Reddit mentions of Sony PlayStation 3 Blu-ray Disc Remote

Problem solved.

Demon's Souls is pretty cool if you're into the Dark Souls thing. I wanna recommend Vanquish, but I've heard that the 360 release is better. I'd highly recommend you get a remote. With the remote, a PS3 makes a damn fine Blu-Ray player with all the usual streaming services too. Also, the PS3 supports HDMI-CEC so if your TV also supports it, you can turn the TV on with the PS3, turn the PS3 off with the TV, use some of your TV's remote functions on the PS3, etc.

Yes, but you'll also want to get the media remote to have better control over playback.

Actually, the PS3 has a bluray remote that uses bluetooth. It uses 2AAs and in my experience lasts for months.

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-PlayStation-3-Blu-ray-Disc-Remote/dp/B000M17AVO

This remote makes the PS3 really feel like a true home theater component. My wife uses Netflix on the PS3 every day but has never picked up the sixaxis controller. The DB/playstation remote sits next to the TV remote and looks right at home.

As for the complaints from ant2206 I have never experienced any of his issues and honestly I have NEVER owned a remote that had 'flush' buttons.

Triangle should bring up a list of options on the screen. Use the left joystick to toggle among the options. Use X to select.

So toggle over the "play" icon and hit X to play.

Alternately, if you plan on watching a lot of movies, buy one of these:

https://smile.amazon.com/Sony-PlayStation-3-Blu-ray-Disc-Remote/dp/B000M17AVO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1466716661&sr=8-3&keywords=ps3+remote

You want either one of these PS3 remotes. They work a hell of a lot better than the PS4 remote for sure.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0050SX9I2/ref=pd_luc_rh_sim_01_01_t_img_lh?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/Sony-PlayStation-3-Blu-ray-Disc-Remote/dp/B000M17AVO/ref=pd_sim_63_7?ie=UTF8&dpID=41w3WmmQtiL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&psc=1&refRID=13FAQB74N225TTK7HCXM

My PS3 remote doesn't have this issue.

There is. It's Bluetooth and awesome.

Sony PlayStation 3 Blu-ray Disc Remote https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000M17AVO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_MbBszbWHM23GZ

There are probably third party options too.

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-PlayStation-3-Blu-ray-Disc-Remote/dp/B000M17AVO

Yes you can do that. Also PVR = "Personal Video Recorder" just FYI.

There are tons of ways of getting content over the internet like Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, Amazon, youtube, pirating, etc.

Also I would suggest checkout out XBMC which is a great media playback program. Also I really like this remove and you can use it with Remote Buddy.

> There was one were two of those for the PS3

FTFY

does this one work with the ps4?

If you intend to use Netflix/Crunchyroll then you should get a the PS3 remote makes it a lot easier.

Games will mostly depend on what you like to play, Infamous & Infamous II are probably my favourite PS3 games. There is also a huge selection of Classic PSone and Some PS2 game available as you are new to gaming this is a good way to play some classics and build a decent size collection for cheap.

I have an st60, whats the issue with the usb not working for files? Side note, that's a great tv for people with seemingly no technical knowledge.

From what you've said, I think your best option is buy a new hard drive and swap out the old one in that ps3 and buy a remote like this for your parents. Its quite easy to use, my folks used that for a long time, with MKVs becoming more and more prevalent, it became more annoying, they use their iphones to send it to the apple tv now (wasn't easy to teach them but they got the hang of it)

What else do they have, a computer? phones?

$20 "blu-ray" Remote, best investment you can get if you're anywhere close to serious about watching movies on your PS3.

Who wants to wait for a fucking video game controller to turn on and connect when I want to pause a program right now? Or I could leave an unsightly cable hanging out of my PS4 all the time for charging. My media center is pristine, I don't want dangling cables up in my shit. Not to mention I'm on my third PS4. Boo that. Roku is awesome. Way more convenient, very reliable, and super cheap. The remote for the PS3 Blu Ray remote was so awesome. I was so bummed when they didn't have something similar for the PS4.

I prefer mine

>Nice tip on the PS3 remote. I assume you mean the official PS3 DVD remote, and not the game controller right?

Yeah, the bluray/dvd remote (this one) Find a bluetooth dongle that supports toshiba bluetooth stack (maybe all work but that is 100% tested) and you're good to go.

>This HTPC would ideally stream videos to more than just the TV it's connected to. Right now i'm using my main PC to stream to a couple TVs using PS3 Media Server. That PC is meant for gaming though, and I don't like it being on 24/7 because it is an energy hog.

Oh, ok then. I do wander if it will be powerful enough to transcode more than one 1080p stream though. Well, you'll soon find out.

PS3 blu-ray remote Bluetooth 20$

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-PlayStation-3-Blu-ray-Disc-Remote/dp/B000M17AVO?ie=UTF8&keywords=ps3%20remote&qid=1465320125&ref_=sr_1_3&sr=8-3