sure your format will get somewhere someday and that would be never. Power to the Blu

[jorellpogi]

The HDDVD format will be go to a museum. LOL

[Mikey_Gee]

I had a 40GB model for about a day and it was CRAZY QUIET, but my 80GB version (while not loud) is still able to be heard. Much more than the 40GB model.

Oh well, the extra features of the 80GB is worth the extra bit of noise I guess.

And as much as I love my XBOX 360, the PS3 does do a better job of upscalling DVD's. But, I find my 360 much better for Divx support.

[zonetrooper5]

My PC is quiet, my PS3 is quiet as well but it does get loud at some random points on a DVD or game which is annoying. My 360 is loud but I bought it in Feb 2006, I went round my friends house, his brother got a 360 sometime in November 2007. Damn that thing was quiet, a hella alot more quieter then mine was, mainly because of the DVD drive and because of the other improves to the 360.

[Rexysgod]

THE TRUTH IS FINALLY OUT! --PS3= MERCEDES BENZ , XBOX360=FORD CONTOUR. (My apology to Ps3)
Ps3 is the best console out there. Just take the Ps3 for a test drive and you will send your xbox 360 to the Pawn shop.
I don't care about this anymore since i think it doesn't make sense to pay for Xbox live and all those money you will have to spend on your xbox 360 after buying it. Honestly, only people who are very weak in economics will think the xbox 360 is Cheaper than the Ps3. i just found out that the Ps3 is the superior system. there is no doubt about Ps3 being the Mercedes in the gaming world. Microsoft can keep my xbox live accounts and my points that was binding me to xbox 360. I saw the light when i took a friends Ps3 for a test drive. Its power and features are way better compared to my xbox 360. i can't believe Gamestop convinced me to buy an xbox360 because of their look warm attitude towards the Ps3. Comparing my Xbox to the PS3 is like comparing Ford Contour to a mercedes Benz. installing leather and allow wheels on a Ford contour will never make it a Mercedes Benz. END OF STORY. Gamestop workers Stop spreading lies and display ps3 products the same way you display xbox360 products. Customers have the right to know the truth. The media should know light will always prevail over darkness.HONESTY!!!!!!

[Mikey_Gee]

Both the PS3 and the 360 are awsome.

Each machine has ups an down and each machine does a thing or two better than the other. I have both ... and TRUST ME ... my 360 will NEVER be anywhere near a pawn shop.

You just keep telling yourself that, it must make you feel better. Now get down off your soap-box before you hurt yourself.

[bee2427]

the xbox 360 isnt awsome, the ps3 is awsome, the xbox just has a few awsome games, that says nothin bout the console but of the company that makes the games

[jcgamer]

Dude, we heard you like 5 times ago saying the exact same thing...I don't know if you've noticed, but pretty much the same audience visits various threads here on N4G...lol...like a club or bar in a small town...keep it up and you might just need to go ahead and write "comment reported as spam" as your comment lol...say something else man...

[blacsheep]

son seriously love the enthusiasm but seriously how many more times you gona copy and paste that statement on every thread,dude please

[Phalken_Six]

With the PLAYSTATION 3 ONLY! I can actually download divx movies directly to the hard drive through the web browser. Unlike other general consoles out there you have to go turn on the PC, wait for it to boot up, slide in the usb, open folder etc., that just takes so much time. I also ran my friend over with his 360 still in his hand and took him in my garage and tortured him and today ill call every electronic store that HD-DUD has failed and tell them not to sell it anymore. =P GO BLU!!

[Raptors]

I actually have the same problem as the writer of the article. The ps3 does a fantastic job of upscaling dvd's and blu ray of course looks phenomenal. However, when that fan kicks in...wow. There is enough space for my unit to breathe so at this stage I'm still within my exhange period to go and see if I can swap it with another unit. I'll let you guys know what happens once I get the new unit. If it matters, I have the 40gb version.

