Could be your internet problem. Streamyx has been extremely slow lately.

I already replied to your post at the LCD thread. You can use your USB speakers for your PS3 since its USB powered but not driven. You will need the adapter for audio.

Volume output of video files are not PS3 related. These volume outputs are all encoding related. To solve the problem you need to 'normalise' the volume of the videos which I am not sure if the PS3 has this feature. But in Media Player Classic on Windows they have the normallise feature which eliminates the volume differences between different video files.

1. Woofers cannot corrupt lenses. They can mess the lens by introducing vibrations which will wear out the moving parts in the lens itself.
2. It's safer to place the woofer away from the console, as the vibration caused, depending on your level of volume will be a bad factor for your Hard Disk rather than the lens.
3. And also, the magnetic field generated by the woofer is greater than the speakers, and it's general knowledge that magnets and Hard Drives do not go together pretty well even though there's a very strong magnet in the Hard Drive assembly itself.

But in modern speakers generally available today, they are all mostly shielded, I can say this for PC speakers but as for woofers I'm not entirely sure. The most important factor would be the vibration generated from the woofer rather than the magnetic field, which is why its best to keep the woofer away from the console but it's alright to place the console near the speakers unless you tend to blast your volume until your table rocks and stuff.

Like I said, the worrying factor would be Vibrations rather than Magnetic Fields unless you're using Home Theatre speakers since those are usually not shielded. So it's better to be safe than sorry. Chances are, your Hard Drive will go out first before your lens.

But when it comes to electronics, you cannot say for sure when will that component die. So if you have a console that has a faulty lens, it could just be it's time for death and not any other external factors causing the failure.

Either open it up or test it with a CRT.

But for speakers to be strong enough to kill hard drives, just place a few paper clips near the speakers. Or directly against the back portion of the speaker, if it doesn't stick then you should have nothing to worry about.

PS3 has a Universal Power Supply so it supports Voltage Ranges from 110V to 240V.

No, because PS3 isn't x86 based nor is it running Windows.

Warranty is warranted by the company residing in the country itself usually. Unless of course, the HQ decides to implement a standard international warranty to it's particular product.

So yeah, you buy in Singapore, you'll only be covered in Singapore, or rather, need to go back to Singapore to get your warranty claim.

I have a Singapore Set, bought from Pbbseller, no problems as of yet, and I hope not lol. But yeah, I live in JB so it's convenient for me to claim the warranty if something happens or hand it over to Pbbseller to do it for me.

3.4 is notorious for freezing problems. I never froze in wkc before but now I get them randomly.

Your problem could be the the BD Drive going out. It's unlikely to be the firmware's problem as you've already upgraded it several times. But if you care to try, you could replace the Hard Drive, because most of the firmware files are dumped onto the Hard Drive and operated through there.

But I'd still say it's the BD Drive that's causing your problem.

No need for any converters. You just use the supplied Sony A/V composite cable and plug the Red and White jacks into the speaker. You need to plug it into the Audio In section.

Tried setting it to Automatic for the options that they give you?

Some projectors come with HDMI ports so you don't need any converters. Some don't have HDMI but comes with Component or DVI. Just follow the same thing back in Page 1 and you'll be ok.

If its repair after the warranty period I think it should be ok but you need to check with Sony Malaysia about it. But if it's warranty claim then you'd have to go back to Singapore to get it.

Most likely the firmware files on the HDD got corrupted. Follow shahreza's advice to see if it fixes your problem.

There are older/budget displays having the Green Audio In Jack but lack HDMI. For this, ps3roxor you just follow the usual steps in getting the Y splitter to convert the two Red and White Audio jacks to one single 3.5mm (IIRC) Green Audio Male plug.

Of course, make sure that display supports HDCP first because I have no idea whether your display is an old one or a budget model.

This post has been edited by ffrulz: Sep 17 2010, 06:51 PM