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PS3 1.80 w/ upscaling, about damn time!
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No worse than the next guy(who is concerned with piracy, licensing, etc.)
Of course, one thing you can count on, is improved support!
Give it time, it will get better......
Of course, one thing you can count on, is improved support!
Give it time, it will get better......
What Sony needs to do is release a user-friendly media server program for Windows/Mac that will properly transcode (on the fly or otherwise) and supply the PS3 with compatible media. If nerds like me can't even figure out how to get the Media Hub capability working properly, it's a major flop. Come on, Sony, you've got powerful hardware, now give us the capability to play AAC (!), AVI (!!), etc. on it. There's just no excuse for such a half-assed implementation.
Sony have always been the pit's when it comes to macusers. To sony - they dont exist...... The only stylish crowd are the vaio boys.
Dont expect to see Sony software for mac's anytime soon.
Yeah, if only it could be as robust as Media Connect.
Sony and Apple are starting to lean more towards a productive partnership, and I am curious to see where it will end.
Sony and Apple are starting to lean more towards a productive partnership, and I am curious to see where it will end.
Sony have always been the pit's when it comes to macusers. To sony - they dont exist...... The only stylish crowd are the vaio boys.
Dont expect to see Sony software for mac's anytime soon.
Hell, in this case I'd be thrilled to see a working transcoder/server for the PC. I mean, seriously - I tried using WMP 11, but the PS3 doesn't want to read my video files as encoded, so I reencoded a couple as PS3-compatible MPEG4, and...WMP 11 refuses to add them into the Videos directory because they're not WMV or AVI, either of which the PS3 will read.
So, either the PS3 recognizes the file or WMP recognizes the file, but not both at once.
Home run, this one is.
Setting up VLC transcoding is the exact opposite of user friendly. I'm talking about something like the iTunes/
TV relationship. Drag and drop files into the program, they're instantly available to the PS3 and stream without difficulty. The PS3 is roughly 309859082713098x more powerful than the TV in terms of hardware. It shouldn't be difficult.
I didn't think the TV could handle multiple video formats (such as XviD, DivX)? If it does I'll order 1 today. If it doesn't the post above mine was pretty pointless.
TV could handle multiple video formats (such as XviD, DivX)? If it does I'll order 1 today. If it doesn't the post above mine was pretty pointless. I didn't think the
Not out of the box, but there are ways
I didn't think the
It runs a stripped down OSX, so people have been able to hack into it and place the appropriate codecs in the system folder. Voila. Compatibility.
You didn't seriously just say using VLC to transcode wasn't user friendly and then suggest the TV (which sure you can mod to play other formats... but you need to take it apart with a screw driver, remove the HDD, connect HDD to a Mac, then use the OS X command line to edit and add files to the TV HDD, chuck the HDD back in the TV, put it back together, log on to it via SSH, use the OS X command line again to do stuff) was just drag and drop?
Seriously you've made my day!
I think I'll wait and see what comes out for the PS3. If that isn't what I want I'll just buy a Mac mini.
TV (which sure you can mod to play other formats... but you need to take it apart with a screw driver, remove the HDD, connect HDD to a Mac, then use the OS X command line to edit and add files to the TV HDD, chuck the HDD back in the TV, put it back together, log on to it via SSH, use the OS X command line again to do stuff) was just drag and drop?Seriously you've made my day!
I think I'll wait and see what comes out for the PS3. If that isn't what I want I'll just buy a Mac mini.
Lets give it time....I Know Nulldriver is looking into this as they should. The potential is there and in time it will flourish.
Anybody notice there are setting now to give you an even richer/smoother colors....This update is just full of it.
I'm going to wait and see what the guys at null have in store for us because right not eyeconnect/twonkyvision are a little shaky.
This kinda eliminates big PSP cards if you soley use your mem stick for movies/pics/music...don't know about if games will stream across the net.
Bless
Anybody notice there are setting now to give you an even richer/smoother colors....This update is just full of it.
I'm going to wait and see what the guys at null have in store for us because right not eyeconnect/twonkyvision are a little shaky.
This kinda eliminates big PSP cards if you soley use your mem stick for movies/pics/music...don't know about if games will stream across the net.
Bless
You didn't seriously just say using VLC to transcode wasn't user friendly and then suggest the
Seriously you've made my day!
I think I'll wait and see what comes out for the PS3. If that isn't what I want I'll just buy a Mac mini.
I'm much more comfortable with hardware. ;P
But the idea is that the
TV is far more efficient, as once you update the codecs it can read the files natively. The PS3, for some bizarre reason, requires that your PC/Mac transcode the video into MPEG2 in REAL TIME in order to be able to play, which a) slows the hell out of your PC and b) won't work very well unless your machine has a lot of processing power. Ideally, I want to just store all my music and video on my PC and have the PS3 access it, stream it, and decode it natively, as the updated TV would be able to. But it can't.On the upside, Shadow of the Colossus remains one of the most amazing games ever.