He only "confessed" after I wasted hours trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with the damn thing...and only after he confessed to his mother, who made him confess to me... Oh well. The PS3 was more for his benefit than mine...the only game I owned is Madden 11, and I hated it...this dog is too old to learn new tricks! I used it primarily as a blu-ray player.
I had somebody here (WVU) going out of his way to figure out what was wrong with the damn thing. Man do I feel stupid! Not PPP stupid, mind you, but stupid nonetheless!
As for the number of HDMI ports, I have use one for my cable, and one for a HDMI disc burner. So, I guess I could just unplug the burner if I need to use the PS3.
What is strange to me, still, when I had the blu-ray hooked up to the bad port, it does bring up a blu-ray insignia when I first turn the machinge on, before going black. Maybe it is just a short?