SlashGear Japan
PS3 is not just a typical game console. I picked one up not too long ago from an advice of a video enthusiast. Like me, he is not much of a gamer and was frustrated with playback issues from these so called dedicated Blu-Ray players. I never thought PS3 has replaced the standalone and remained in my components shelf for Blu-Ray playback but it did.
I recently added another flagship HD-DVD player to compliment the HI-Def set up. The quality is fine but It reminds me how much I appreciate the superiority of PS3 handling problematic Hi-def media. Loading and booting is super fast, basic control is as responsive as legacy DVD player. It makes me think, why can’t they make standalone hardware better than a game console?
Despite the short fall in gaming arena, Sony did well with PS3 as a Hi-Def media. Statically, it’s the best selling Hi-Def player, loaded with future proof powerful cells and gets updated consistently than any Hi-Def player out there. Ps3 has successes in bringing a non-gamer like me purchasing not one but two ps3 games so far; the same reason I believe it will draw the hardcore gamer to persuade Blu-Ray media. Here’s my PS3 wish list as a Blu-Ray player. Santa, please bring me DTS-MA decoding, profile 2.0, built in full Video Calibration patterns with 709 color space and bring back the transport stream support. What’s yours?
11 Responses to “My Wish List for next PS3 Updates”
Joe December 19, 2007
The same three as the writer’s + in-game XMB.
NeutralJames Allan Brady December 19, 2007
how about some better friggin games!
i dont really lust after a PS3, partly because i dont have an HD display to enjoy Blu-Ray movies on, but mostly because i have yet to see a game for the system that really ripped at my attention
-1Akbar December 19, 2007
I don’t have a HDTV either but I have a PS3, but I’m hoping to upgrade to a HDTV soon. I’d like a in game and in stuff like F@H and the PS store XMB. Then you won’t have to stop your music to play or enter the PS store or run F@H. Also I’d like connectivity with other Sony stuff like Sony Ericsson mobiles, that should be good. I don’t know what the writer’s PS3 wish list is talking about, but why not have them too.
I disagree with the previous comment because you can clearly see Sony are trying hard with 15 1st party game studios working on games – more than Microsoft and Nintendo put together. And they have some good games, less than preferred but they have had little time to make games. And the PS3’s exclusive game list looks very good for next year.
NeutralPAPERNUT December 19, 2007
1080i scaling for all games for those with TVs that do not support 720P or games with no 1080 support.
Neutraldocaquatic December 19, 2007
upgrade to hdtv already!!! Don’t buy anything until you start with the tv…it’s like complaining that your dvd’s don’t play on your classic beta max!
NeutralDaniel Lim December 19, 2007
“1080i scaling for all games for those with TVs that do not support 720P or games with no 1080 support.”
Interesting you mentioned that, I have the video out checked at 1080p only and my first game (FIFA 2008 by the way) looked rather horrible. It was defaulted to 480p! The game mode doesn’t upscale to 1080p or rescale to 1080i other than native 720p. That issue should be addressed.
Hope the price on HDTV continues to drop to the level that we all can enjoy a more affordable HD display.
I will leave the game talk to ya hardcode gamer although I did recently complete the 10 level of MOH airborne in rather discouraging ‘beginner’ mode. :) That’s a start right?
+1PAPERNUT December 19, 2007
[quote comment="32715"]upgrade to hdtv already!!! Don’t buy anything until you start with the tv…it’s like complaining that your dvd’s don’t play on your classic beta max![/quote]
I have an HDTV. It works perfectly with my HD DirecTV and 360, but the PS3 does not support scaling games in native 720P to 1080i. Anything like that is scaled down to 480P. Amazingly the PS3 is about the only device that does not do scaling like this and if they want to keep talking superiority over the 360, perhaps they should help the many early HDTV adopters that are not ready to upgrade from their perfectly fine HDTV!
Thank you…
NeutralAriel December 19, 2007
now we have divx, hopely the next will be xvid, x264, h264, ffdshow, and the option of manage the zize of the videos( in vertical and horizontal) because some videos can’t fit in many tv’s , that will max out the multimedia function of the ps3
NeutralDrunkenFcuk December 20, 2007
I want 1080i in PAL format, instead of just NTSC. I have a PAL edition of the PS3, and it doesn’t even output HD in PAL! How stupid is that?!?
Neutralps3 wishlist February 18, 2008
this is what the ps3 needs to compete with the next xbox.
1gb of additional ram. I know the games wont be able to use it but its not for the games.
this memory would be for doing background task, such as downloads. also converting bluray dvds would be quicker. with extra memory you could play a game and stream a movie to a psp at the sametime.
allow remote play at the sametime the console is in use. whatever you are doing on the console will be locked in remote play.
allow wifi streaming of HD movies to a wifi tv, they are out there.
work out a deal with u.s. tv and cable and offer dvr for america.
add usb connection on back and front.
ability to use 2 cameras for stereo vision and true depth perception.
offer tv ps3 version with 320 or 500gb hdd.
include infared port for universal remotes
ability to push content to windows media server
push content to ipod and pull from.
more support for web plugins for videos and other cotent
with having 1gb additional memory and large hdd adding linux would be worth it. this would be a very powerful system with linux. could add external bluray burner and rip from ps3 and burn from it.
better compatability with itunes and istore
while playing a game it would use the memory the std console has and then if it was streaming a movie to a different tv it would use the other memory (1gb add on of ram)and 2 cells could be used for the movie and the other 5 for the game. or whatever config works.
it also needs to be able to record 2 chanels of cable of dish while playing a game.
if sony could make a ps3 or ps4 like this I would totally be in electronic heaven. I mite even by a second unit for upstairs. then I could do away with paying for the dvr box and dvr service. still have to have the hd box i guess.
sony… the ps3 will need more memory.
home and little big planet will be more huge than sony expects. there gonna be massively huge, changing huge.
Neutral