tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22588937.post2875422939009811099..comments2007-04-01T18:23:04.941+09:00Coalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08789336157232324179noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22588937.post-67368404171416069872007-04-01T18:23:00.000+09:002007-04-01T18:23:00.000+09:00Hello<BR/><BR/>I live in hong kong, and i'm moving back to EU. In EU I have a plasma HDTV. Since my PS3 is NTSC and my plasma is PAL, will i have any issues connecting with HDMI??<BR/><BR/>thank u<BR/>regardsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22588937.post-38276899883802863312007-01-15T09:26:00.000+09:002007-01-15T09:26:00.000+09:00Ironically, the optical cable goes into a separate AV output, which is not a Sony standard. Meaning it only has difficulties identifying its own cables (to the extent it has to draw elaborate pictures on the display settings to help you correctly identify which Sony PS3 cable you have plugged in). It's worse than I thought.Coalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08101273937073395521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22588937.post-59621128730947606732007-01-15T03:23:00.000+09:002007-01-15T03:23:00.000+09:00You said earlyer "So not only did Sony lack the foresight to use a system of auto-detection to see what cable is connected" When actually ive found that if i havnt got my amplifier on then it wont automatically play a CD when i turn the ps3 on, as soon as i turn my amplifir on the CD starts playing automatically as ive set the sound outputs settings to optical. So you see there must be some device inside the ps3 that detects this cable.bipbipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22588937.post-58805991011932439372006-12-21T21:28:00.000+09:002006-12-21T21:28:00.000+09:00why not just buy stock in sony? that way you can be happy everytime they figure out another way to separate consumers from money. works for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22588937.post-56012208712168201752006-12-19T22:04:00.000+09:002006-12-19T22:04:00.000+09:00Does anyone know if it is possible to play PAL Blue-Ray discs on an NTSC playstation 3? The PAL version won't be released for months in Australia, but I can pick up an American NTSC pretty cheap on E-Bay...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22588937.post-12134046051279458212006-11-29T19:17:00.000+09:002006-11-29T19:17:00.000+09:00Thanks for clarifying with personal experience. It's been my experience when dealing with Sony that it's always better to spread FUD first, and ask questions later, as otherwise people might inadvertently purchase a Sony product when they'd rather have a decent forward thinking product made by a company that doesn't hate them. That being said, the refusal to play 1080p through unprotected cables remains absolutely intentional for the reasons stated. And who's to say that 1080i will still work after the next System Update?! Sony would rather lower the value of your purchase and curtail your overall enjoyment than, well I'm not really sure what they objectively aim to achieve, but whatever it is it's not because they think you aren't a theiving bastard they would rather watch drown in your own poisonous bile than consider when designing a new product, that much is certain.Coalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08101273937073395521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22588937.post-6945169012708057472006-11-29T16:35:00.000+09:002006-11-29T16:35:00.000+09:00You are wrong on both counts of your complaints against Sony... The 5-second reset has already been covered.<br /><br />As for Blu-Ray, it is true that it will not output at 1080p on anything other than an HDCP compliant machine, HOWEVER, it will output at 1080i, 720p, and 720i over component and will do 1080p for games over them as well. Last I checked, those still qualify as HD. My PS3 at 1080i over component playing Blu-Ray looks far better than any DVD i have ever seen. The time you spent ranting on about how everyone with an older tv will have only dvd-quality could have been better invested investigating this issue and making accurate claims. 1080p hasn't even been around for that long, so anyone with an older non-hdmi tv would never be able to accept a 1080p signal anyway.<br /><br />You just flamed sony for these two bits, and you were flat-out wrong on both. Less knee-jerk emotion, more research :)<br /><br />Having said that, if you want to fault them, fault them for this...<br /><br />The Ps3 will not output ANYTHING via the HDMI port to a device that is not HDCP compliant. So what? HDMI and HDCP go hand in hand, right? No biggie then. Ahh, but hold on. DVI dates back much further, and there are a plethora of lcd monitors and TVs that are non-HDCP but can recieve a digital signal through the DVI port... just never from the Ps3. People can set-up a component to VGA chain for analog, but they will never get a pure digital signal from a PS3. Not for movies, not for games, not even for the freakin' menu screen. All you get is a black screen to stare at. great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22588937.post-13571592977016679112006-11-27T19:47:00.000+09:002006-11-27T19:47:00.000+09:00Sony may be on the slide, but I doubt they're going under - they'll find a way to muddle on for some time still. <br /><br />Although I can't say I have much time for a company that indulges in so much proprietary technology (we have four brands of laptop in our office, all take SD cards bar of course the Vaio), you have to (in a perverse way) admire the gall and resistance to change :Peatsleepcrickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660359354701481346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22588937.post-73234680722109746982006-11-27T00:17:00.000+09:002006-11-27T00:17:00.000+09:00As usual, <a href-"http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=sony_bullshit">Maddox</a> puts it much more eloquently than me...Coalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08101273937073395521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22588937.post-35576179553623947692006-11-25T23:52:00.000+09:002006-11-25T23:52:00.000+09:00Save them from what?! From themselves of course! Even if we ignore the rootkit, the exploding batteries, the delays and then the lousy (80,000 units?!?!?!) much much delayed launch of the PS3, then you'll find plenty of evidence that Sony is going under that goes back further even than the last 12 months. Seriously, Sony only cares about number 1. Hang on, scrap that. Sony doesn't even seem to care about number 1. Or perhaps is doing the only decent thing by dying a very rapid death. Back Sony, and you'll wish you hadn't. Really. It's like one of those worst case scenarios that people used to laugh at, that's already surpassed the worst case scenario you were laughing about when it surpassed the original worst case scenario you all laughed at.<br /><br />Competitors would have try really hard to be that bad. Hope that helps.Coalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08101273937073395521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22588937.post-31294594223680920712006-11-25T23:18:00.000+09:002006-11-25T23:18:00.000+09:00Save them from what? ;)<br /><br />BTW are Sony really THAT bad? That much worse than their competitors?<br /><br />Geatsleepcrickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660359354701481346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22588937.post-54803280187139259422006-11-24T10:01:00.000+09:002006-11-24T10:01:00.000+09:00The debug boxes we've been using the past few months don't come with instructions... :( Cheers for the info. Glad they fixed it, but it won't save them!Coalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08101273937073395521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22588937.post-76126128011445791762006-11-24T00:58:00.000+09:002006-11-24T00:58:00.000+09:00Just so you know, if you experience this again, it is EXTREMELY simple to fix. <br /><br />Hold the power button for 5 or more seconds when starting the PS3 and it will reset the system to use the default resolution.<br /><br />Why don't people read manuals anymore?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com