I have not been a big fan of Sony in the past.  I always saw them as a giant megacorporation driven by greed.  In many parts of my experience with them I have seen a take-take mentality.  From BetaMax to their stance on digital media rights, I time and time again see them making choices that profits them the most at the cost of consumer satisfaction. But that’s their right as a business correct? Yeah, but they could be a little cooler about it.

This leads me to my little story of woe.  This weekend I brought my PS3 over to a friends house to watch a Blueray.  Half an hour into the trip I realised I forgot to pack any remotes.  I thought I was sunk.  I started thinking about how to get around it.  Maybe the disk will auto play?  Doubtful.  Maybe I can download a virtural bluetooth remote and run it from my laptop?  This could work, but you still need a remote to add a new remote.

A very last minute idea was to plug in a simple USB keyboard.  This couldent possibly work!  No way Sony would allow a generic keyboard that did not pay sony tons of royalties to simply work.  It did.  The keyboard plugged in and navigated everything I needed like a charm.  I was floored!

Am I too easily forgiving Sony?  Possibly.  I have not forgotten the XCP Root kit.  But this small good deed combined with the PS3’s support of playing back videos with various codex’s, and the ease of upgrading its hard drive, is leaps and bounds in the right direction.

Now if only Verizon could be swayed to the side of good, now I must be dreaming.