[Bill Gates]

MYy PS3 makes a ton of NOISE!!!
Yup when I shut it off it growls at me and barks loudly wanting me to turn it back on, and as soon as I turn it back on, it just purrs like a kittie. prrrrrrrrrr.............AHAHHA HHHAHAHHAHhAHAHA

[PS3n360]

I have both an upconverting samsung player and the ps3. Ps3 does a better job. it is a little louder than the standalone unit but compared to my 360 its silent. I got rid of my hddvd addon a while back not because of the format war thing but because the 360 setup was just too distracting even with the volume up. I have only watched one bluray and it looks and sounds great. As far as a media hub i believe the ps3 is king but for games my 360 rules the den.

[roybatty]

But my Ps3 is a launch model 60g, and it runs near silent all the time period.

And @ FirstShite, you really do need to f()ck right off from the ps3 sections. You are and have always been such a FUD talking XBOT liar ever since you reared your uneducated stinky head on this site.
DVD up-conversion on PS3 is fricken amazing, you don't have one so you wouldn't know.
Get the f()ck out of here and go play Halo with the rest of the teenagers. Oh, and pay for that 'privilege' too.

[rbanke]

the only time ive ever heard my ps3's fan get louder (go into a higher speed) was when it was in a poorly circulated area. In an open space it never goes into high speed.

[richie007bond]

I like to vist this site for all the lastest game news and gossip,but man is this site over run with flaming sony fanboys,its getting worse every day.People cant even comment on topics with out getting bombarded with disagrees and spam from Sony bots its pathetic,i noticed FirstknighT has 49 disagrees which is SAD i mean come on,it just goes to show that N4G is a hive for Sony drones and not Gamers....

[roybatty]

People are just sick of the constant 360 fangirl lies and FUD. So if 49 people find FirstShite annoying after her millionth post of lies, then deal with it.
I have said all along since launch day that the Ps3 will be fine. All you 360 retards have constantly tried to talk it down and spread BS etc..But now the tide is beginning to turn and you girls are scared.
HD DVD is dead, PS3 is picking up steam, and despite what you losers have tried to say for a year and a half, the PS3 is a great console. Quality build, great FREE online, nice front end, silent running and future proof.
Again, it's going to be just fine, so suck my balls.

[richie007bond]

LOL i rest my case(Over run with Sony drones)

[Phalken_Six]

I think you better get out of here. We could all be drones and we dont give a rats @ss what you say were here to slaughter xbots and any surviving hd-dvd supporters. This is a war and your not on the right base bud. Support one side and stay. personally im a very violent person that needs to hurt someone so pick a F***ing side G*D*MMIT!

[DFresh]

First Knight
just jealous of what the PS3 can do
because he knows that his system just lost.
poor 360
The best standard DVD movies to watch to really tell a difference would be 2000-present year movies.
I put in Family Guy and oh my god does the picture look clear and vibrant.

[UnblessedSoul]

my ps3 has always been extremely quiet and it upscales dvds wonderfully

[UnblessedSoul]

my ps3 has always been extremely quiet and it upscales dvds wonderfully

[wallace1000]

I don't have a PS3 so i can't comment on noise or up-scaling but people have said the 360 is noisy and i don't find it annoying. My buddy just got a PS3 and i didn't notice any annoying fan noise when he was showing it off. I think some people just latch onto any little thing when it comes to trying to put a console down that they don't like.

[Rice]

HUh the Ps3 makes noise, since when?

[fopums]

I have a launch PS3 and sometimes I forget its even on!

btw I JUST unlocked infinit ammo on COD4, and its a blast! been spending to much time on UT3....

[ROCCOZILLA]

i play my game and watch my movies with it cranked up.i play games and movies in true 5.1 surround sound,and its SICK!the other thing is that my ps3 play sd dvd so well they look better than hd dvd.WATCH AND PLAY B3YOND!

[xg-ei8ht]

Yeah i was in my car, and could hear some fan noise, but it wasn't the car, not sure which house had the 360:) but i remember one of the houses having a red light. And silly me, i thought it was a porn den.

