Official PS3 Topic

[jking]

any good games to get, i was thinking of getting nba 2k8.

if not should i just wait until next month or next year perhaps?

well what games do you have??

[thelyrics]

any good games to get, i was thinking of getting nba 2k8.

if not should i just wait until next month or next year perhaps?

well what games do you have??

motorstorm, skate and cod4

[Slamman]

Seems most popular is Assassin's Creed, but I give a nod to Uncharted, Drake's Fortune... Biggest drawback may be the longevity factor as the mission doesn't allow for much more, the graphics and music give the feel of playing a lead in an interactive movie though.

Last time I dropped by Sony's PS3 site, they had only firmware 2.0 for download. I heard that one is flawed so holding out for improvements myself. Get rid of any bugs, of course

[Slamman]

cycon77foamy[GTA Man],Nov 20 2007, 09:39]

Do you need a memory card if you buy the 40Gb?

40gb = No Backwards Compatibility (Both Hardware and Software)

Not entirely correct. 40GB is compatible with PS1 games. It doesn't need a memory card, even the 60GB/80GB units don't need a memory card. You can transfer data using a FLASH DRIVE. Memory cards are ONLY used for that. To transfer data...that's it.

It should be stated that DATA covers a whole hell of a lot of ground. The multi flash card tray is a great asset makes the higher ended PS3s worthy of consideration. Keeping in mind the PS3 works like a DIY miniPC solution... a big plus is swapping PSP data to and from and storing it as I do on my PC now.

Fact is movies to MSD for PSP playback eat up alot of the extra space, once it was nice to have 32 to 100 MBs just for photos, now we have the main VIDEO, MUSIC, PHOTOS sections in a PSP format card... but in the PC world we would also include ZIPped installation utilities worth of install on various computers, porno pics you want to hide from prying eyes and parents... ect. Screensavers for the PSP should work on PS3 too. Another factor I'm not clear on is getting my PS2 8MB PS2 card to something the PS3 can read. This surly requires some more hardware to be bought???

SUX

 

Bill

[jking]

any good games to get, i was thinking of getting nba 2k8.

if not should i just wait until next month or next year perhaps?

well what games do you have??

motorstorm, skate and cod4

Warhawk is a fun online game, Heavenly Sword is pretty awesome, Assassin's Creed is pretty dope i hear aswell.

 

 

Last time I dropped by Sony's PS3 site, they had only firmware 2.0 for download. I heard that one is flawed so holding out for improvements myself. Get rid of any bugs, of course

 

2.01 is out cause the Info Bar that 2.00 installs wasnt stable...

[sainraja]

 

any good games to get, i was thinking of getting nba 2k8.

if not should i just wait until next month or next year perhaps?

well what games do you have??

motorstorm, skate and cod4

Warhawk is a fun online game, Heavenly Sword is pretty awesome, Assassin's Creed is pretty dope i hear aswell.

 

 

Last time I dropped by Sony's PS3 site, they had only firmware 2.0 for download. I heard that one is flawed so holding out for improvements myself. Get rid of any bugs, of course

 

2.01 is out cause the Info Bar that 2.00 installs wasnt stable...

There were some other issues as well. They also improved game stability for some games.

 

 

cycon77foamy[GTA Man],Nov 20 2007, 09:39]

Do you need a memory card if you buy the 40Gb?

40gb = No Backwards Compatibility (Both Hardware and Software)

Not entirely correct. 40GB is compatible with PS1 games. It doesn't need a memory card, even the 60GB/80GB units don't need a memory card. You can transfer data using a FLASH DRIVE. Memory cards are ONLY used for that. To transfer data...that's it.

It should be stated that DATA covers a whole hell of a lot of ground. The multi flash card tray is a great asset makes the higher ended PS3s worthy of consideration. Keeping in mind the PS3 works like a DIY miniPC solution... a big plus is swapping PSP data to and from and storing it as I do on my PC now.

Fact is movies to MSD for PSP playback eat up alot of the extra space, once it was nice to have 32 to 100 MBs just for photos, now we have the main VIDEO, MUSIC, PHOTOS sections in a PSP format card... but in the PC world we would also include ZIPped installation utilities worth of install on various computers, porno pics you want to hide from prying eyes and parents... ect. Screensavers for the PSP should work on PS3 too. Another factor I'm not clear on is getting my PS2 8MB PS2 card to something the PS3 can read. This surly requires some more hardware to be bought???

SUX

 

Bill

 

I don't quite understand what you are trying to say here and I didn't think I needed to explain to him what kind of data you would need to transfer....but anyway if you really wanted to add memory card slots to your 40GB unit you can. You can pick up any memory card adapters and plug them in.

