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It doesn't look like a normal remote control. It has this ugly retro look. Square buttons and a bunch of clashing colours is a no-no today.

If 1995 is retro. Looks pretty modern to me. Most high end equipment is like this, with a form follows function philosophy.

Blue, red, green and yellow buttons are retro.

I know that if you look at the modern receiver/remote, form does follow function, but rounding buttons doesn't exactly make a remote harder to use. If you take a look at high end receivers, they are starting to keep function while still looking good. A nice example is Harmon Kardon, which has some of the nicest looking receivers that I've seen.

And even if high end equipment looked like that, the PS3 isn't appealing to the high end crowd, they are trying to appeal to the stylish, fashion oriented crowd, the same people that would buy the PSP over the original DS because of its looks. While some people may not like the look of the PS3, the whole matte black with silver trimming look is very stylish and it is something that I would display proudly on my AV rack, this remote is somethign that I would hide. I have a Sony universal remote right now, and while it isn't high end, it does have macros and whatnot, and it looks a hell of a lot better than this.

I believe Lee® mixed up the images when posting this and the 360/Wii graphics comparison articles, cause that one has an image of a playstation controller.

Last edited by N_B on 08 Oct 2006 - 18:29

I have no control over what logo is used within an article. That is for the news moderators.

Naw, the news mods don't have control over that. You'd need to talk to a news poster.

But... isn't lee® the news poster? Does this mean there's some surreal power that assigns to logo to articles? I knew there was an omnipotent being behind neowin!

LOL.

Use the force wisely...

And if it just had play, pause, stop, rewind, and fast forward your ass would complain that it has too few buttons.



Man all this console hating is getting boring...

Are you kidding? I'm a big fan of Apple's Frontrow remote. Even a DVD player shouldn't need many more buttons than that. I'm not "console hating", I want a PS3 quite a lot, but I don't want to have to spend a minute looking at the remote to figure out which button I need to press.

Well, see, if the functions aren't there, they aren't available. Loss of functionality sucks, and menu surfing also sucks.

Functions? I wasn't aware you needed 40 buttons to watch a video.
Honest question, what do all the buttons do? Do Blurays have more function than a current-gen DVD, is there more than just the film and the usual "extras" we get?

Direct TV Satillite Remotes come with the 4 colored buttons, and their remote is anything but retro. and Many of the functions will be used by people, such as Slow mo, Skip to Previous/Next Chapter, Multiple speed Fast Foward/Rewind, among others. Just because you wont use a feature, doesnt mean that other people wont.

did you count all those buttons?

Yeah, looks like every remote Sony has come out with for the past 10 years. I think this thing was just an after thought, and very poorly thought out.

Just what I was thinking, it looks very outdated in comparison with the PS3 and modern remotes.

ahahahahaha that makes it even better! nice stuff sony! keep up the good work!

My thoughts exactly.

No, it's a Sony first. The first time Sony have used a bluetooth remote control for their PS3.
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Seriously though, I think it refers to bluetooth in a media remote, and since the Wii won't be playing DVDs, it doesn't count.

Oh so it's a typo... It's a Sony's first. Haha!