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starman · Dec 5, 2006, 07:51 PM

Bought Tekken 2 and Crash Bandicoot.

icruise · Dec 5, 2006, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

As for the matter at hand, the PS1 games need to be playable on the PS3 sooner rather than later. It seems like this might be a cheap ploy to spike PSP sales over the holiday season, but of course that's just a conspiracy theory (nope...true).

In any case, even a conspiracy theory has to have some logic behind it...

icruise · Dec 5, 2006, 09:29 PM

The PS3 arrived a bit ago and I'm putting it through its paces. Pretty good so far, although I did discover that apparently one of the component inputs on my TV isn't compatible with the higher resolutions for some reason. Not sure what the deal is there, but I did get a bit of a scare when I hooked up the PS3 to that one and wasn't able to go higher than 480p. More impressions after a bit.

Dark Helmet · Dec 5, 2006, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by icruise

The PS3 arrived a bit ago and I'm putting it through its paces. Pretty good so far, although I did discover that apparently one of the component inputs on my TV isn't compatible with the higher resolutions for some reason. Not sure what the deal is there, but I did get a bit of a scare when I hooked up the PS3 to that one and wasn't able to go higher than 480p. More impressions after a bit.

Your TV doesn't do 720P right?

icruise · Dec 5, 2006, 10:12 PM

No, it does, that's why it was confusing. I'm currently running the PS3 in 720p, but it wouldn't work through one of the other inputs.

icruise · Dec 6, 2006, 01:58 AM

OK, a few random impressions on the PS3. It's a nice looking system, if a bit bulbous. It's quiet, but does get somewhat hot (or at least the exhaust vents expel warm air -- I'm not sure that the system itself actually gets that hot). Aside from the problem I mentioned above (which I believe is specific to my TV, since I now recall having a similar issue when hooking up my original Xbox via component cables. I guess I should look into the specs of my TV and see if there is an explanation.

Right now I've only really played Resistance, but it's pretty impressive. I actually prefer the graphics to those of Gears of War, mostly because Gears of War is very monochromatic -- everything looks kind of gray, while the graphics in Resistance seemed a bit more balanced and realistic. Of course both are very good, and I do think that GoW may be the superior game, simply because Resistance seems to be more or less a traditional shooter without much in the way of gameplay innovation.

I also downloaded and played the Motor Storm demo. I had played it at a store kiosk before, so I knew what to expect, but it was more impressive on my big TV. Playing it in first-person view, as opposed to the view where you can see your car on screen, made it a lot more exciting. I did seem to go flying off of cliffs with alarming frequency, but it's pretty impressive. It's too bad that Sony felt it necessary to build up hype with those unrealistic videos they showed at E3.

The Talladaga Nights Blu-Ray disc looked good. Maybe not breathtaking, but you could certainly see a bump in clarity as compared to a normal DVD. I plan to rent some Blu-Ray movies from Netflix and I might buy a few if I can get good deals by combining the $10 rebate forms that came with the PS3 with the $20 off of $50 Google checkout discount at Buy.com. But I don't plan to buy a lot of movies just yet.

I played a PS2 game (Destroy All Humans) just to see how it worked. It seemed fine. No problems that I could see. I have a PS2 memory card adapter on its way to me, so I'm going to hold off playing any more games until I can use my saves. (This is one area where Microsoft really dropped the ball.)

Next, I plan to put some music and video files onto an SD card and try reading them through a USB card reader.

starman · Dec 6, 2006, 02:00 AM

Which USB card reader are you using?

I finally got Crash Bandicoot and Tekken to download and install. Took FOREVER. It turns out one of my 1GB memory cards is dead. The PSP, Mac, and PC don't like it. I have no idea why, but now I'm out a 1GB card

.

Dark Helmet · Dec 6, 2006, 02:07 AM

Hey... what's that hiding behind my tv?....

starman · Dec 6, 2006, 02:10 AM

nice

MindFad · Dec 6, 2006, 02:11 AM

Overpriced hunka boring—I mean, PS3? [/thread longevity]

Dark Helmet · 02:21 AM

Originally Posted by MindFad

Overpriced hunka boring—I mean, PS3? [/thread longevity]

On the left?... nope...I thought you liked the Wii?

You get an E for effort though + you get a cupcake as a reward!

Although Kiwi does seem to agree with you...

Dark Helmet · Dec 6, 2006, 02:21 AM

Ok at 9pm the firmware update downloaded and installed 1.11 now it tells me 1.13 is out. Is this old news and it has to do updates one after another or did 1.13 come out in the 3 hours I've had it?

starman · 02:33 AM

what? 1.13?