Edited November 22, 2007 by sainraja

[Slamman]

Via USB, makes sense. They gave you a number of USB ports and when I work with all my old PC projects, I noted how a universal USB card reader for all the OSs (bought from Goodwill with driver disk) still refuses to work on Windows 98 first edition. USB is simply amazing in how it had kept up as the defacto interface for new devices! It was always assumed Serial was slower then parallel back in the day as a PC legacy device.

 

I am hinting at the 'cross polination' (sp?) of PSP and PS3 hardware that is somewhat defined at present but sure to grow into the future as well. I also reference the partitioning and addition of another OS on the same HDD

Edited November 22, 2007 by Slamman

[jaymig53]

Damn Slamman your posts make my head hurt, lol

[thelyrics]

would the ps3 graphics still be the same if it was on a hdtv with the a/v cable or would it be better with that hdmi cable? i think thats what its called.

[jking]

HDMI provides superior sound and piccture, you can get them pretty cheap depending on how many feet away your system is from the tv...but most ppl's is no more than 6 feet. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5855137 see 19 dollars but im sure you could find one cheaper.

[Ronnyboy]

Does anyone know if the PS3 is coming down in price this christmas?

[SIP YEK NOD]

Does anyone know if the PS3 is coming down in price this christmas?

not likely considering there has already been 2 price drops this year.

[Ronnyboy]

I would like to see it altleast hit 350

[thelyrics]

HDMI provides superior sound and piccture, you can get them pretty cheap depending on how many feet away your system is from the tv...but most ppl's is no more than 6 feet. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5855137 see 19 dollars but im sure you could find one cheaper.

oh i see, ya true, my ps3 is really close to my tv.

i don't have a hdtv, saving money up to buy one next year, along with a HDMI cable as well.

would i be able to tell the difference between a/v and HDMI.

[sofa_king]

I just bought one for 499 so I hope the price doesn't go down anytime soon!

 

I'm actually posting this from my PS3. I cant complain at all, I feel like I got a

Blu-Ray player.. then got the PS3 & a 80gb computer for free. Or any combination of that.

I actually didn't know the PS3 had this type of online capabilities when I bought it, so you

can imagine my surprise when I just plugged the little cord in and started downloading themes

and other cool enhancements. Even if your like me and not a real big gamer you need one of

these things, it should be a standard in any respectable home theater / entertainment set up.

If I knew how cool these were I would had never sold the one I got when they 1st came out.

Even though I made a killing.. I missed out on an insane amount of awesome!

[iRloading]

yeah, I actually use the media server function since it's hooked to mine home theater system~

 

streaming HD content ftw

 

in other news:

 

http://kotaku.com/gaming/the-orange-box/or...oken-325765.php

 

"orange box phail ps3"

 

is the "too hard to develop" excuse still a valid point nowadays? (COD4/AC are pretty good "ports"~ so what's up EA?)

 

"if you want to progress, no sh*t you'll have to walk up the hill" is what I'm saying

[Mark]

HDMI provides superior sound and piccture, you can get them pretty cheap depending on how many feet away your system is from the tv...but most ppl's is no more than 6 feet. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5855137 see 19 dollars but im sure you could find one cheaper.

oh i see, ya true, my ps3 is really close to my tv.

i don't have a hdtv, saving money up to buy one next year, along with a HDMI cable as well.

would i be able to tell the difference between a/v and HDMI.

AV = 576i Telly.

 

HDMI = 720p/1080i/1080p Telly.

 

Big difference.

 

Woop woop! I can get a 40GB PS3 for £99 when a deal I'm looking for comes through. Deals at work on some TVs mean cheap PS3s and not every customer wants one, so we naturally take advantage .

[T-S-K]

woot! i got like the only 80 GB PS3 in Australia!!! They dont sell 80 GB's in Australia, my dad got it for me in America!! woot!

[deathdealer]

 

in other news:

 

http://kotaku.com/gaming/the-orange-box/or...oken-325765.php

 

"orange box phail ps3"

 

is the "too hard to develop" excuse still a valid point nowadays? (COD4/AC are pretty good "ports"~ so what's up EA?)

 

"if you want to progress, no sh*t you'll have to walk up the hill" is what I'm saying

it's just pure lazyness. Meh, there are other games anyways.

[jking]

 

in other news:

 

http://kotaku.com/gaming/the-orange-box/or...oken-325765.php

 

"orange box phail ps3"

 

is the "too hard to develop" excuse still a valid point nowadays? (COD4/AC are pretty good "ports"~ so what's up EA?)

 

"if you want to progress, no sh*t you'll have to walk up the hill" is what I'm saying

it's just pure lazyness. Meh, there are other games anyways.

true that man...

