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Dj Boyi
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On 2006-01-10 18:55:42, EastCoastStar wrote:
i heard the psp would be able to be used as a wireless controller... anyone know anything about that?
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True,better still,u'll be able to go online wiv ur psp using the ps3 as ur source for the net,so i read  | |
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EastCoastStar
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that would be pretty cool
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On 2006-01-10 19:13:13, boyi wrote:
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On 2006-01-10 18:55:42, EastCoastStar wrote:
i heard the psp would be able to be used as a wireless controller... anyone know anything about that?
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True,better still,u'll be able to go online wiv ur psp using the ps3 as ur source for the net,so i read
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Melik
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the controller is cool, but it needs more buttons imho...
btw, what kind of Discs will the PS3 use ?
blu-ray ? - dvd ? cd ?
i don't know anything about blu-ray, could someone explain what it is and how much memory it has ?
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axxxr
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On 2006-01-10 19:43:38, Melik wrote:
btw, what kind of Discs will the PS3 use ?
blu-ray ? - dvd ? cd ?
i don't know anything about blu-ray, could someone explain what it is and how much memory it has ?
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Yeh you can check this thread which will explain blue-ray.
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Dj Boyi
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i read they announced it will be blue ray
read here ... blue ray vs hd dvd
http://www.ps3land.com/news/article197.php
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GreenKronic
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@boyi i am on wap is that an independent news article or is it from sony? hd-dvd vs blu-ray. from what i have read is blu ray has more storage but hd is easier and less expensive to produce. also with hd they will be able to put hd on one side and standard movie on the other side but so far sony has a little more backing from the industry. |
Dj Boyi
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Heres the article,not too long...
8-1-2006
HD-DVD versus Blu-Ray -- Whats the Difference?
What’s HD-DVD? What’s Blu-Ray? When it comes to the next generation of media there is confusion over the differences between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.
HD-DVD
One of the biggest differences between HD-DVD and a current DVD is the wavelengths of the laser that reads information on the disc. While HD-DVD use 405nm wavelengths laser, DVD use a 650nm wavelength laser. What does this means? The difference in wavelengths allows more information to be stored on a disc. How big are these HD-DVD discs? A single layer HD-DVD has the capacity to store around 15 GB, while a dual layer can store as much as 30 GB. There is also a possible third layer, which can store up to 45 GB.
Blu-Ray
Once again, the difference between Blu-Ray and a current DVD is the wavelengths used to read information. Blu-Ray uses a 405nm wavelength laser. But, there is a critical difference; the surface layer on a Blu-Ray disc is only 0.1nm thick. This thin will allow more data to be stored in each layer. Current layers can hold around 25 GB, there is also research on making these disc four and eight layers, and they would be able to hold from 100GB to 200GB.
However, there are some problems. The production is different from current DVD, and it will be need to change. This will cost more money to the consumer. Since it’s stored on the surface of the disc, early developments were very fragile to scratches and dust.
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GreenKronic
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@Boyi Thanks I think Sony is smart by putting the Blu ray into the system Uhhhh hummmmmm Microsoft is learning from Sony also. How,put a system out with regular Dvd then 3 months down the road announce an Hd add on.....They are saying the hd is only for movies but we will see... |
axxxr
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According to the forthcoming march issue of PS magazine:
PS3 will have online service that goes beyond xbox live
PS3 will be a DVR
It will connect with psp
There are alot of games being worked on for it right now in the US (alot more then what people know about)
The final ps3 dev kit is alot faster than they thought (according to the developer)
The ps3 will have an itunes type service to let you download HI DEF movies, music, etc
The Ps3 will take the media center functionality the 360 has even further
PS3 will serve as a location free player for the psp, means you can watch the dvd's that you have in your psp on your psp (from anywhere in the world), or any other video files you have on your ps3, though this is still only being planned.
PSP will be able to send its files straight to the psp from anywhere in the world, and it can also control its DVR functionalities
Firmware updates will add more functionality, much like with the psp
The Blu Ray Player functionality doesnt cost as much as a stand alone player because the Cell and RSX can take care of alot of the stuff the ps3 will need to do to be able to read the disks
Fall release date for ps3, no release date for online service, but expected to launch w/ the system.
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GreenKronic
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Xbox Downplay Sony and Nintendo Online Services
Greg Canessa, the Xbox Live Arcade group manager, recently talked trash about both Nintendo's and Sony's forthcoming online services.
