PS3 pushed back to November!!
#11
03-16-2006 | 06:54 PM
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RE: PS3 pushed back to November!!
ORIGINAL: LORDofdaRINGS
new release dvd arnt 20$. idk whre u shop at. and im sorry, i ment roughly the same price....
alright, if you want to get really technical , most hd tvs cant even make it to 1100 lines of rez, they top out at about 800. the hd dvd only make it to about 900 really, blu-ray is still gonna shut it up.
new release dvd arnt 20$. idk whre u shop at. and im sorry, i ment roughly the same price....
alright, if you want to get really technical , most hd tvs cant even make it to 1100 lines of rez, they top out at about 800. the hd dvd only make it to about 900 really, blu-ray is still gonna shut it up.
What "lines of rez" are you talking about? The horizontal resolution, vertical resolution or visible scan lines?
I just read this article after googling the Blu Ray lines of resolution and I found this link:
http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6300812.html
Some buyers of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc players might not get everything they bargained for.
In a deal reached this week after tense negotiations, the eight-company consortium behind the Advanced Access Content System, created for use by both high-def formats to prevent unauthorized copying, has agreed to require hardware makers to bar some high-def signals from being sent from players to displays over analog connections, sources said.
Instead, the affected analog signal must be “down-converted” from the full 1920x1080 lines of resolution the players are capable of outputting to 960x540 lines—a resolution closer to standard DVDs than to high-def. Standard DVDs are typically encoded at 720 horizontal by 480 vertical lines of resolution.
In a deal reached this week after tense negotiations, the eight-company consortium behind the Advanced Access Content System, created for use by both high-def formats to prevent unauthorized copying, has agreed to require hardware makers to bar some high-def signals from being sent from players to displays over analog connections, sources said.
Instead, the affected analog signal must be “down-converted” from the full 1920x1080 lines of resolution the players are capable of outputting to 960x540 lines—a resolution closer to standard DVDs than to high-def. Standard DVDs are typically encoded at 720 horizontal by 480 vertical lines of resolution.
So therefore, it is barely an advantage over the regular DVD and yet the players will cost more... which one will sound right to the average family browsing the DVD/Blu-Ray/HD-DVD player section?
#12
03-16-2006 | 07:00 PM
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RE: PS3 pushed back to November!!
i have already read that artical.
im talking about HLoR and i dont know what your talking about but NEW dvds are atleast 20$. So you pay a bit more for much better quality. oh well.
im talking about HLoR and i dont know what your talking about but NEW dvds are atleast 20$. So you pay a bit more for much better quality. oh well.
#13
03-16-2006 | 07:49 PM
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RE: PS3 pushed back to November!!
sonies thinking about a worldwide launch for it.this could screw sony over, look what happened at the 360. and plus, if there is, the japanese will think the 360 is a good deal, and REALLY screw sony.
in other new, PSP = $199.
in other new, PSP = $199.
#17
03-16-2006 | 09:53 PM
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RE: PS3 pushed back to November!!
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My brother is not so happy about PS3 bieng pushed back. He was hoping to get a PS3 with a modchip from india when we go in July.
My brother is not so happy about PS3 bieng pushed back. He was hoping to get a PS3 with a modchip from india when we go in July.
#18
03-16-2006 | 09:57 PM
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RE: PS3 pushed back to November!!
I wanted to do the HDD thing with my old PS2. My dad took it apart to install the modchip, but he soldered like 2 wires and gave up. I got a pretty good modchip, it supports HDD backup as well which is one of the reasons i bought it. You could also turn the chip off and play online which is a big plus cause i can't play online with my current PS2.
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03-16-2006 | 10:20 PM
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Updates from the PS3 Press Conference in Japan, I'm posting only the updates referencing the PS3, hence the skipped update numbers.
Updates 4 & 5: IGN confirms PS3 worldwide launch in November for "the North American, Asian, and European territories." In addition, Sony will release "one million units per month [after launch; sorry for any confusion this may have caused] with a total of six million units in 2006 alone. Production numbers are higher for PS1 and PS2 in their initial years." Update 18: The 6M unit total will "be produced in Fiscal Year 2006 (through March 2007)."
Update 8: IGN reports that the PS3 will be "100% backwards compatible," and that "all legacy titles played on the system will be displayed at high-definition resolutions," similar to the Xbox 360's BC upscaling (but hopefully without the profile downloading). "[F]ull Blu-ray support" and "the latest HDMI connection" were also touted. Thanks, bv!
