Topic: PS3 as a blu-ray player

[staind01]

ok, thx. will try it again.

[clea]

thx sir.

PS3 Asian now on 2.42 FW pero ayaw pa rin magplay ng .avi files e. i do however try to play them on the USB Flash drive. di ba pde direct play on flash drive? do i really need to copy it over to play .avi files?


PS3 Asian users,
can you guys play .avi files?

thanks!

from your flash drive, try creating a "VIDEO" folder and place your avis there...

i encountered the same prob before and this worked

hope this helps 

[darkwing]

ano ba format ng .AVI format mo? i mean Xvid/DivX ba siya?

[staind01]

Triangle lang pala ang sagot e!    am now able to watch them videos! thanks guys!

[andre]

I just download 2.42 firmware. No choice, you can't access PSN without the new firmware. I dont like updating new firmware. You never know what bugs on the new firmwares.

[vtec3]

finally got to upgrade my PS3 to FW 2.42, trying it now and hopefully everything will be fine 

[JoNi]

Sirs,

Hope you can help enlighten me:

How will you know if the BD disk will have black bars in the upper & lower portions when viewed?


TIA

[iiinas]

Sirs,

Hope you can help enlighten me:

How will you know if the BD disk will have black bars in the upper & lower portions when viewed?


TIA

our lcd /plasma tvs have 16:9 aspect ratio consider as widescreen, but the aspect ratio of movie theaters are 2.35:1 anamorphic (hope i am right on this), that's why film transfers to discs whether its the old dvd, the new bluray or the dead hddvd, even if shown in our new tvs, it still exhibits black bars on top and bottom of screens. so if it says anamorphic, that's black bars for us.

some people just use the tv's zoom function to fill the whole screen, of course by doing that its either you get a distorted image or correct image but part of the original scene has been chopped off the screen.

[ninjababez®]

our lcd /plasma tvs have 16:9 aspect ratio consider as widescreen, but the aspect ratio of movie theaters are 2.35:1 anamorphic (hope i am right on this), that's why film transfers to discs whether its the old dvd, the new bluray or the dead hddvd, even if shown in our new tvs, it still exhibits black bars on top and bottom of screens. so if it says anamorphic, that's black bars for us.

some people just use the tv's zoom function to fill the whole screen, of course by doing that its either you get a distorted image or correct image but part of the original scene has been chopped off the screen.

hmm can we disable this via ps3 controls?

[steelcrazy]

finally got to upgrade my PS3 to FW 2.42, trying it now and hopefully everything will be fine 

Hows the latest firmware upgrade? Is everything working fine?

[darkwing]

hmm can we disable this via ps3 controls?

hmmm you can't disable the black bars, its either watch it in the original aspect ratio or you have to use the TV's zoom function to fill the screen just as iiinaslao said

[JoNi]

iiinaslao & darkwing: thanks for explaining

[ninjababez®]

hmmm you can't disable the black bars, its either watch it in the original aspect ratio or you have to use the TV's zoom function to fill the screen just as iiinaslao said

just as i expected ..
i guess ill have to live with this .. 

[vtec3]

Hows the latest firmware upgrade? Is everything working fine?

Using my PS3 for BD viewing lang, but everything seems to be working fine 

[kt]

^von musta? matagal tagal ko narin inaasam asam yung pix ng setup mo wala parin hehe

[vtec3]

^von musta? matagal tagal ko narin inaasam asam yung pix ng setup mo wala parin hehe

sige pag may time kunan ko ng picture yung PS3 player ko tapos post ko dito  kidding aside medyo shy ako post yung set-up ko. Ang gaganda ng set-up ng mga members, sa PS3 lang ako medyo naka pantay 

[steelcrazy]

Using my PS3 for BD viewing lang, but everything seems to be working fine 

thank you for the quick reply sir.

[NeilNo]

Criterion Collection uses PS3 as reference Blu-ray player

"Yeah, you read that correctly -- the obsessive audiophiles / videophiles at the Criterion Collection use Sony's PlayStation 3 as its reference Blu-ray player. In all honesty, we can't say we're too surprised. Time and again, Sony's latest console has been rated very highly as a dedicated BD deck, and the plentiful firmware updates ensure that it's always at the forefront of whatever interactive functionality is next. This snippet of factual goodness was extracted from a recent writeup that took an in-depth look at how the CC would be revamping its home theater, and even famed calibration guru Joe Kane gave his approval at using the console for playing back Blu-ray Discs. The real kicker? They also settled upon a DVIGear HDMI cable over one of those obscenely overpriced Ogre cables -- and that was after running clean out of coat hangers."

