Sony Updates PS3 Firmware

[PV5150]

For those of you fortunate to own a PS3 console; Sony have released a firmware update for it. Details are in the news article

 

[FragTek]

To me the PS3 is trying way to hard to be a PC and not a game console, but that's just me of course

 

[Toxcity]

Sounds good to me.

I ts meant to be a muti-media console.. Its doing well! :worship:

 

[FragTek]

Wirelessly posted (LG Fusic: Opera/8.01 (J2ME/MIDP; Opera Mini/2.0.4719/1528; en; U; ssr))

Sounds good to me.

I ts meant to be a muti-media console.. Its doing well! :worship:

as it should be for the unsightly price tag.

 

[Toxcity]

True!

Its a bit OTT but hey, the prices will drop in time.

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Sony have released a couple of PS3 firmwares... but why is this news? .

 

[PV5150]

I'm not even going to bother

 

[NickS]

Sony have released a couple of PS3 firmwares... but why is this news? .

To tell PS3 owners that this update..

-Improves the machine's picture output, with better support for 1080i screen resolution over 720p.

-Blu-ray films can now be viewed in YUV instead of RGB, which should reduce loss of quality in converting HDMI images. USB support is also improved so that contents of the machines hard disk can be backed up to USB devices.

 

[PV5150]

Exactly! I thought it was blatantly obvious. Thanks Nick

 

[Phnom_Penh]

The last update, 1.10, gave support for the PS network, the PS store, ATRAC playback and full screen video playback, so why was that not important and this is?

To tell PS3 owners that this update..

-Improves the machine's picture output, with better support for 1080i screen resolution over 720p.

USB support is also improved so that contents of the machines hard disk can be backed up to USB devices.

Erm no, it didn't fix it. The output with game problem was caused by the ps3 forcing 1080i users to use 480p, rather than using 720p. Now they've just gone and screwed it up as now people who use 720p are scaled back to 480p (unless they set it to use 1080i). Confusing lol?

And afaik the usb allows backup of usb devices and sd cards etc to the ps3 hard drive.

 

[nathan]

The last update, 1.10, gave support for the PS network, the PS store, ATRAC playback and full screen video playback, so why was that not important and this is?

Erm no, it didn't fix it. The output with game problem was caused by the ps3 forcing 1080i users to use 480p, rather than using 720p. Now they've just gone and screwed it up as now people who use 720p are scaled back to 480p (unless they set it to use 1080i). Confusing lol?

And afaik the usb allows backup of usb devices and sd cards etc to the ps3 hard drive.

alright, dont get your pants in a twist. It was news to me!!

 

[Phnom_Penh]

alright, dont get your pants in a twist. It was news to me!!

lol ok, I'll let PV off .

 

[Rastalovich]

lol ok, I'll let PV off .

Phnom - how close are they atm to what they released the PS3 would be able to do ?

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Phnom - how close are they atm to what they said the?[/B'] released the PS3 would be able to do ?

Edited to what I think you meant.

Tbh, nowhere near it. It's a good thing we're getting the PS3 in march. It might do what it's meant to by then .

 

[Rastalovich]

Edited to what I think you meant.

Tbh, nowhere near it. It's a good thing we're getting the PS3 in march. It might do what it's meant to by then .

Yeah, that`s where I was heading

Rumors on the grapevine are in the same region u`r suggesting.

 

[ady_flame]

To me the PS3 is trying way to hard to be a PC and not a game console, but that's just me of course

thats why i dont wanna spend loads on a system that is basically a PC without the OS