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Fox's new Blu-ray titles with BD+ won't play in all players {Engadget HD}
Oct 3rd 2007 8:37PM Wrong info!
Only The Day After Tomorrow uses BD+. The Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer is a BD-J issue.
According to Samsung, the new firmware update to fix this will be out in 1-2 weeks.
Both movies work flawlessly on many BD players include the PS3.
European PSN releases for September 20th {PS3 Fanboy}
Sep 20th 2007 6:01PM You Euro folks could get all the same content as the US at the same time if you would all just adopt US English as your language. Seriously!
The reason why PS store lags the US store is the translations issues.
European PSN updates for September 6th {PS3 Fanboy}
Sep 6th 2007 7:20PM If you Europeans would just all speak one language with one currency then you might get content at the same time as the USA.
The USA is one unified market of 300 million people, with one currency, it is easier, faster, and more profitable to roll a product out to the US market.
Sony's 1.80 PS3 firmware enables 1080p upscaling for games and movies {Engadget HD}
May 24th 2007 1:43AM According to the videophiles over on AVS, the PS3 is now the premier BD and DVD player with the 1.80 firmware.
* Excellent/Amazing 1080p upscaling of DVDs
* For those with 720p only sets it now does 720P downscaling for BD along with upscaling for DVD
* 1080p24 support (film is native 24 fps, no more 3:2 pulldown)
* Blacker-than-Black (BTB) and Whiter-than-White (WTW) support with (full range/limited) the BTB has been confirmed by DVE
* HQV DVD test and the PS3 1.80 firmware passes ALL tests!! Cadence, interlacing, artifacting, you name it, it passed!!!
Go see page 163 (and on) in the AVS " One-and-Only PS3 as Blu-Ray Player Thread" for more details.
Firmware 1.80 up for downloads, our opinions also available {PS3 Fanboy}
May 24th 2007 1:28AM According to the videophiles over on AVS, the PS3 is now the premier BD and DVD player with the 1.80 firmware.
* Excellent/Amazing 1080p upscaling of DVDs
* For those with 720p only sets it now does 720P downscaling for BD along with upscaling for DVD
* 1080p24 support (film is native 24 fps, no more 3:2 pulldown)
* Blacker-than-Black (BTB) and Whiter-than-White (WTW) support with (full range/limited) the BTB has been confirmed by DVE
* HQV DVD test and the PS3 1.80 firmware passes ALL tests!! Cadence, interlacing, artifacting, you name it, it passed!!!
Go see page 163 (and on) in the AVS " One-and-Only PS3 as Blu-Ray Player Thread" for more details.
Lenovo's ThinkPad T61 and R61 Santa Rosa-tops leaked, due in May {Engadget}
Apr 24th 2007 6:51PM Notice that there is a Blu-ray drive option for the R61!
Leave your PS3 on for a good cause this Sunday night! {PS3 Fanboy}
Mar 23rd 2007 3:38AM To make the folding automatically run when your PS3 is idle do the following:
At the XMB (menu) where you would launch the Folding client, instead press the green triangle. There you can pick the auto-start idle time.
Folding@home PS3 hands-on {Engadget}
Mar 23rd 2007 3:35AM To make the folding automatically run when your PS3 is idle do the following:
At the XMB (menu) where you would launch the Folding client, instead press the green triangle. There you can pick the auto-start idle time.
Salt Lake City: Mormons, skiing ... and gamers {Joystiq}
Mar 16th 2007 1:11PM According to Newsweek, Salt Lake City, Utah, is ranked first among U.S. cities in proportion of households with personal computers (65%). New York City-based Scarborough Research also ranked Salt Lake City first among cities in computer ownership, and fourth among U.S. cities in Internet use.
HD DVD and Blu-ray releases on February 27th, 2007 {Engadget HD}
Feb 26th 2007 11:01PM Say goodbye to new HD DVD release for a month. There is now a 4 week drought until the next new HD DVD release.
Meanwhile, during those 4 weeks, the following Blu-Ray releases are coming out:
* Casino Royale (Sony)
* Hoosiers (MGM)
* Layer Cake (Sony)
* Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Fox)
* Big Fish (Sony)
* Chicken Little (Buena Vista)
* Eragon (Fox)
* Finding Neverland (Buena Vista)
* The Holiday (2006) (Sony)
* Rocky Balboa (Sony)
