Maybe. But if you ask me, better be safe.

HDMI is digital not analogue. The audio/picture won't be affected between diferent cables. If signal is 010101, the receiver should get the same 010101.

Now the only quality you need to worry is the physical built of the cable itself, the insulation, etc.

Branded cables may last longer, that's all. The picture/audio quality will not be any different. Only make sure it supports version 1.3a, and length not more than 5 meters.

Yes, sure can one through firmware update.

But I doubt Sony will give us that. Unlike DiVX, which some video camera uses widely, MKV is a format that is not used for consumer products. Legal HD movie downloads (Amazon or Apple) uses h264 in MP4 or MOV container, not MKV.

MKV right now only used for illegal HD rips. Supporting it now is very much like supporting piracy. But the future may change though. I would like MKV support too.

That's right.

Sorry if my instructions not clear, but glad you finally got it. Have fun bro.

I can hear fine. Maybe your receiver? Some receiver can't process AAC.

When AAC is disabled in the sound setting, PS3 will decode it and send it as PCM.

So just turn off AAC.

Your worries are legit, for a standalone player.

For PS3, all of those can be easily done through firmware update. PS3 is future-proof BD player. When I bought it, there was no DiVX support, no Profile 1.1, etc but now after few minutes of update, it's done.

Except for HBR audio bitstreaming of course because of hardware, which is no big deal actually (though I still want it, having seen the words "DTS-HD Mstr" & "Dolby TrueHD" on my AV receiver feels great). Having PS3 decodes internally still gets the job done.

PS3's SiL9132 HDMI chip has not proven to be capable of HBR bitstreaming, but not proven otherwise either, so we can't rule out entirely actually. Though most unlikely I must say.

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Added on March 13, 2008, 7:22 amNew 40GB set? There's a new model? CECHI?

Lens improvement huh? Never heard of that.

This post has been edited by aiman04: Mar 13 2008, 07:22 AM

All widescreen TV aspect ratio is 1.78:1 while widescreen monitors is 1.60:1. That's where the extra vertical pixels come from.

At 2k you can get a decent 32" LCD TV.

PC? Oh, I thought he want to use it for PS3? OK, my bad!

But my TV has a PC mode.

In your dream!

I'm using it. You'll never reach that 3.6 mb speed. That's just a theoretical HSDPA speed at best efforts. There are times I can't even get connected, there are times that it's so slow.

But it's not that bad actually. There are also times it was so good. Once I downloaded 8 GB MKV file in 10 hours only. Some people might not be lucky though.

That speed happens like once a month. Usually takes one whole day to download 4 GB.

But I'm not using torrent, I heard people say torrent speed is bad, and only can do 12-5 am everyday.

Also depends on coverage area, can check with your Maxis 3G phone. If you get strong HSDPA signal area, you should get good speed.

Another thing, the connection is nt affected by rain at all, I can surf normally during thunderstorm (though not recommended, you know la, thunder ma).

But I can't say I fully recommend, a lot of people in the Broadband thread are complaining. Like I said, not everyone is lucky.

I think you just got hit by the rare lens problem. There are a few members here that can fix it for you, like tot31.

PM him here:

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?act=Msg&CODE=04&MID=348

The PS3 is damn heavy, I would only use a trolley to move it.

Even watching BDs need to be online now!

Are you sure the problem with your PS3? Quite impossible for both wired and wireless kaput at the same time I think.

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-zt-49-en-70-2f84.html



But actually, I don't use any stand. PS3 was designed to be able to stand by itself.

This post has been edited by aiman04: Jun 3 2008, 09:15 PM

AVI (DiVX, DiVX-HD),
MP4/remuxed MKVMOV (720p/1080p H264)
MV, WMV-HD
MP3, WMA
etc.

Take note these formats have it's own codec version, some versions may not work.

Depends on your viewing distance bro. It's relative, the distance vs screen size.

What you talking about. Mine is 80GB version, I already upgraded the HDD. It's exactly the same as what you're describing. Take out the blue screw, pull the handle, the HDD will pop out by itself.

I hope your PS3 recovers soon. Just reformat, but I think you'll lose your downloaded games and saves, videos, music, photos, etc. PCs can't read the HDD, it's using a file system that is not NTFS or FAT32.

Well, while you're doing this reformatting, etc, might as well you just upgrade to bigger HDD.

I've never updated my PS3 directly. It's always best to update using USB drive. When you download using PC, you have these download managers with error checking and stuff, at least you can check whether the update file is corrupted or not, using checksum, etc. It'll be much faster too. Downloading using PS3 will take a long time without being able to do anything with it. You can use the PS3 to play games while it's being downloaded with your PC.

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Added on July 3, 2008, 7:44 amJust buy the 2.5" (notebook) SATA HDD.

This post has been edited by aiman04: Jul 3 2008, 07:44 AM

Here are the links for the current 2.40 Firmware.

Japan:

http://djp01.ps3.update.playstation.net/up...f1/PS3UPDAT.PUP

Asia:

http://dsa01.ps3.update.playstation.net/up...f1/PS3UPDAT.PUP

USA:

http://dus01.ps3.update.playstation.net/up...f1/PS3UPDAT.PUP


You can download form any links above actually. But if you're cautious, download the one that's relevant to your PS3's region.

These links are for 2.40 only, new update in the future will be different with the date and checksum.