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| Sony PlayStation 3 Blu-ray Disc Remote | 
 enlarge | From: Sony Computer Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (333 reviews)
Sales Rank: 12
Format: Playstation
Platform: Playstation 3
Color: Black
Media: Accessory
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Size: blue-ray remote control
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 12 x 14 x 9
MPN: 98046
Model: 98046
UPC: 711719804604
EAN: 0711719804604
ASIN: B000M17AVO
Release Date: January 9, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Hopefully all controllers will be bluetooth soon December 21, 2008
My only gripes with the controller is it has no power button(you have to hold the the playstation button in order to shut off the ps3 from a menu) and the stop button is in-between the play and pause buttons which is not intuitive.
This controller being bluetooth you don't need line-of-site to the ps3 for it to receive the signal you can be in the next room and it'll still receive the signal. IR controllers are very archaic in this day and age hopefully this controller is a sign of things to come.
 The only good feature is the Bluetooth December 18, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Lets get right to it
Pros
- Bluetooth no need to be pointing
- It's your only first party solution
Cons
- No backlight on the buttons
- Requires 2AA batteries
- No USB
- Not rechargable
- Convoluted button layout
- Giant sized
- Over priced
- No power indicator on the remote
- Non-ergo design
- No extra features
- Small text on the buttons
Basically if you bought this, it's likely because you had no other choice, just like me.
 Needs a Redesign December 18, 2008
The first generation of Sony's Playstation 3 BluRay remote suffers from three flaws that will hopefully be corrected in the next iteration. First and foremost, the location of the Stop button is terrible -- it is placed exactly where you would naturally expect the pause or play button to be. Meaning you've got two opportunities to hit it by mistake -- when you mean to pause the program for a break, or when you come back from your break and mean to resume it. Since accidentally hitting Stop means an approximately 3 minute delay while you are forced to sit through various FBI warnings and legal notices (that absolutely no one wants to read ever again), the Stop button's unfortunate positioning is a real oversight and will be your nemesis on this remote. Second problem with the remote is that the color scheme of black on black is impossible to read in the dark. Third problem is less the remote's fault than the PS3's fault: there is no power button -- you have to hit a sequence of two buttons with three taps to accomplish what should be the simple task of shutting the darn machine off for the night.
Hopefully we will see a redesign of this soon. Until then, it remains the best and only option, despite its problems.
PS3 Blu-Ray remote December 17, 2008
The remote itself it fine, but I did have to take off 1 star for the ps3 system not being RF capable without an adapter. I have a Logitech Harmony remote controller every other component in my system.
They didn't try very hard December 17, 2008
Cons:
1) It is missing the 5-second skip-back feature accessible in the on screen PS3 menus. This would have been great to have a button for.
2) The enter and directional pad are the only intuitive part of the thing. The remaining buttons are all similar rectangles which aren't easy to find by touch. The enter and directional buttons will work for pause, play, and ff/rw in DVD's only, not Blu-ray, so you're stuck using the rectangles when using Blu-ray.
3) Did I mention there are a billion buttons and they're mostly either tiny or large rectangles. I thought designs like this were phased out in the 90's.
Pros:
1) Bluetooth means you don't have to point the thing in any particular direction.
2) Still better than using the PS3 remote, but not as much as I'd hoped.
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