2.4 - No problems for me
2.41 - No problems for me

I just wish they had provided retroactive trophy support.

 

2.41

No problems, love the update

 

It was good tearing it up(or in my case, being tore up) with your friends in COD4 Domination and Sabotage. I got the hang of the latter a bit more but like I said, I'm used to Mercenary and Team Deathmatch. Though I've played and done well on Cage Match and Free for All. I'll get my mike up next time too.

edit: What do you play and profile name, Ken1997TL?

 

My wife won a PS3 today!!! But its UK, she is bringing it home today. I'm researching now whether it will work in the US. Blu-ray should be region free I think....Can anyone look to see if the power brick says 110-240 on it?

 

Profile name is ken1997tl

I play GTA IV

 

So from what I see so far:
-No issues with power
-As long as TV is HDTV with HDMI, no issues
-All PS3 games will work
-About 15% of Blu-Ray disks are region encoded (that sucks)
-Normal DVD's and PS2 games won't work (no issue)

Look like Ill keep it...Cool, free PS3!!

 

suite!

 

80G PS3 getting price drop to $399!

 

but it won't have BC if that's important to you.

 

Maybe I should sell it...

 

why not? sell it and then get a US spec PS3.

 

What's the pound price? #399? Sell it, sell the currency, buy a PS3 and some candy.

 

Ill see, wife is seeing if she can swap it with the place she won it with (Bank of America). Then I can probably get 250 pounds (or $500) for it...Then just buy a US one.

 

 

That only if my wife lets me get another one...

 

if you're coming back to the states, then yea switch it for a US spec ps3, that way you can enjoy the awesomeness of bluray

 

Well, most blu-rays are region free, but yeah, most likely sell the UK one and get the US one.

 

hm... didnt notice, but 2 of my 6 movies i guess are region free, they dont have the region A logo.

 

Probably so...There are a few websites stating which are region free....All games work though...

 

When?

 

ha its all good.... my clan is pretty good (42nd or so) in the world in gamebattles

thing is for those team based games... or rather objective based games... the key is knowing the spots the overlook the objective

usually the ones who get the best ratios in sabo and domo are the ones who keep track of where the bomb or flags are in each stage - you practically know where the opponent is going

ill play with you again man

 

The article didn't say. But, I would assume it's pretty soon, because MS has already dropped the price on the 360 premium, to $299(from $350).

 

i believe they said september.

 

Old topic, not sure if I wanna browse through all 57 pages, but why is BC a neglected feature in some of the PS3s? Hardware issues?

 

Good question and I never knew why myself until I just looked it up.

The original US 20GB and 60Gb had full PS2 hardware built into the PS3 unit. That is why they have full PS2 compatibility.

When they released the 40Gb and 80Gb units, the 40Gb had no BC and the 80Gb had partial BC. I never understood why this is the case until I just looked it up.

The original 20 and 60Gb units had the PS2 CPU and GPU built into the systems, which is why they have full BC. The 80Gb units have the GPU, but no PS2 CPU built in, so they have to do emulation so they only have partial BC.

The 40Gb (and upcoming future versions) have no PS2 CPU or GPU built in, so they have NO BC.

The removal of PS2 hardware in the system, plus reduction in manufacturing costs, should reduce the price of the PS3 to the point where it becomes profitable soon. Right now, Sony takes a loss on the hardware of every system it sells.

All the info I got was from a Wiki at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3

 

Makes sense from a business standpoint then. However, it'll still be somewhat of a PITA to have two systems for different purposes, and since it looks like BC will be wiped out completely eventually, I'll have to snag a 80gb soon.

 

My cheap Motorola mike seems to work off and on. Been meaning to get a good one. I haven't played since the time I played with your team a couple of weeks back so I am pretty rusty.

 

Or you could look for a used 20 or 60Gb unit...

 

who has the keyboard and how's surfin with PS3?

 

^I just bought a Mad Catz wireless keyboard from eBay for about $21 shipped. I'll let you guys know how that goes. I wasn't about to shell out $60+ for a Bluetooth keyboard.

 

I have a cheap 10 dollar USB keyboard + mouse, it works fine for web surfing

 

Like, a standard one from Staples set...?

 

 

the BTC windows media center keyboards work too, PnP. http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=KB-...e2ce02864052d3

 

I am currently downloading the system update version 2.42 and it is taking forrreverrr.

Any features that anyone might know about this one? I don't think it's been more than a month since the last update.

 

downloaded in less than a minute for me

 

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/...now-available/

It improves playback quality of playstation games, no specifics are given

 

I'm still downloading at a break-neck snail speed.
I checked my connection speed and it's fine. Must be from their end.

 

New PS3 bundle:

160gb with Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, DS3 controller and PSN voucher for Pain
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/900/900527p1.html

 

New Wireless Keypad accessory.

Its like the xbox 360 keypad accessory that you attach to your controller.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/900/900529p1.html




not too sure if i like the location of the keypad, seems unnatural to reach to the top of the controller, would make more sense to me to be at the bottom where your thumbs are.