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My old black on white TV only displays a black and white picture on it, when I connect it to my PS3.. Your argument is just as silly.....]]>May 24th 2007 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 4:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
Video of it in action:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DzteEgl-BSo

The server needs a couple of tweaks, as it's serving unsupported content, that PS3 can't play. But i'm sure that will be fixed soon. You can also use Twonkyvision and VLC together to transcode video on the fly to a suported format, so in theory, you should be able to watch any format supported by VLC (ie. XVid, DivX WMV and most other formats).

Seems Sony have outtrumpted Microsoft on this one, and it's not even a major update, it's a .1 incremental. Lots of good things in Firmware 2.0 I reckon....]]>May 24th 2007 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/Sep 13th 2007 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
if it does it would kick my Xbox's arse :)]]>May 24th 2007 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/Jul 16th 2007 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 5:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
Twonkyvision with VLC can convert anything on-the-fly to PS3 compatable stream. I havn't personally tried, but I believe it works...

So, yes, it kicks 360 butt]]>May 24th 2007 5:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
So, with that aside, does the new firmware also upscale PS3 games?]]>May 24th 2007 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.eicta.org/fileadmin/user_upload/document/document1160753216.pdf

A display device has to cover the following requirements to be awarded the label “HD ready”:

1. Display, display engine
· The minimum native resolution of the display (e.g. LCD, PDP) or display
engine (e.g. DLP) is 720 physical lines in wide aspect ratio.


2. Video Interfaces
· The display device accepts HD input via:

o Analogue YPbPr1, and
o DVI or HDMI

· HD capable inputs accept the following HD video formats:
o 1280x720 @ 50 and 60Hz progressive (“720p”), and
o 1920x1080 @ 50 and 60Hz interlaced (“1080i”)
· The DVI or HDMI input supports content protection (HDCP)]]>May 24th 2007 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 6:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
What a dumb ass statement!

Build a media center PC if you want that function!

Who's to say that there won't be a Sony Media Center inferace down the road anyway?

Sony is moving along at clipper speed with improving both the PS3 and PSP as well as making them integrate with each other.

Of course when the M$hit box comes out with their a portable you fanboys will be singing their praises and an incredible innovation.

Sony we love you!]]>May 24th 2007 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
Does anyone knows how the Upscaling works? Also, PLEASE can anyone comment on how it works with Macs?? I have my music in an externaal HD shared via the wireless network (Airport Extreme) will it works that way?? I'M AT WORK AND I'M DYING HERE!!... :D

Cheers

DG]]>May 24th 2007 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
Check AVS here

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=10618271#post10618271]]>May 24th 2007 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
Got it to work with Music (uses Itunes - non protected tracks!), Pictures (for some reason Iphoto needed to be running in the background) and movies (plays MPEG1/MPEG2, can't get it to play MPEG4 or H.264 - if anyone gets that to work on Windows or Mac post here).

File copying works really well. The streaming performance could be better - don't know if that is the EyeConnect or the PS3. Previews of images take some time and song playback takes 10 seconds or so (assuming it's transcoding on the fly)]]>May 24th 2007 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/]]>May 24th 2007 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/Twonkyvision with VLC can convert anything on-the-fly to PS3 compatable stream. I havn't personally tried, but I believe it works...
So, yes, it kicks 360 butt"

So how does doing something the xbox 360 has been able to do for a while (play video thats been transcoded to a supported format) mean someones butt is getting kicked?]]>May 24th 2007 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
IMO it's exactly how the 360 works, but over a year later. So if anything, 360 kicks PS3's butt because it beat it to market and it didn't need a firmware update.

Think before you type dude.]]>May 26th 2007 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/I got the download and the PS3 can see my PC, but as soon as I request a screening of the music folder -or pictures or videos - it gives me a message that rights/connection settings do not allow me to access files.....

I have Windows XP with WMP 11. In WMP I chose to enable media sharing and I can see my PS3 as unknown device.... I even granted folder network sharing in Windows Explorer...

Anybody got the same problem? Solution to solve it?]]>May 24th 2007 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
I do have to say that the up conversion DVD to 1080P looks amazing, I put in LOTR The Return of the King and I almost soiled myself it looked so glorious. I didn't have a chance to check out the PS2 up conversion, but I have high hopes.]]>May 24th 2007 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
There is also a linux media center- http://elisa.fluendo.com/screenshots/ but I have no idea about compiling r if it will even install on a mac.

http://www.invertedpixel.com]]>May 24th 2007 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/'gradthawn' at avs posted this from wiki-

Fuppes - free open source UPnP MediaServer, supports transcoding of diverse audio formats to mp3. Only directory browsing supported.
TVersity - free closed source UPnP MediaServer, currently in beta, which allows on-the-fly transcoding to wmv.
Philips Media Manager is a free closed source UPnP AV MediaServer for Windows and Macintosh that is based on Streamium
MediaTomb - free, open source (GPL) UPnP AV MediaServer for Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Cygwin which also runs on NAS devices. Allows users to define a custom container layout by the means of JavaScript, has a nice AJAX based UI.
FreeNAS, a free operating-system/software, enabling you to turn any x86-based computer into a dedicated stand-alone NAS (Network-Attached Storage) device. (FreeNAS UPnP server code is from the Portable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) SDK project).]]>May 24th 2007 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76pqhVDhiCg&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egameswank%2Ecom%2Fcontent%2Fview%2F114%2F1%2F]]>May 24th 2007 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
you not reallt serious are you? The XBOX360 support way more formats, has a better UI, PS3 looks like dos on the screen in order to access all you stuff

Idunno should I keep my 360 that can stream, music, videos, pictures and one of the only if not only places to download HD quality videos? or should I get a PS3?]]>May 24th 2007 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 24th 2007 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
Why do the 360 and ps3 continue to overlook such a simple thing? And apple tv has drawbacks also.

apple tv - no playlists on the go. Still tied into a computer to sort out playlists. Rubbish
360 and PS# - no album art from streaming media (that i can see)
PS3 no playlist support of any worth.

]]>May 24th 2007 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
So does it?

Cal

P.S. (I'd upgrade myself but I loaned my PS3 to my bro for the week)]]>May 24th 2007 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
http://www.hardcoreware.net/ps3-18-firmware-already-streams-windows-media-to-your-psp/]]>May 24th 2007 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 25th 2007 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/]]>May 26th 2007 12:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/
When you geeks talk about the Blu-Ray all you say is "We don't want to watch movies or play music, we want to play games!!!" Now that the PS3 just whipped your sorry asses all you can say is "until PS3 can run media center it's nothing! Whaaaa, Whaaaa, Whaaaa, my pussy hurts!"

STFU, 'cause you sound like morons]]>May 26th 2007 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/24/ps3-1-80-firmware-is-out-and-streaming-your-media/May 27th 2007 7:51PM