- can the controller be used wirelessly to control the playing?
+YES
- does the ps3 have an IR receiver so I can program my existing remote to control it like a stand-alone blue-ray player?
+NO-its bluetooth
- how is the quality compared to a stand-alone player?
+As good or better with constant firmware updates improving quality
- does the ps3 have a digital out to feed to my receiver? (coax? optical?)
+yes
- the ps3 does NOT upscale dvd movies to 1080i/p
+actually it does upconvert to 1080p it was in a firmware update a couple months ago (it also upconverts ps2 and ps1 games)
- the ps3 supports 1080p/24 starting from firmware 1.9
+its always supported this, now it just forces it for sets that it was having problems with.
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- can the controller be used wirelessly to control the playing? +YES - does the ps3 have an IR receiver so I can program my existing remote to control it like a stand-alone blue-ray player? +NO-its bluetooth - how is the quality compared to a stand-alone player? +As good or better with constant firmware updates improving quality - does the ps3 have a digital out to feed to my receiver? (coax? optical?) +yes - the ps3 does NOT upscale dvd movies to 1080i/p +actually it does upconvert to 1080p it was in a firmware update a couple months ago (it also upconverts ps2 and ps1 games) - the ps3 supports 1080p/24 starting from firmware 1.9 +its always supported this, now it just forces it for sets that it was having problems with.