Update 9: Kutaragi proclaims that the PS3 will require a hard drive, but not whether all systems will come bundled with one or not. What he does say is that the HDD "will be 60GB big, be completely upgradeable, and support Linux OS. Additionally, the peripheral will act as a home server and allow users to store various forms of media to be pulled up elsewhere." Thanks, RobR and sullyj! [Update 17: The same link now says that "the unit will ship with the system right out of the box."]
Update 10: Ken says that "all PlayStation 3 games will ship on Blu-ray [only!] to help prevent piracy," and that "initial BD-ROM production [is expected] to reach 2.5 million in Japan and Europe and 5 million in the US." Thanks, RobR and bv!
Update 11: Beginning this November at launch, the PS3 "will feature community tools including lobby matching and voice chat," as well as "commerce features that includes bootable software via the hard drive." This is basically the PS3's online service, which was created with Sony Online Entertainment's assistance and will be provided free of charge--well, the "basic" service will be at any rate. "Premium" Live features, anyone? Thanks, bv, RobR, and untitled!
Update 12: The wild statements continue with a new set from Ken regarding the PS3. He says that the "games are 'live' and that the PS3 concept is '4D,'" with titles going "from 8-bit to 16-bit planes, to the 'space' that you saw on the PS1/PS2, and now PS3 will be 'live.'" That's quite a look at console history there, Ken.... Thanks, bv, CB4D, and everyone else who chimed in on this!
Update 13: Final PS3 dev kits "will be shipping out to production houses in June." 15 different companies will be making SDK tools and middleware for the PS3, including the company we've sourced with this news, IGN/GameSpy. Thanks, RobR!
Update 20: While an exact price was not released, GamersReports claims that a minimum price range was announced, which was nothing "less than 50,000.00 JP YEN" (or "$425.607 USD"). Perform your own up-to-the-minute currency conversion here. Unless the PS3's cheaper in the U.S., that means that the HDD-bundled Xbox 360 will remain cheaper than the PS3 in the States even without a price drop. Link found via digg.
Update 8: IGN reports that the PS3 will be "100% backwards compatible," and that "all legacy titles played on the system will be displayed at high-definition resolutions," similar to the Xbox 360's BC upscaling (but hopefully without the profile downloading). "[F]ull Blu-ray support" and "the latest HDMI connection" were also touted. Thanks, bv!
Update 9: Kutaragi proclaims that the PS3 will require a hard drive, but not whether all systems will come bundled with one or not. What he does say is that the HDD "will be 60GB big, be completely upgradeable, and support Linux OS. Additionally, the peripheral will act as a home server and allow users to store various forms of media to be pulled up elsewhere." Thanks, RobR and sullyj! [Update 17: The same link now says that "the unit will ship with the system right out of the box."]
Update 10: Ken says that "all PlayStation 3 games will ship on Blu-ray [only!] to help prevent piracy," and that "initial BD-ROM production [is expected] to reach 2.5 million in Japan and Europe and 5 million in the US." Thanks, RobR and bv!
Update 11: Beginning this November at launch, the PS3 "will feature community tools including lobby matching and voice chat," as well as "commerce features that includes bootable software via the hard drive." This is basically the PS3's online service, which was created with Sony Online Entertainment's assistance and will be provided free of charge--well, the "basic" service will be at any rate. "Premium" Live features, anyone? Thanks, bv, RobR, and untitled!
Update 12: The wild statements continue with a new set from Ken regarding the PS3. He says that the "games are 'live' and that the PS3 concept is '4D,'" with titles going "from 8-bit to 16-bit planes, to the 'space' that you saw on the PS1/PS2, and now PS3 will be 'live.'" That's quite a look at console history there, Ken.... Thanks, bv, CB4D, and everyone else who chimed in on this!
Update 13: Final PS3 dev kits "will be shipping out to production houses in June." 15 different companies will be making SDK tools and middleware for the PS3, including the company we've sourced with this news, IGN/GameSpy. Thanks, RobR!
Update 20: While an exact price was not released, GamersReports claims that a minimum price range was announced, which was nothing "less than 50,000.00 JP YEN" (or "$425.607 USD"). Perform your own up-to-the-minute currency conversion here. Unless the PS3's cheaper in the U.S., that means that the HDD-bundled Xbox 360 will remain cheaper than the PS3 in the States even without a price drop. Link found via digg.
