{"id":965,"date":"2007-06-29T21:53:55","date_gmt":"2007-06-30T01:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/29\/playstation-3-bd-remote\/"},"modified":"2007-06-29T21:53:55","modified_gmt":"2007-06-30T01:53:55","slug":"playstation-3-bd-remote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/06\/29\/playstation-3-bd-remote\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation 3 BD Remote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My wife (err, kids) gave me the two Pirates movies and the PlayStation 3 BD Remote for Father\u2019s Day.\u00a0 Amazon was running a special that gave $10 off the remote with the purchase of both Pirates movies.\u00a0 Not a bad deal \u2013 $23.95\/movie and $14.92 for the remote (even includes two AA batteries), and free second day shipping (we use the Prime service).<\/p>\n<p>The remote is a Bluetooth device.\u00a0 Setup was very simple; it took less than a minute to navigate to the Bluetooth device setup section and setup my remote, which was assigned as device 7.<\/p>\n<p>From a functionality standpoint, the remote works great.\u00a0 It has everything you would expect from a DVD player (and I guess a BD player).\u00a0 Scan forward or reverse, go into slow play in forward or reverse, skip chapters in either direction.\u00a0 The controller also duplicates the standard Sixaxis controller buttons, including the various L\/R functions.\u00a0 Call me ignorant, but I have no idea what the red, green, blue (looks lavender to me), and yellow buttons do (they are color coded, complete with labels for those that do not know their colors).<\/p>\n<p>The remote even has a PS button so you can use it to turn off your PS3.\u00a0 Great feature for a lazy person or just late night viewing from a comfortable spot in the living room.<\/p>\n<p>Any gripes?\u00a0 The buttons do not have any sort of glow in the dark, or backlight functions, so you have to memorize button placement to use the remote in a dark room.\u00a0 While it is nice that pressing any button will turn on your PS3, it is also a pain.\u00a0 Literally, pressing any button \u2013 even if your kids accidentally place something on top of the remote by accident \u2013 will turn on the PS3.\u00a0 It would have been nice if only pressing the PS button for a few seconds turned on the PS3.<\/p>\n<p>Is it worth the money?\u00a0 I am kind of indifferent, but if you plan to use your PS3 watch some movies, then the Sony PlayStation 3 BD Remote works much better than a Sixaxis controller.\u00a0 For me, the remote was a great purchase (well, present) at $14.92.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My wife (err, kids) gave me the two Pirates movies and the PlayStation 3 BD Remote for Father\u2019s Day.\u00a0 Amazon was running a special that gave $10 off the remote with the purchase of both Pirates movies.\u00a0 Not a bad deal \u2013 $23.95\/movie and $14.92 for the remote (even includes two AA batteries), and free &hellip; 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