Okay...Do you mind telling me then...How can I register my PSN ? DO I have to pay ? When I was registering my Warranty in asia.playstation.com -- > Singapore....
It wants me to give them the model type of my Ps3...I wanted to choose but they gave me noting and I can't complete my registeration...Any way can help me ?

Is Microsoft LifeChat LX 3000 Headset compatible with PS3?
When connecting PS3 to a pc monitor using hdmi to dvi cable, can usb headset be used for audio?

I will buy a PS3 soon and I got a Ton of Questions

1. can ps3 play dvds movies i mean the ahem dvd movies (copi ones?) not the original dvd movies ?? without any region thingy

2. If i upgrade my HDD from 80gb or 40 gb to higher capacity will it void my ps3's warranty? and will it damage the ps3 ?

3. New PS3 is selling at rm 1800 for 80gb with bundled games and everything when can we buy  separate console only it says 80 gb price is rm 1600 will it be available soon?

4. Should I buy PS3 40 gb @ rm 1250-rm 1300 now what will be my disadvantages except for the extra 40gb?

5. How much does hdmi good cables cost?

Another 2 questions for HDD upgrade can i use 3.5 inch drives 500b gb ones? will it have any trouble? or formating trouble?

for hdmi cables if i go with rm 20 cheap cables will it affect the quality of gameplay video or video playback because i want good quality video playback  what s the diffrence with rm 50 rm 70 cables?

I have a question regarding av cables. Just bought my ps3 during launch, was playing at my bro's house in KL using an additional HDMI cable. Now I'm back in my home, only to notice my LCD Philips supports only HDTV and DVI.

Is there a resolution difference between HDTV and DVI? Should I be getting a DVI-to-HDMI cable or a HDTV AV component instead?? Help greatly appreciated. Thanks.

hi guys, another newbie here who got the ps3 yesterday at the launch. having had experience using the psp, i found the initial setup a breeze. However, when i wanted to register to psn, the system mentioned that i needed to do a system update first.

invoking the system update feature, it said the new firmware was 2.43. ok, so i then proceeded to do a system update. It connected to server, then after 30mins, only had 1% progress, then stopped with an error connecting to server. why is this so? i tried 3 times and still can't get the blasted thing updated! pls help

Thanks GamersFamilia and SSJBen... am downloading it onto my PC now.

Oh, another really silly question - I was going through the instructions for Resistance, it seems there should be a little compartment next to the BD slot, which flips open to reveal MS, SD and a variety of input slots. Err.... how come mine doesnt flip open!? Also checked the user manual and there's nothing on it. The only inputs are the USB slots at the bottom of this hidden lid ???

Thank you SSJBen for your reply
Below is a low quality pic of my Philips LCD TV



As seen here, my TV has DVI, PC and HD connector. No HDMI.
What should I do with the audio connector next to the DVI?? I don't think a DVI-HDMI cable has an audio jack. Neither does my PS3 has a audio output.

hey guys,inside ps3 setting,under the display setting,did you guys switch on the cross color reduction filter? what did it do? and how bout the RGB full range (HDMI)? and also the super-white?

Need to understand more about the audio decoding for PS3.

I have a 32'LCD, Old Denon Amp (which is only doing AC3 or dolby Digital) with No sub output.

Now the question is that If I would like to purchase the BD can I still get atleast a normal Digital Decode sound?

As I am planning to get a new amp but the one I am looking at is Yamaha 863 or Onkyo 606. The problem is that this two amp cost about 3k. Don't really want to spend this kind of money. As all my speaker is not proper for HT. Still need to save some money for speaker and cable.

I understand that Yamaha 663 also have HDMI cable in and out but it is only passing and not doing any upscale. Is it worth it to get 663 or the 863/606. Please advice

they told me ps3 has auto upscaling to 1080p. so u dun nid to worry bout your whether your amp has upscaling ability or not

except for the coming Wipeout HD, 1080P with 60 frame-per-second

so regarding hdmi:

ps3's at the moment are equipped with hdmi 1.3, so you have the options of RGB Full Range being optimized. so to take advantage of hdmi 1.3, i must specifically have a hdmi 1.3 cable?

or are all hdmi cables the same?

what did u mean 'works another way round'?

my only question, if we have a ps3 with games/movies capable of 1080p, we doesnt need to worry that an AVR has the abilty to upscale or not right??

