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[Frost]

teflon, on August 2nd 2008, 04:01 AM, said:

Same goes for media link at 2/5ths the price... Also its tailored specifically for the PS3.

You might look at using an external HDD too, or just having a larger HDD put in and filling it up with video on a regular basis.

^ This.

MediaLink was a bit buggy when it was first released, but it's speedy and relatively solid now. The only thing I can do to break it is cancelling a download mid-transfer, which Fs up the server. But all you need to fix it is do a quick shutdown and restart of MediaLink in System Prefs if that ever happens. MUCH cheaper than EyeConnect, too.

If you don't have wired gigabit, you might consider getting that set up if you're going to stream massive HD videos. I've sometimes had hiccups streaming multi-gig HD movies over airport, as well as over megabit ethernet. Gigabit is ALWAYS smooth, though.

And like teflon said, you can upgrade the HDD. Very cheap to do so, too... any 2.5" 5400 SATA-II drive will work. I'm glad I upgraded mine to a 250GB, as I've filled about 2/3 of that already with videos and music. Entire seasons of your favorite shows in 720p can take up a lot of space.

[Dark_Archon]

You mean you don't need to buy a special $120 20GB drive for it? The PS3 sounds like a significantly better media center option than the 360. The real question is how loud are they? Are the fans noticeable while playing a game/watching a movie? What audio and video formats does the PS3 support?

[teflon]

the system is reportedly quite a bit quieter than the X360, but still noticeable during quiet bits in a film or game. Also, the optical drive is much much quieter than the X360's, which is where much of the noise comes from.

Most of the major formats are supported on PS3. With the notable exception of MKV and one or two others. But MP4 and H.264 is (obviously).

and dont forget the built in wireless.

[AussieMacGamer]

The built in wireless is a real selling (keeping) point for me. I just cant wait till i start seeing some PS3 titles that blow the pants off of me. I dont think i will need to keep stuff on my PS3 hard drive, i should usually be streaming videos. But don't some games have to install?

Also i called sony today and the guy said that we should just wait to see if the letter gets there or not, and if it doesnt i can ring them back. Sounds like i wont lose the PS3 in the end.

[Frost]

Dark_Archon, on August 4th 2008, 05:07 PM, said:

You mean you don't need to buy a special $120 20GB drive for it? The PS3 sounds like a significantly better media center option than the 360. The real question is how loud are they? Are the fans noticeable while playing a game/watching a movie? What audio and video formats does the PS3 support?

Nope, you can find the best price on a hard drive and then buy it and do an extremely simple installation. I got an OEM 250GB Seagate Momentus for mine for all of $80. And yes, it's a better media option... built-in wireless ($100 upgrade on the 360), and gigabit (1000Base-T) ethernet versus the 360's megabit (100Base-T).

And as someone who owns both, the PS3 is SIGNIFICANTLY quieter under almost all conditions. The only time it's louder is if you're playing a hard drive-based game on the 360 with no disc in the tray (and thus the optical drive is not spinning), and have Folding@Home running on the PS3 so that the processor is going all out and thus the fan is on high. And even then you can still make out the 360's distinct mechanical "whirrrrrrrrr" sound.

The PS3's BD drive is silent, and if the temperature of the room it's in is around 73°F or lower, you'll rarely hear the fan go above medium speed (medium is quiet, anything below is almost inaudible).

Far as formats...

Image
JPEG
TIFF
BMP
GIF
PNG

Audio
Memory Stick Audio Format(ATRAC)
MP3(MPEG-1/2 Audio Layer 3)
MP4(MPEG-4 AAC)
WAVE(Linear PCM)
WMA

Video
Memory Stick Video Format
- MPEG-4 SP (AAC LC)
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile (AAC LC)
MP4 file format
- H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile (AAC LC)
MPEG-1 (MPEG Audio Layer 2)
MPEG-2 PS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2, AAC LC, AC3(Dolby Digital), LPCM)
MPEG-2 TS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2)
AVI
- Motion JPEG (Linear PCM)
- Motion JPEG (μ-Law)
AVCHD （.m2ts / .mts）
DivX/Xvid
WMV
- VC-1（WMA Standard V2）

Optical Media
CD-ROM
CD-R
CD-RW
SACD (only supported on launch models, NTSC "MotorStorm" 80GB)
DVD-ROM
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD+RW
BD-ROM
BD-R
BD-RE

From August 4th 2008, 05:37 PM:

Most of the major formats are supported on PS3. With the notable exception of MKV and one or two others. But MP4 and H.264 is (obviously).

I found an extremely simple freeware remedy for that  recently: mkv2vob

Run it in Boot Camp/Parallels/what have you on an Intel, or under Virtual PC on a PowerPC machine. Takes only seconds to repackage even massive 1080P MKVs to into PS3-viewable MPEG wrappers, with no loss of A/V integrity (VPC 6.0 takes about 40 seconds to convert a 45 minute 720P MKV on my 1.42 GHz G4... like I said, fast).