FIRMWARE 1.30 OUT NOW!!!! - PLAYSTATION�3 General - PlayStation.com Forums

So far I found from that thread:

1080i support
Bluetooth support for more devices
PLAY MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Watch videos in web sites
Backup HD contents to external storage.

Dark Helmet · Dec 6, 2006, 02:29 AM

Originally Posted by starman

what? 1.13?

I have funny timing as I also fired up my PSP at the same time and it also got a firmware update.

icruise · Dec 6, 2006, 02:40 AM

Yeah, I just tried accessing the Playstation store and it told me I needed another update (just did one a couple of hours before). So I guess it just came out since we got ours... Sounds like a killer update. I'm downloading it now.

Originally Posted by starman

Which USB card reader are you using?

So far, all I have tried is the crappy little reader that came with the Kingston 2GB SD card I bought recently. It seems to work just fine. I also have a multiformat one that I will try later. I tried copying some videos and music files to the SD card from my Mac. The videos were encoded for the iPod in h.264 using handbrake and worked fine. I also tried a very large (around 1GB) video of The Empire Strikes Back, but it said that it was not a supported format. Don't know if the bit rate or resolution were too high or what. The music files were AAC encoded with iTunes. Also worked fine.

icruise · Dec 6, 2006, 02:58 AM

Originally Posted by starman

So far I found from that thread:

1080i support
Bluetooth support for more devices
PLAY MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Watch videos in web sites
Backup HD contents to external storage.

From reading the rest of the thread, it seems that much of this was just uninformed speculation by people who didn't really know what they were talking about. You can now pair the Blu-ray remote with the PS3 (although the actual remote isn't available yet) and I guess the backup thing is new, but there doesn't seem to be support for upscaling 720p to 1080i, you can't play music in the background of games, and it's unclear if any new video capabilities have been added to the browser (Youtube was always usable). It may just be mostly a bug fix/security update after all.

Dark Helmet · Dec 6, 2006, 02:59 AM

All I want is up-converting DVD's and I am happy.

Dakar² · Dec 6, 2006, 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by icruise

Damn, boy.

starman · Dec 6, 2006, 09:43 AM

I didn't want playing music in the background for GAMES, I just wanted it so that I can start up a CD and not be stuck in JUST the CD menu while listening to it. I wanted to move around the menus and such, especially when doing slideshows.

Dark Helmet · Dec 6, 2006, 11:07 AM

Xbox hits 8 mil:
360 sales reach 8 million!!! 360 FTW! - NexGen Wars

Still don't think they will hit 10 by year end but I think they might fudge the sales numbers slightly in their favor.

Jawbone54 · Dec 6, 2006, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by icruise

You are a blessed human.

icruise · Dec 6, 2006, 11:51 AM

Well, it helps when you can deduct video game hardware

Dakar² · Dec 6, 2006, 11:57 AM

Clarify.

Dark Helmet · Dec 6, 2006, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

You are a blessed human.

Hey what about me?

I got the same stuff it is just more subtle in it's presentation

P.s. is that a 20 gig PS3?

Jawbone54 · Dec 6, 2006, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Hey what about me?

I got the same stuff it is just more subtle in it's presentation

P.s. is that a 20 gig PS3?

You are blessed as well.

Anyone else need a blessing?

Dakar² · Dec 6, 2006, 12:06 PM

I'm full, thanks.

icruise · Dec 6, 2006, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar²

Clarify.

I translate games for a living.

Jawbone54 · Dec 6, 2006, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by icruise

I translate games for a living.

As in Japanese to English?

Dakar² · Dec 6, 2006, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by icruise

I translate games for a living.

[Insert Zero Wing quote of your choice here]

starman · Dec 6, 2006, 12:09 PM

What you say?

Dakar² · Dec 6, 2006, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by icruise

I translate games for a living.

That's cool. Now is this done on a company by company basis? (So you work for Acclaim or Eidos, etc.)

Jawbone54 · Dec 6, 2006, 12:11 PM

I was about to ask if icruise is the "All your base are belong to us" guy, but the chances are that whoever that was is lives on the other side of the pond.

I also wonder how many people have made that comment to icruise.

Dakar² · Dec 6, 2006, 12:11 PM

BTW, Nothing is funnier than my Doppleganger sig posting in unison with Starman.