No sure whether my denon have any optical in as is a 10 year old model. Denon 8xx. What i wish to learn is that if I am just using the avi cable can the amp still do the decode? or I have to get the optical or HDMI cable in order for the amp to be able to decode?

what i mean is.. all my movies/games support 1080p. and i still need an avr to 'force' upscale? im not talking bout those titles that doesnt support 1080p =.=

Yes HDMI is not there but not sure about the optical will check it out tonight.

If no optical meaning does that means if I buy a BD then I can't use the PS3 to decode and use my amp to do the job?

hey i got a prob i can't seem to solve

my audio is channeled out using HDMI to my lcd monitor, and i've connected 3.5mm audio cable from lcd monitor audio output to my 2.1 speakers.

i get good sound, but the only problem is it has this fading in effect whenever anything with audio starts. and the fading in usually starts a few seconds late. so if let's say i load a game which has an opening movie, the movie will play with no sound at all first, and then after a few seconds, the sound comes fading in from soft, right up to normal volume. so usually i'll miss the first few seconds of audio. it's nothing big but it's getting abit annoying, especially when there's in-game cutscenes and you want to catch the dialogue in the beginning.

same effect happens in the XMB front panel. when i move around my cursor to the different icons slowly, no sound. but when i start moving fast enough, making it generating more sound back to back, then the fading in starts.

any idea how to solve this?

much appreciated

how to know if the HDMI cable is 1.0 or 1.3??
wats the diff?? ty

hi old timer... just bought my ps3 malaysia yesterday (21/09)
just a few question here...

1- i wonder why my ps3 cant detact my ext hdd but can detact my thumbdrive no problem at all

2- is it a soul calibre software preinstall inside the hdd? coz mine nothing inside...

thanks all..

I just get my ps3 from the offical launch in 20 sep 2008.. my set is a malaysia set.. well  in the PSN there is no Malaysia in the country column.. which country is recommended to choose? or i should wait for Malaysia PSN?

last night i lost the sound while playing the cod4 online but carried on playing as this was not an issue ...then when the game was won ....i lost the picture ....so i turned the system off then back on ...but there was no cod4 disc listed i..... then ejected the disc gave it a clean .....and then put it back in but the disc is still not listed .......so i then tried another disc and the same thing not listed by then...i turned off the system...unplug the plug and switch on back the system everything is fine(able to play the game)...a couple minutes later though...the same thing happened to me again..

is there anything that i can do to cure this problem that i seem to be having

cheers..
ill give a try later morning... 

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Added on September 23, 2008, 3:40 am

if u cant wait...n if u want download loads of demo games or add ons...go for US......anyway...i tried again....with cod4  n still same thing happened...with pes2008 too...hmmm looks like my lens dah mati leh...but the weird thing is.....still can read the disc..but after a while playing....it turned 'blank screen' ...oh yea mine is 60gb SG set...the warranty still got a month left ...is it possible...to send to our local sony stores..under warranty?

Yupe so sad, thanks for the help. Anyway i check yesterday night my amp doesn't have any optical in. Thus, I think i have to purchase a new amp loh  .  Just need to know if I want to get the 8Channel LPCM does yamaha 663 able to do the job or I have to get more high end amp? Low on cash lah . Or any amp with HMDI in will do the job. Please advice.

i have a few questions here

just got my ps3 at the official launching. i tried setting up the connection via wifi but only managed to get 7%(about 12-15 meters straight distance from my router). i tried a wifi boosting solution(windsurfer) and got it boosted to 25-35%. my question is, is there anything more i can do to increase the signal. my laptop could get 100% from the same area and i am aware that the ps3's wifi receiver isn't the best thing out there.

furthermore, how will the low signal affect my online gaming? though it's only 35%, i can surf the net with relative speed to my laptop though i'm not sure about how gaming goes. streaming music and videos from my pc is painfully slow and not even worth it. connecting the ps3 using a cable would require a 30 meter one at least and it's going to make my house look messy. any suggestions?

oh, is the position of the ps3 relevant? as in if it is horizontal or vertical, will i get more signal?

one more thing, i tried connecting my psp to the ps3 but it says my psp firmware is outdated(i'm using custom firmware 3.71) is upgrading my custom firmware going to solve this or will the ps3 not recognize any custom firmware?

Well thx for your suggestion.. Anyway i have encounter a prob if we create a PSN US Account we need to use US credit card to purchase the stuff right? we can't use Malaysian Credit Card?

I also use wired lan. lucky near. got security error bla bla. so just jolok wire baru diam

nway, I notice, at least register 2 PSN. 1 US, 1 SG. SG to play games online(maybe faster?), US to download demo coz got many demos than SG.