Search up Staxrip.
It's a little bit technical to use however it is free.

But get to grips with it and it's arguably the best converter out there on the internet, yeah even better than those so called "professional" converters with fancy GUIs.

Generally, it shouldn't affect the PS3.
But it's always bad to turn an electronic off when it's still working through something.

There are many games that even when you pause, the console will continue to process data.

Doesn't matter where, firmwares are universal.

Yes.

You'll resume where it left off.


Downloadable content.

If this was still 2006 and early 2007, yes firmwares will prove to be problemetic between different region of PS3 consoles.

Now?
Just update wherever you want from, firmware for PS3s has been universal for years.
They're all the same file, same MD5 hash, same size... same "same".

2 PS3 systems only.

Check the discs that are giving you problems, there might be cracks in the middle of the disc.
Even a fine small crack will cause problems.

But other games does work?
So it is a little bit weird.

Do all the other games work fine?


Yes it is alright.
But do take note not to waste money on SATA3 SSDs as the PS3 can only utilize SATA 1.5.

Best SSD drive to get for the PS3, Intel 320 G35K 120GB.
Of course, if your budget is bigger.. do feel free to go for the larger storage.


This.

Somewhat.

The truth is, price of alluminium went up lol.
Also the HDD is under the BD-drive... nothing was ever cooling the HDD since the PS3 slim was introduced.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Dec 9 2011, 04:40 PM

Then playing games on your PS3 will also spoil it easily.
Don't get a PS3 is the best solution.

Sometimes the game might be saving or still loading, quitting could lead the PS3 to hang.

I'm logged onto US PSN all fine.
No problems here.

E-mail for PSN cannot be changed, ever.
That's why, next time use Gmail.

Change MTU to 1486 under your settings, both on the PS3 and on your router.

Not advisable to use motion overdrive features for games, especially input senstive based games (this means, FPS, fighting, or driving games).
You will feel input lag (yes it is very noticeable) and everything is unnatural.

So even if you get the Series 6 models from Samsung, you'll just end up disabling it anyways.

Let me reiterate. What I meant is that don't choose or buy a TV simply based on motion overdrive features.
What you want from a TV used for gaming is one with the least input lag and least motion ghosting.

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Added on July 6, 2012, 2:32 pmPlay fighting games like Virtua Fighter 5, SF4 or Tekken where you need to input precise inputs for your attacks.
Also when you try to buffer certain moves for a string combo, your timing could be messed up drastically (remember, in fighting games.. even 50ms of input lag is horrible — something third-person shooters are okay with).

Racing games are not so bad, anything under 100ms is considerably okay still.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Jul 6 2012, 02:32 PM

1080p upscale.
Native resolution of FF13 is 1280x720 without a back buffer.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Aug 3 2012, 02:16 AM

Yes, only major change I know of is 1GB of cloud storage space for PS+ users.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Sep 12 2012, 11:03 AM