Jawbone54 · Dec 6, 2006, 12:13 PM

Your Gamer Scores are very close.

Dakar² · Dec 6, 2006, 12:14 PM

Mine is one better.

icruise · Dec 6, 2006, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by Dakar²

That's cool. Now is this done on a company by company basis? (So you work for Acclaim or Eidos, etc.)

I'm freelance, which allows me to work at home.

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

I was about to ask if icruise is the "All your base are belong to us" guy, but the chances are that whoever that was is lives on the other side of the pond.

I also wonder how many people have made that comment to icruise.

Yeah never heard that one before... Seriously, though, in the 80s and 90s there were a lot of non-native speakers hired to translate things into English but that is mostly a thing of the past now. Most of the examples that people have of terrible translations are pretty old.

Dakar² · Dec 6, 2006, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by icruise

I'm freelance, which allows me to work at home.

You are a bastard.

Err.. blessed.

Dark Helmet · Dec 6, 2006, 01:23 PM

"RGB and Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr output selection over HDMI"

What does that mean and which do I choose for my PS3?

Eug Wanker · Dec 6, 2006, 01:26 PM

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

"RGB and Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr output selection over HDMI"

What does that mean and which do I choose for my PS3?

North America is Y Pb Pr over component. Europe is RGB. Dunno about HDMI.

Originally Posted by starman

what? 1.13?

FIRMWARE 1.30 OUT NOW!!!! - PLAYSTATION�3 General - PlayStation.com Forums

So far I found from that thread:

1080i support
Bluetooth support for more devices
PLAY MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Watch videos in web sites
Backup HD contents to external storage.

Doesn't fix the 1080i-TVs-play-720p-games-at-480p issue.

What are you doing on your TV? Didn't you say your TV doesn't support 720p?

starman · Dec 6, 2006, 01:35 PM

I never said my TV doesn't support 720p. It does. I was asked if it ONLY supported 1080i which it does, it does NOT support 1080p. It was made before 1080p TVs were even made I believe.

ort888 · Dec 6, 2006, 01:48 PM

This new Sony update does not fix the problems with TVs that can only accept 1080i signals.

All it does is ensure that the PS3 auto-switches to the best resolution possible (rather then having to go and do it manually all the time).

icruise · Dec 6, 2006, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by starman

I never said my TV doesn't support 720p. It does. I was asked if it ONLY supported 1080i which it does, it does NOT support 1080p. It was made before 1080p TVs were even made I believe.

Come on. If it supports 720p then by definition it does not "only support 1080i." Surely you understood the thrust of my question.

Eug Wanker · Dec 6, 2006, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by starman

I never said my TV doesn't support 720p. It does. I was asked if it ONLY supported 1080i which it does, it does NOT support 1080p. It was made before 1080p TVs were even made I believe.

Originally Posted by icruise

Come on. If it supports 720p then by definition it does not "only support 1080i." Surely you understood the thrust of my question.

Ok now I understand. I had also interpreted his post to mean it didn't support 720p, so I was confused as to why he was fine with Resistance.

starman · Dec 6, 2006, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by icruise

Come on. If it supports 720p then by definition it does not "only support 1080i." Surely you understood the thrust of my question.

No, I thought you were talking about the 1080 family.

Dark Helmet · Dec 6, 2006, 02:27 PM

Here is a PS3 question. If I play a DVD that is in 4:3 the PS3 is stretching it to widescreen. How do I keep it on 4:3 for those types of disks?

Chuckit · Dec 6, 2006, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by icruise

Come on. If it supports 720p then by definition it does not "only support 1080i." Surely you understood the thrust of my question.

He probably read "only" as "merely" — as in, "can't do more than that." It is a bit ambiguous.

starman · Dec 6, 2006, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Here is a PS3 question. If I play a DVD that is in 4:3 the PS3 is stretching it to widescreen. How do I keep it on 4:3 for those types of disks?

There's a screen mode setting.

Dark Helmet · Dec 6, 2006, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by starman

There's a screen mode setting.

Where? System setup or while playing a DVD?

Does this set everything to 4:3 size or just when it encounters 4:3 material?

starman · Dec 6, 2006, 02:38 PM

It SHOULD when playing 4:3 material.

I don't have the controller in front of me, but I think it's TRIANGLE, and then Screen Mode might be on the top row of icons.

Dark Helmet · Dec 6, 2006, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by starman

I don't have the controller in front of me, but I think it's TRIANGLE, and then Screen Mode might be on the top row of icons.

I was in that menu last night but didn't see anything about format