I was kind of pissed when I found it, as my G4 has spent innumerable weeks doing back to back conversions of MKVs to H.264s with Quicktime AND losing 5-channel AC3 audio to stereo AAC in the process. And now I could suddenly convert all 10 episodes of the first half of BSG Season 4 in about 15 minutes and keep the surround sound.

[AussieMacGamer]

Frost, on August 5th 2008, 05:57 PM, said:

Nope, you can find the best price on a hard drive and then buy it and do an extremely simple installation. I got an OEM 250GB Seagate Momentus for mine for all of $80. And yes, it's a better media option... built-in wireless ($100 upgrade on the 360), and gigabit (1000Base-T) ethernet versus the 360's megabit (100Base-T).

And as someone who owns both, the PS3 is SIGNIFICANTLY quieter under almost all conditions. The only time it's louder is if you're playing a hard drive-based game on the 360 with no disc in the tray (and thus the optical drive is not spinning), and have Folding@Home running on the PS3 so that the processor is going all out and thus the fan is on high. And even then you can still make out the 360's distinct mechanical "whirrrrrrrrr" sound.

The PS3's BD drive is silent, and if the temperature of the room it's in is around 73°F or lower, you'll rarely hear the fan go above medium speed (medium is quiet, anything below is almost inaudible).

Not to mention the power supply is built into the Unit.

[AussieMacGamer]

Okay Sony sent me an email confirming that they received my documents (thank allah!) So my playstation 3 should be here within some 4 or 5 weeks

[the Battle Cat]

Lucky for you I went back in time to pull the letter out from under the body you hid in the woods and mailed it for you.

[teflon]

you found Jeff? I thought we'd done a pretty good job of hiding him... darn.

good thing you got that letter back though. Im sure youll let us know when the thing turns up.

[Mr. Selvetarm]

AussieMacGamer, on August 8th 2008, 02:51 AM, said:

Okay Sony sent me an email confirming that they received my documents (thank allah!) So my playstation 3 should be here within some 4 or 5 weeks

Nice. Are you Muslim?

[AussieMacGamer]

I prey to all gods, they fight harder for me that way.


I just got another email from sony. They already processed my request! That was fast. They're going to send me another email when they ship the unit. I gotta hurry up and get a job at my video store so i can get free Blu-Ray rentals.

[teflon]

nope thats tBC's work again, he shifted the Sony headquarters forward a few weeks whilst keeping the rest of the world in our time just till they ship that PS3 for you, then itll go back in time, but soon as it reaches the time that tBC shifted it to itll skip to after theyve shipped it... otherwise youd have a bit of a crazy paradox.

anyway, you better be thankful!

[AussieMacGamer]

What a nice birthday present.

[the Battle Cat]

Happy #17 AMG!  I hid Jeff under the foundation of the Cheops pyramid for you.  Archaeologists will find him in the amazing year 400 billion.

[DaveyJJ]

the Battle Cat, on August 9th 2008, 10:40 AM, said:

Happy #17 AMG!  I hid Jeff under the foundation of the Cheops pyramid for you.  Archaeologists will find him in the amazing year 400 billion.

There was nothing amazing about 4,000,000,000 CE, dude. All those skinny ties again and the boy-alien hybrid bands. Shudder.

[Frost]

4,000,000,000 BC was so much more fun. You should've seen the demigod war that was going on near the Pillars of Creation nebula. fire trucking fantastic!

The Past > the Future

It's such a shame they were blown down by that supernova 6,000 years ago. The evidence of the war is already gone, and we're just seeing the last millenium of light left from it.

[the Battle Cat]

DaveyJJ, on August 9th 2008, 07:49 AM, said:

There was nothing amazing about 4,000,000,000 CE, dude. All those skinny ties again and the boy-alien hybrid bands. Shudder.

Agreed, however I'm talking about 400,000,000,000.  Although those damn skinny ties are back in fashion the boy-alien hybrid bands have all devolved back into guppies.  I blame the disruptive gravity waves of a local galactic super cluster collapsing into the super massive singularity Sally Struthers.  Yes, she is still around.  She found out early on that the secret to longevity is to never stop eating pie.  You can see her here in the early stages.  Technically, dogs are pie, so you can just imagine what is about to transpire.  Her weight gain remained in a relatively stable curve until she fell into the Pie Nebula.  Unfortunately for nearby space, anything that fell into her gravity well was also technically pie.

[AussieMacGamer]

I got an email from sony, the unit is shipping Hopefully my 1/4 price UGLY HDMI cable and my optical audio cable's beat it here.

[The Liberator]

Well, that is nice to know. Now you will own an expensive, portable, gaming, high definition, digital media player. YAY!!!

By the way, does the HDMI cable look like one of these?

Liberator HD 1.

[AussieMacGamer]

Yes It does.