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PS3 bitches out on playing Blu-rays

post #1 of 11
11/22/10 at 6:27pm
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Known issue, apparently, especially among the early "fat" models. Still plays games and standard DVDs, but nothing doing on the Blus.

Anyone else seen this problem?
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post #2 of 11
11/22/10 at 6:31pm
That happened right before I yellow lighted. I don't think that's a common cause and effect though, so I wouldn't be too worried. It was a 60 gig fat, and I probably overheated that bastard just from use.
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post #3 of 11
11/22/10 at 7:13pm
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Yeah, ours (80gb fat) gets moderate use at best. Might've just been its time. Looking at a slim for a replacement.
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post #4 of 11
11/22/10 at 7:21pm
The special blue part of the laser can sometimes die or malfunction after it overheats, which kills BR/gaming capability. You can actually send the system to Sony to replace it for less than the cost of a slim, last I checked ($150ish?).
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post #5 of 11
11/22/10 at 7:25pm
Some of the ps3's take insanely long to load a blu, so maybe it's that? I brought Scott Pilgrim to a friend's house and it was a good 3 minutes of black screen and he has it online and everything(updated, etc).

Only mention it as a "just in case".
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post #6 of 11
11/22/10 at 7:26pm
Still got my 20 gigger.
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post #7 of 11
11/22/10 at 7:41pm
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Originally Posted by Nexus-7 View Post
Some of the ps3's take insanely long to load a blu, so maybe it's that? I brought Scott Pilgrim to a friend's house and it was a good 3 minutes of black screen and he has it online and everything(updated, etc).

Only mention it as a "just in case".
I've experienced this with Universal Blus more than a few times. It seems that if ANYTHING is mucking up with your connection, it'll just sit there and not load. If you're ever having trouble with a Blu loading, try disconnecting it from the internet. That has cleared it up for me before.
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post #8 of 11
11/22/10 at 7:46pm
Disconnecting's not enough. Especially with the PS3, you have to tell it not to look for an internet connection when loading a disc, or it'll just twiddle its thumbs when you load the sucker up.
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post #9 of 11
11/22/10 at 10:27pm
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What happens is, well, nothing happens. You put in a DVD or a game, a disc symbol appears under "video" on the menu. You put in a Blu-ray, nothing.

Funnily enough, the disc that didn't work that brought this to my attention was Scott Pilgrim. Then I tried Kick-Ass, which had worked before on the PS3. Nothing.

A couple nights before, I watched a library copy of Angel Heart (DVD) with a barcode on the disc. It whirred loudly in the PS3 for a moment, then played fine. I'm wondering if the barcode fucked up the inner calibration in some way.
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post #10 of 11
11/22/10 at 11:06pm
Mine stopped playing discs all together. Sony wanted $150 to send it in and fix it, but had an offer that for $130 or something plus tax and shipping they'd just send me a refurbed thin model. So I did that. Thanks a lot Sony fuckers.
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post #11 of 11
11/23/10 at 1:03am
I try not to keep my 40 gig fat PS3 enclosed. Luckily my TV stand is just 4 very strong metal legs and a glass top, with all sides exposed (sounds like a circus freak). I have to keep a lot of room for that Onkyo 606.

When I do contemplate to build a home theater in the basement, setting up an AC vent in the private room for all the gear will be a must.
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