http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/13/criterion-collection-uses-ps3-as-reference-blu-ray-player/

http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/installations/2916/criterion-remastered.html

GEAR LIST
• Samsung SP-A800B single-chip 1080p DLP front projector

• Stewart Filmscreen StudioTek 130 123-inch-diagonal projection screen

• Anchor Bay DVDO VP50 Pro video processor with HD SDI option

• Axiom Epic 80/500 speaker system

• Sony PlayStation 3 console, for Blu-ray Disc playback

• Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD player

• Pioneer Elite DV-59AVi DVD player

• Philips DVP-642 DVD player

• Pioneer DVL-919 laserdisc player

• Toshiba SD-37VSR PAL/NTSC VHS VCR

• Denon AVR-3808CI receiver

• Apple Mac Mini computer

• Logitech Harmony 890 universal remote control

• Tripp Lite HT10DBS and ULTRABLOK428 power conditioners

• Ebtech LLS8 (pro-to-consumer-level) audio line-level shifter

• DVIGear 7-meter HDMI cable

• Blue Jeans Cable speaker cable and audio interconnects

• TV One 1T-SW4X1ARL stereo audio switch

• BUF Technology IR-422 infrared translator

• CB2 A/V equipment carts

[indie boi]

I guess it also shows that reference grade HDMI cables are really just a myth performance-wise. Really, I don't see how cables will affect PQ and SQ when the signal is digital.

[ninjababez®]

I guess it also shows that reference grade HDMI cables are really just a myth performance-wise. Really, I don't see how cables will affect PQ and SQ when the signal is digital.

that is because there are cheap cables that are good enough, but some are really bad .. cables from cheap dvds in quiapo are actually good enough .. 
kumbaga "it does the job" 

[Mouldingo]

I guess it also shows that reference grade HDMI cables are really just a myth performance-wise. Really, I don't see how cables will affect PQ and SQ when the signal is digital.

The effect of low-grade vs high-grade occurs when they reach pass a certain length. You know it low grade when you see green rain all over the picture, usually due to poor shielding. But otherwise 3m and below, quality is no big deal.

[jeyps11_c]

^+1

That's what the experts here in PDVD have been saying. Short HDMIs (3M below) regardless of the brand will definitely do the job (I remember a very technical explanation of this). For longer lengths of an HDMI they are saying it'll have a difference.

[vtec3]

May feature ba na last memory yung FW 2.42? I was surprised kasi when I put in a BD dun nag start kung saan ko siya last iniwan.

[steelcrazy]

May feature ba na last memory yung FW 2.42? I was surprised kasi when I put in a BD dun nag start kung saan ko siya last iniwan.

I already experienced this feature way before installing the newest firmware. The only bluray movie that does start where it was left off was Pirates of the Caribbean 1 while others bluray movies start where it was left off.

[vtec3]

Thanks for the info 

[ninjababez®]

how about updates that are included on disk?

[skylynx888]

how about updates that are included on disk?

they are usally old firmware 

[logan21]

Guys, noob question lang regarding the ps3...

In the audio options, what's the difference between Linear PCM and bitstream?

From what I understand, with linear PCM, the ps3 is the one decoding the audio right? And with bitstream, the ps3 only passes the undecoded audio to the receiver and the receiver will be the one to decode the audio?

concern ko kasi yung DTS-MA coz d kaya decode ng ps3 yun now dba? if i change it to bitstream and let my rcvr (onkyo-606) decode it, kaya na ba malabas yung DTS-MA?

don't know kung natanong na to hehe thanks!

[leomar]

Guys, noob question lang regarding the ps3...

In the audio options, what's the difference between Linear PCM and bitstream?

From what I understand, with linear PCM, the ps3 is the one decoding the audio right? And with bitstream, the ps3 only passes the undecoded audio to the receiver and the receiver will be the one to decode the audio?

concern ko kasi yung DTS-MA coz d kaya decode ng ps3 yun now dba? if i change it to bitstream and let my rcvr (onkyo-606) decode it, kaya na ba malabas yung DTS-MA?

don't know kung natanong na to hehe thanks!

kaya ng magdecode ng DTS-MA ang ps3 sir, just send LPCM sa 606 mo =)

[logan21]

kaya ng magdecode ng DTS-MA ang ps3 sir, just send LPCM sa 606 mo =)

ah talaga? hehe with what FW update? d ko pa nauupdate ps3 ko eh.. 

Thanks!