On the Nintendo Retro Service (which will enable you to download their backlog of titles)
"I think it was interesting to see Nintendo's announcement for the Revolution downloadable games service which, of course, came over a year after we launched our initiative internally and around nine months after we already launched the first generation of Arcade for Xbox. I think it was a responsive move. Their service is interesting in sort of a 'retro' way, but I view Arcade as being so much more than what they're planning on doing. Their service is kind of a subset of what we're doing. We have a retro coin-op category within Arcade - the Midway titles have been performing amazingly - and we're doing a lot more in that space. Of course, we're doing Street Fighter, we've announced our partnership with Konami, Atari, and Midway - more titles are coming from Midway. So, we're going to be doing a lot in the retro space, console and coin-op. But that's just one part of the Arcade strategy.
"We're taking a much larger view of this space than Nintendo. Arcade is really about small downloadable games of all types. Look at Geometry Wars; it's our Halo. That's not a 10-year-old retro title that you're running on some sort of emulator. That's a new title that was designed specifically for Xbox 360. We have titles coming from new, independent developers that are coming up with new play concepts and innovative things for the next generation of consoles.
"When I look at Nintendo Revolution's retro story, with all due respect to Nintendo, I think it's a small subset of the opportunity here. To be honest with you, a lot of those games are fun in your head when you think, 'Oh, yeah when I was 12, this was really fun,' and you have these great nostalgic reasons to play them. Then you do play them, and they're just not very fun anymore. But, there are some games like Joust or Gauntlet or Pac-Man that are as fun today as they were back then.
"A lot of those Nintendo games, you know, aren't gonna hold up."
On Sony's Online Strategy
"I tell you, we're still waiting for what their strategy is online. Arcade is of course a big and growing part of the Live story now, and those guys have a lot of catch-up to do. You know, forget an Arcade-style service, in order to provide something like that you have to have the fundamental services that allow that. Arcade is possible because of the work we've done. It's taken many, many engineers several years building this robust online games service that has a single identity and a single profile and achievements and leaderboards and multiplayer match-making that we provide to all the game developers from a set of common interfaces. All of that work is really hard, and takes a really long time to build.
"Not to mention the community, the millions of people that use Live, that Sony doesn't have; they can't even claim an online customer. It takes a long time to do that. We've been in the business with Xbox Live since 2002. We've been building upon that success, and it allows Xbox Live Arcade to exist, because we leverage all of those interlying technologies.
"If Sony is trying to come at us, you know... 'good luck.' It's going to be really hard for them. It's just a huge engineering challenge, and beyond the engineering challenge, it takes a long time to build a community. Not to mention Arcade, because that has its own set of issues. You have to take time to build an ecosystem and talk to developers and get developers to put out games for that platform and work with them to plug into all of the underlying technologies that need to be in place and making sure it works properly. There's so many stacks of challenges, I can't see how Sony can catch up with us in the near-term. Long-term? I don't know anything about what their response is, and I don't know how anything will change in the foreseeable future, at least as far as Xbox Live Arcade is concerned. And, my personal opinion from a Live perspective is that that won't change."
I say have fun with the online..The only good I see out of it is another method for a hack....... |
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OK THATS IT PS3 FOR ME!!!
The Sony location Free Player Rocks!!! I have SONY new Bravia LCD 42" tv!! 2 Sony PSPs!! I think Sony will be it for me.
Imagine playing Ad-hoc games with ur PS3 and PSP 2gether... rather than having to play with both PSPs. Or (this might be a liltle abit over the top) imagine playing actual PS3 games thru your PSP... with PS3 grahpics!! How??? well the technology is ofcoz is using the PS3 but the video out is streamed to PSP... so its like playing a game only that the picture/3D quality is from PS3... kinda cool!! huh!! |
axxxr
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Thats is incredibly cool...amazing.. I will be first in the queue for a PS3! 
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axxxr
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Sony confirmed a business briefing in Japan for today March 15th to announce something about the PS3.The Sony meeting starts at 3pm Tokyo Time.It is not clear what Sony will say about their Sony Playstation 3 plans.
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From The Register
It's official: Sony has delayed the roll-out of the PlayStation 3 to early November from the late March timeframe the consumer electronics giant had originally pegged for the product's release. However, it confirmed the console will launch in the US, Europe and Japan simultaneously.
The exact reason for the delay isn't clear at this stage. Reports coming out of Japan, where Sony made its announcement this morning, point the finger at problems with the console's Blu-ray Disc drive.
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Stinger151
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There are some more facts here about the ps3
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=129838
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