PS3 Games ~ Playstation 3

The Playstation 3 is still my preferred player.

I did look into the other stand-alone Blu Ray players and I found the PS3 best suited for my Home system. (Sony Bravia KLV-40S400A – Sony DWW 7000 receiver)

I needed a Blu Ray player that converts the different HD audio formats internally to LPCM over the HDMI connection (as opposed to a player that just bitstream the HD audio).

How to stream media

I also needed backwards compatibility to a receiver that does not have 1.3 HDMI. To be on the safe side I made sure the PS3 supported playback of region B Blu Rays.

I am happy I did buy the ps3. As an added bonus, I discovered the ps3 could play streamed content from my PC hardrive. This can be set up in many different ways.

“ The PS3 80gig console is packed with exciting, multipurpose features such as: free PLAYSTATION®Network membership, internet ready Wi-Fi, and 80GB of hard disk storage for all your games, music, videos, and photos. Every PS3 comes with a built-in Blu-ray player to give you the best high-definition viewing experience and pristine picture quality.”

More on Ps3 streaming By Alexandru Stanescu: there is more to read more on the Softpedia site.

"The PS3 is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PS3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles. The system was first released on November 11, 2006, in Japan, November 17, 2006 in North America and Asia, and March 23, 2007 in Europe and Oceania. It is the first console with next-gen primary storage media, Blu-ray Disc, though it also supports DVDs, CDs, and with some models SACDs. It is capable of playing back content from Blu-ray Disc (BD) at a bit rate of multiplex 48Mbps, the maximum bit rate defined in BD

BASICS :

1. Ensure my firewall is set up properly.
2. Ensure my PS3 and Computer are within the same IP address range and subnet mask, so they can talk to one another. In other words allowing my computer and PS3, to obtain it's information from my DHCP (Firewall router).
3. Ensure any software firewall, has the necessary changes to allow Windows Media Player to communicate out for UuNP. If you use Windows Firewall and enable sharing for WMP, WMP will make the necessary changes to Windows Firewall. If you use another 3rd party Firewall, like I do, McAfee, you will probably need to go in to that software and add the right stuff, such as Programs that can communicate out on the network or trusted IP's, etc. ( continues after the video )

A pretty useful video tutorial you'd surely want to check out as well (on the same topic):
On my PS3:

1. Disable Media Server Connection on the PS3.

On your PC , in Windows Media Player:

ENSURE YOU HAVE ALL THE NECCESARY PLUG-INS AND CODECS FOR WMP TO VIEW ALL TYPES OF MEDIA, LIKE AVI, QUICKTIME, ETC.

1. Install Windows Media Player (unless it's installed already).
2. In services.msc or "Computer Management", Change the account that Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service uses. Changed it to "Local System account", but leave "Allow service to interact with desktop" UNCHECKED. Restart this service. This was necessary to be able to add folders from my FAT32 External Western Digital HDD.
3. Click on Options
4. Click on Library
5. Click on Configure Sharing and then check mark "Share my media to:
6. Click on Settings
7. Put in something you want for share media as, and leave the default settings.
8. DO NOT click the "Allow new devices and computers automatically". Check marking this wil allow everything to connect without you knowing and approving.
9. Click on OK to get back to the main properties screen.
10. Click the "Monitor Folders" button.
11. Once that is up, depending upon how you have your computer set up, and how many user profiles you have choose your options.
12. For me, since all my media is in different places other than my profile in "Documents and Settings", I did an add and ADDED the folders I wanted to add to the library.
13. Let WMP build the library up, and let it completely finish.
14. Click OK on everything til you get back to WMP.
15. Verify your library.

On your PS3:

1. Enable Media Server Connection on the PS3.

On your PC:

1. Once you sit down, you might have a pop up, if you left WMP running, to allow an unknown device access. You can verify your PS3 by checking the MAC address. WMP does not support the PS3 yet, so it will be seen as an unknown device.

If NOT......
1. Click on Options
2. Click on Library
3. Click on Configure Sharing and if things worked properly, you should see an "Unknown Device" Icon.
4. Highlight the Icon and do "allow", and do what ever else you feel necessary, such as customize, or right click the Icon for additional properties.

On your PS3:

2. Go to each Media choice in the XMB (Pictures, Music, Video), and under each do a "Search for a Media Server."
3. Once it has found a Media Server for each choice, you should then be able to see your PC show up with the funky "Windows ICON" and the name of the WMP share you created.

Should be able to take it from there.

I used the above steps, and my PS3 is now getting tons of content from my PC. With the exception of a few formats, such as AVI and Quicktime. Some of my choices above were to ensure that my computer is still locked down and secure. If you choose certain settings, you'll just open up your computer to vulnerabilities."
From http://news.softpedia.com/news/PS3-and-Windows-Media-Player-11-Media-Sharing-Tips-75291.shtml