Sony says more AV features are coming for PS3

anybody know how to give feedback on firmware?

Still not updating and holding out hope for "hello world".

a fanless model.... WTF?!! do they really want to pay for someones home burning down... I think I may have to break out the ole shot gun house, play a "fanless" ps3 for bout 16 hours straight and see if my house burns down.....

Originally posted by Jlhfit:

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a fanless model.... WTF?!! do they really want to pay for someones home burning down... I think I may have to break out the ole shot gun house, play a "fanless" ps3 for bout 16 hours straight and see if my house burns down.....

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make it play DivX!!

DivX would be nice.... I gave mine redbull... it has wings...

More and more I'm starting to like the potential of the PS3. with the 360 having some major cooling issues and the 3 red rings of death, the PS3 is becoming more appealing. I would just have to wait till the price was reasonable. if it gets down to $400, i'd have to really consider one.

Maybe they could concentrate more on..you know..actually making great GAMES first?

Grandia IV anyone? Dark Cloud 3? Thunder Force, etc etc

My PS3 can go on 4 a week without overheating, and it does F@H continuously. Burning down houses, yea right, I'm would be more worried about my 360 (I have 3 broken down one's due 2 lack of quality).

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Originally posted by Jlhfit:

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a fanless model.... WTF?!! do they really want to pay for someones home burning down... I think I may have to break out the ole shot gun house, play a "fanless" ps3 for bout 16 hours straight and see if my house burns down.....

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It would have something like liquid cooling, the thing gets bloody hot enough even with fans. I know Sony have made some stupid choices in their past but they arent stupid enough to remove the cooling system completely.

But what could they add AV feature wise to the PS3? other than more playable formats?

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even pipe cooling wont cut it,they need a active cooling system because it puts out to much heat,even the WII has it and tis a last gen system for the most part..there is no way the PS3 is goign to go non active cooling unless they double the size...

Luqiud cooling is not that exotic,the DC had it.
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the 360 just got a heatsink/fan revamp and the new CPU/GPU are coming so the 360 is improving even after 1 milloin disserved ...

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the PS3 has mad potential but the suits have rammed it into the shoreline and want to charge the towboats a fee to get back out into the water....sure the 360 is takign water but it floats......the WII is scary its like a fast hover boat circling around them at 1/4 the size of the liner class 360 and PS3 LOL its maddness!

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But what could they add AV feature wise to the PS3? other than more playable formats?

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[quote]But what could they add AV feature wise to the PS3? other than more playable formats?

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they try to hard to "protect" the PAL market.

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[quote]they try to hard to "protect" the PAL market.

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Infrared! Infrared! Infrared! Infrared! Infrared!

If Sony wants to see the PS3 more as an "A/V" peace then they have to put Infrared control in it.

This is not rocket science guy's, seriously! if this machine is to be integrated into a home theatre it will need to have IR codes available so they can be learned into a dedicated remote control. Who wants to have to pick up the gamming controller to navigate around a DVD menu?
It doesn’t matter if it plays back Blu-ray DivX, XviD, H.264, WMA, DVD, DVDR, DVDRW, Jpeg, whiteray, pinkray MyPeg, YourPeg, or any other kind of freekin format what good does it do if it’s a pain in the rear quarters to use it. Either design it right in the first place to do this or just make it play video games only, and bring the price down to please those who bitch about the price.

Well they already have a dedicated remote control for the PS3 at least here in Japan, instead of using the controller, though I don't see what is so difficult about using the controller, it's wireless and very easy to navigate with IMO. So you could always go that route or find somebody that has one and shoot the infrared into your multi-remote to learn it. Maybe somebody else will figure out the coding and post it online one day.

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Infrared! Infrared! Infrared! Infrared! Infrared!

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I don’t know about the Japanese models but the North American ones do not have Infrared, just Bluetooth. Even though the controller is wireless and it can navigate the DVD menu’s it can’t learn other IR commands from say a TV or projector’s remote, it certainly can’t perform any macro sequences.

When Sony (Izumi Kawanishi and Kanehide) says the PS-3 can be an “A/V” (Audio Video) device with 30% to 40% more firmware capabilities they have to understand the basic requirements. In an A/V system one should not have 7 remotes on the coffee table with a notepad next to them describing to the other family members how to watch TV or a movie i.e.

1) Pick up TV remote and hit power.
2) Pick up PS-3 game controller and push the “X” button.
3) Pick up the receiver remote push the “Power” button.
4) Pick up the TV remote again push the “input button 3 times
5) Blah
6) Blah
7) Blah

A person with an integrated “A/V” system should be able to pick up ONE remote and hit ONE button. For this to happen the remote has to be able to perform a series of macros and emitting IR into all the other A/V system’s components. The problem is that every A/V component in the world (except the Sony PS-3) uses Infrared, which can be learned into a remote like this yet Sony decides to not include a very simple IR receiver inside the PS-3. What is the cost of an IR receiver at manufacturing?
Lets say 87 cents… maybe. Yet if they had the foresight to do this the unit would already be considered an A/V device.

This is of course a very valid solution and thank you to those third party solutions to pick up the ball where Sony dropped it. I still think that Sony should have included this very simple feature. I love the look of there game console it is very sleek and cool looking unit. It's a shame to have a block of IR Interface hanging off the side of it... but this will do the job!

I still like it with a fan due to the fact i dont want my future console to over heat. Therefore i dont want to use my warranty if i use common sense first and not buy a bad product.

Are they gone mad or what?

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We really enjoy getting feedback from the customers

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And I can see the possibility of a fan-less PS3 in the future, just like there was for the PS2.

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