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Sony updates PS3 VidZone

15 September 2009 16:17 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 2 comments

Ben Creasey, VidZone's head of production, has announced the update of the service, and the inclusion of a good number of improvements.

The full list of improvements, via the Europe PSN blog:

Pre-roll advertising will be shown no more than once every 15 minutes � No more adverts after every video, guaranteed!

16:9 support, true full screen display � This means that if the video is shot in widescreen, it will display in its full widescreen glory on your TV.

Virtual Keyboard is now supported in Search � Use your external or the standard PlayStation virtual keyboard to type instead of scrolling through each letter.

VidZone Search is faster and improved � Faster searching and you are now able to search for special characters (ie you can now search for P!nk etc)

Start up time is reduced � No more waiting about to get partying!

Audio volume on music videos can now be normalized � Each video will play at the same volume meaning no more volume control surfing

PlayStation Network presence now shows the music video being watched in VidZone on the XMB� friends list � Your friends will now know what you are watching so no more secret Celine Dion video viewing sessions!

Support for PlayStation Store purchases in Download menu � Videos will link to equivelant RockBand track in the PlayStation Store with more game/product links coming soon.

Default settings are now saved � If you have turned the clicker off, it will remember it for the next time you open VidZone.

Cache has been increased � VidZone will store more of your last viewed videos on the PlayStation�s hard drive so you don�t have to stream so much data.

Help screens are available in Settings menu � Having issues? Try the new help screens to answer your questions

Settings menu has been reordered � More logical ordering of the setting menu.

VidZone was released for European PS3 users in June 2009, and has been increasing in popularity since launch.

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kikzm33z (Senior Member) 15 September 2009 17:21
That's a pretty good update, especially the adverts and cutting the loading time. It's faster loading a game than loading Vidzone - well, it used to be. The feature where it shows your friends what you're watching... Not too keen on that. [ + quote]
Gnawnivek (Junior Member) 18 September 2009 12:06
Eh, to get around that "issue" i always watch or play games offline when i don't want my friends to see what i'm watching or playing (but the games are harder to hide since you get trophies and no, no way i want to delete the trophies). [ + quote]