[H2Os]

"generally some people have a loud fan problem and the jury still seems out regarding replacement units from Sony."

Why would a loud fan constitute any replacement by Sony? It's not defective.

Why is this even News Worthy? Don't we have the CES going on?

[spammy_nooo]

I don't know if anybody has pointed this out yet, but it isn't 'erked', its IRKED.

How is a guy who can't spell a three letter word(I subtract suffixes) writing an article for a news website?. Ever even heard of spell check?

[macalatus]

I have a 60gig PS3 and the its fan does go loud...except it does on rare occasion such as when I use the PS3 to browse the web (or this site for that matter). Not only that, if it does, it only last an average of 30 seconds...and then that would be it for a loooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnng time.

However, I often wonder about the environment of the people who complain about the overall general noise the PS3s. Do they use the PS3 in a freakin' library?!? And funnier still, they are probably the same people who doesn't mind zooming a freakin' game screen shot to 100x just to say that the PS3 version of game sucks.

[wageslave]

The PS3 *does* make more noise than the Xbox 360. Everyone knows it. Heck, you can see the noise-meter tests here:

http://www.pregamelobby.com...

The press knows it, I know it, you know it. No one is surprised. The PS3 makes *TONNES* of noise and we all know it.

[macalatus]

I'm not flaming you on this, but, I want to ask some few questions:

Do you own a PS3?
Whether you own one or not, where do you play your console? Are your speakers loud? Do you live in a place where absolute silence is needed (if you do, then you SHOULDN'T be playing video games at all)?

Bottom line is, it doesn't matter if the PS3 is louder or not. This whole "360 is louder than the PS3" and vice versa is absolutely ridiculous. My PC itself is probably 10x louder than my PS3, but when I play my iTunes program I couldn't hear a damn thing, even if my speaker volume is set at a low level.

[chrisin3]

Actually, since launch most sites have said the ps3 is quieter than the 360, but I'm not going to argue. It's probably not quieter than a standalone blu-ray player though but who cares.

[rob6021]

Well the truth here is, when playing DVDs,CDs the disk must be sent spinning much faster to achieve high speeds, this friction from moving parts is going to create heat, and thus require a fan to kick in to compensate for that heat difference. It happens on any PC DVD/CD drive with a higher speed (RPM's). This fan kicking in is rare on the PS3 when playing off the HDD or Blu-Ray disk (all ps3 games) but will kick in when the PS3 needs to defend itself from overheating (possibly morso if your PS3 is in a hot-environment). The blu-ray drive will achieve much higher data-retrieval rates per how fast the disk is moving (and thus produce much less heat, and not need fans).

What i have noticed, is This fan, when it does kick in, is quieter than the Elite's Fan(The so-called 'quiet' 360, I own one) which is on at almost all of the time. And it even seems when 360 is loading off a disk it gets noticeably louder.

This fan is something you will have to deal with sometimes when playing DVD's on PS3, as well as PS2/PS1 games possibly, But not as likely for Blu-ray movies, or PS3 Games.

[LinuxGuru]

The contributor who posted this article is both a liar, and a fake.

He pretends to be a Sony fan, yet if you read his comments, he tries to tell all Sony fans that we are being lied to and tricked.

The contributor of this article is a fake and a liar and is grasping at straws.

Pathetic, if you ask me.

Oh and also....isn't this issue he posted the "news" about...like months and months old already?

This is seriously some weaksauce attempt to take a stab at the PS3.

Nice job, you fake.

[LinuxGuru]

The ps3 is also not nearly as noisy as the 12X DVD drive in the 360.

Whoever says otherwise is either deaf, is a liar, or is just plain crazy.

I will gladly take my PS3's fans on high rather than hear a 360 with fans on high and the DVD spinning at 12X.

Seriously....who the f()ck do you think you're kidding when you say the PS3 is louder than the 360?

[LinuxGuru]

Hell....my LAPTOP is louder than my PS3.

This f*cking thing's fans kick on high every other second.