PS3 slim BR drive

[JTsyo]

Does the PS3 use the same BR drive as the old PS3 or did they upgrade the drive?

 

[BenSkywalker]

Almost certainly used the same speed drive, certain games stream data so using a different speed drive has the potential to cause issues.

 

[erwos]

From what I read, different drive, same specs.

 

[mmntech]

The PS3 uses a 72mbit/s 2x BD drive. I doubt they've changed that in order to keep costs down. Would be nice if they bumped it up to 4x though.

 

[SneakyStuff]

I read somewhere that the drive speed is the same but "Sony is using a cheaper/different drive brand and will almost certainly have the same problems that another competitor had". I'm assuming that they are referring to problems the 360 had but I don't know if they mean noise or scratched discs. I will try to look for the article instead of quote from memory though.

 

[Krazy4Real]

I know it is the same speed drive.

 

[bl4ckfl4g]

hmm i was interested in the slim because i figured it might have a better drive but if it isn't I thin i'll just get a 299.00 fat

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff
I read somewhere that the drive speed is the same but "Sony is using a cheaper/different drive brand and will almost certainly have the same problems that another competitor had". I'm assuming that they are referring to problems the 360 had but I don't know if they mean noise or scratched discs. I will try to look for the article instead of quote from memory though.

Sounds like a rumor spread by a fanboy since the 360 uses a DVD-ROM drive not a blu-ray drive.

Apples to oranges, and there's no reason besides ill-will to believe all drive models from a given vendor will be equally loud and scratchy.

 

[SneakyStuff]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff
I read somewhere that the drive speed is the same but "Sony is using a cheaper/different drive brand and will almost certainly have the same problems that another competitor had". I'm assuming that they are referring to problems the 360 had but I don't know if they mean noise or scratched discs. I will try to look for the article instead of quote from memory though.

Sounds like a rumor spread by a fanboy since the 360 uses a DVD-ROM drive not a blu-ray drive.

Apples to oranges, and there's no reason besides ill-will to believe all drive models from a given vendor will be equally loud and scratchy.

Slim actually produces 15% less noise when playing movies so I'm going to disregard whatever it was I read. (update 3 in link)