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kal
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject: PS3 to go Blu-ray Profile 2.0 within 10 days! |
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As if I needed another reason to push the PS3 as the best Blu-ray player out there... Sony just announced the Profile 2.0 upgrade for PS3 will be out before end of month. Free of course, and with a bunch of other updates too. The PS3 will be the first Profile 2.0 player out there!
March 25th update: The profile 2.0 update is now out! Automatically downloaded by your PS3 next time you go online to the Playstation Store.
Go out and buy your PlayStation 3 today! 
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PS3 BD-Live Firmware and Blu-ray Discs Due Late March
Thu Mar 20, 2008 at 03:00 PM ET
Sony Computer Entertainment today announced a late-March launch for the latest firmware upgrade for the PlayStation 3, which will bring BD-Live and a host of additional interactive capabilities to the console.
Dubbed Firmware Upgrade Version 2.20, it will bring BD-Live (aka Profile 2.0) to the PS3, enabling users to experience interactive features such as downloadable video content, ringtones, live "interactive movie-based" multi-player online gaming and more.
Though Sony has not set an exact availability date for v2.20, it is due in "late March," which will make the PS3 the first Blu-ray player in North America to include BD-Live. (Panasonic previewed a stand-alone BD-Live Blu-ray player, the DMP-BD50, earlier this year at CES, with the unit expected to hit stores this May.)
"With Blu-ray established as the high-definition optical disc standard, more consumers are ready to jump in and take advantage of everything the format offers," said Scott A. Steinberg, vice president, product marketing, SCEA, via press release.
"Whether you want to download movie extras, send ringtones to your phone, or play interactive games, BD-LIVE will offer exciting new ways to enjoy a Blu-ray movie. With these regular firmware updates and future-proofed technology, SCEA is making the 10-year lifecycle of PS3 possible."
To inaugurate the release of the PS3's BD-Live upgrade, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has also announced the addition of exclusive BD-Live content to the upcoming Blu-ray releases of 'Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story' and 'The 6th Day.' Exact details on the additional BD-Live features have not yet been specified, but we'll keep you posted. (Note that these two titles are not the first BD-Live-enabled Blu-rays to be released, however, with Lionsgate's 'War' and 'Saw IV' having hit stores earlier this year with BD-Live features already on the discs.)
The full list of Firmware Update 2.20's announced features are as follows:
BD-Live (Profile v2.0) Upgrade
- "Resume play" will enable PS3 system to start playing a Blu-ray disc and DVD at the point it was stopped, even if the disc had been removed (BD-J format not supported)
- "Audio Output Device" will be a new Remote Play setting, enabling PSP to serve as a remote control for music played through PS3
- PS3 system's Internet browser will be enhanced: Video files directly linked from a Web page will be able to be streamed, and the browser's view speed will be improved
- DivX and WMV format videos larger than 2GB will be playable
- "Mosquito Noise Reduction" will be added as an AV setting in the control panel of the DVD/BD player for improved movie playback (BDMV format not supported) |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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Very cool to see Sony updating the PS3 so frequently. I hope the pace continues and they keep adding functionality.
Oh, cross your fingers they update the Flash Player with this update - there are a few sites the video won't work because the Flash Player is one gen behind.
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Great! Now if I can just find where the update files are on the Sony site. Every time I look I find nothing.
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Probably is dead simple, but it's not connected to the internet and is not likely to be.
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Kal, I thought you didn't care about 2.0 since you only care about watching the movie.  
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So, it still wont bitstream HD audio formats like TrueHD and DTS-MA though correct?
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I look forward to this update and many more. Every time I read in the HTPC threads I remember how much I am glad I no longer frustrate myself so.
I am now very happy to let Sony engineers worry about drivers, codecs, etc. I'll just sit on the couch with a grin on my face playing with the remote. The remote control. 8)
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| Person99 wrote: | | Kal, I thought you didn't care about 2.0 since you only care about watching the movie. |
Ha!
I knew someone would bring that up! I removed the "woohoo" from my thread title.
I'm actually more interested in:
- "Resume play" will enable PS3 system to start playing a Blu-ray disc and DVD at the point it was stopped, even if the disc had been removed (BD-J format not supported)
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Do you think there will be a 20Gig or a price drop soon?
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| jamsys wrote: | | Do you think there will be a 20Gig or a price drop soon? |
There used to be a 20Gig. It was discontinued. I don't see why they'd discontinue it and then bring it back. Given how cheap hard drives are these days, the rumours that there's going to be a large version (120Gig? 160Gig?) are probably true.
I doubt there'll be a price drop, what you'll likely see is a 120Gig drive (instead of 80Gig) and the Rumble Controller instead of the regular controller - all for the same price. So more for your money.
But who knows....
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At the risk of hi-jacking a thread....
Does anyone know if i can use a portable hard drive w/ the ps3.... mine should be shipped today and i'm contemplating ways of streaming hd content from the dishnet hd.....
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emdawdg,
You can use USB hard drives with the PS3 if that's what you are asking.
I don't think it supports NTFS though.
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