 

in other news i rented Uncharted to see the awesomeness that everyone speaks of...i wanted to rent assassin's creed but the blockbuster in my area only got 4 copies for the ps3.

[YourNeighborhoodKiller]

Does anyone know if the PS3 is coming down in price this christmas?

I think I remember reading some article, and it was saying Sony is planning to make a price-drop on PS3 this Christmas.

[jking]

Does anyone know if the PS3 is coming down in price this christmas?

not likely considering there has already been 2 price drops this year.

I will Quote Sip for emphasis! there has been 2 price drops this year already...$399 isnt that bad i paid $550 for my 20GB.

[Vanillainy]

Does anyone know if the PS3 is coming down in price this christmas?

not likely considering there has already been 2 price drops this year.

I will Quote Sip for emphasis! there has been 2 price drops this year already...$399 isnt that bad i paid $550 for my 20GB.

Dunno what that is in £'s but I paid £425 for mine on release, no games or anything, just the 60GB with a controller. Rip off thinking about it now since I haven't turned it on for like three months.

[thelyrics]

HDMI provides superior sound and piccture, you can get them pretty cheap depending on how many feet away your system is from the tv...but most ppl's is no more than 6 feet. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5855137 see 19 dollars but im sure you could find one cheaper.

oh i see, ya true, my ps3 is really close to my tv.

i don't have a hdtv, saving money up to buy one next year, along with a HDMI cable as well.

would i be able to tell the difference between a/v and HDMI.

AV = 576i Telly.

 

HDMI = 720p/1080i/1080p Telly.

 

Big difference.

 

Woop woop! I can get a 40GB PS3 for £99 when a deal I'm looking for comes through. Deals at work on some TVs mean cheap PS3s and not every customer wants one, so we naturally take advantage .

ok cool

[Ronnyboy]

Does anyone know if the PS3 is coming down in price this christmas?

not likely considering there has already been 2 price drops this year.

I will Quote Sip for emphasis! there has been 2 price drops this year already...$399 isnt that bad i paid $550 for my 20GB.

Dunno what that is in £'s but I paid £425 for mine on release, no games or anything, just the 60GB with a controller. Rip off thinking about it now since I haven't turned it on for like three months.

I'll take it off your hands

[YourNeighborhoodKiller]

Does anyone know if the PS3 is coming down in price this christmas?

not likely considering there has already been 2 price drops this year.

I will Quote Sip for emphasis! there has been 2 price drops this year already...$399 isnt that bad i paid $550 for my 20GB.

Dunno what that is in £'s but I paid £425 for mine on release, no games or anything, just the 60GB with a controller. Rip off thinking about it now since I haven't turned it on for like three months.

So what do you play? Xbox 360?

[sofa_king]

I've been sticking my nose where it don't belong and have read its possible to DL wmp11

and stream on your PS3.. Is it true? and how would an asshole go about doing such a thing?

[iRloading]

I've been sticking my nose where it don't belong and have read its possible to DL wmp11

and stream on your PS3.. Is it true? and how would an asshole go about doing such a thing?

yep, it's true~

 

you can use the media server through wmp11 and stream it to the ps3

 

can't play wmv or any unsupported formats on the PS3 tho

 

I've been using tversity for some time and the transcoding of video/music is sorta hit or miss, sometimes you'll get divx/avi to work, sometimes you won't~

[sofa_king]

I tried it and DL'ing wmp11 from the microsoft website via my PS3 and said

something along the lines of "selecting a DL destination" So I assume you

cant save it to the hard disk, right?

 

So I inserted a SD chip into the PS3 and downloaded wmp11. That worked but

I cant seem to find it and install it at all. Even after searching for media.

 

Am I missing something?

 

I am a self proclaimed nooB when it comes to computers and sh*t so it may very

well be something I need to make the guy at the computer shop do for me.

[jking]

I tried it and DL'ing wmp11 from the microsoft website via my PS3 and said

something along the lines of "selecting a DL destination" So I assume you

cant save it to the hard disk, right?

 

So I inserted a SD chip into the PS3 and downloaded wmp11. That worked but

I cant seem to find it and install it at all. Even after searching for media.

 

Am I missing something?

 

I am a self proclaimed nooB when it comes to computers and sh*t so it may very

well be something I need to make the guy at the computer shop do for me.

i assume you have a pc at home and have a router so your ps3 and computer are in a network and you have the media server enabled on your ps3.

 

1.download WMP 11 from the microsoft website if you dont have it

2.once its set up go to the little arrow below the "library" tab

3.once in the little arrow you are you will get some options and choose the media sharing option

4.once there WMP should read you ps3 as an unknown device and allow it.

5.choose the media you want to share, most likely all of it.

6.i had to restart my pc to get all the media to show up.

 

correct me or add steps if i missed them guys.