There are games like that.

Virtua Tennis 3 states it only supports 1080p.....
But by right you can play it on 1080i, 720p, and 480p fine.

Very normal.
There are quite a number of games doing this, MGS4, RE5, GTA4, and Uncharted are of a few that I remember right now.

There are a couple of reasons to this, but the main reason being that the BD-drive spins the disc to play the mini-clip when you start the game. Strange I know because how much is there to read a disc just to play a clip. Theres a couple of other rather technical reasons, but this is one of the easier ones to understand.

Finally, it isn't harmful to your PS3. Don't be so skeptical.

The PS3 is *constantly* playing the small clip.
There are some unknown factors that I'm not too sure about, so I'd rather not bring it up.

Only worth it if you have a 7.1 setup or more.

5.1 wise, while sound distortions may be less apparent(if there is any that is), definitely not worth the money and hassle. Stick to DD and DTS.

Exactly that.
Not to say theres no difference, just that I feel a 7.1 or more setup makes full use of DTS HD.

5.1 is still all nice and well with DD and DTS though.

1) Its a cel-shaded game, AA aren't usually applied in cel-shaded games. More over, PS3 uses quincux AA instead of multi-sampling AA, jaggys are bound to appear when its stretch onto a 1080p screen. More over, you are sitting not more than 3 feet away from your monitor I assume.

2) Upscaling is the big part of it, RE5 on the PS3 has some pretty dismal low-res textures. Its the way the games is made. As for the "ghosting" a.k.a after-images, its your monitor.

3) The actual resolution of Wanted is only 1024x576, which isn't even 720p. Its upscaled through software to 720p and then it has to upscale using your TV to 1080p. Just imagine how much resolution loss is there.

Nothing to do with a bad HDMI cable, because if it is you would get juttery lines over your screen already.

You should also know that many games don't go into its default 720p when you leave 1080p checked under your PS3 settings(unless you have both on). The game will simply output at 480p/576p, which obviously would look horrendous on a 1080p screen.

As to your question, no it wouldn't do a difference. Blurry textures can't be avoided, its just the way it is.


Info is on first page if you even bothered to do do a little bit of research.



Again, info is on first page.

1) This is something I've experienced a couple of weeks ago. The reason why this happened is because "somehow" your controller doesn't come on as player 1 anymore, but instead player 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. You CANNOT turn on your PS3 if the controller isn't in player 1. How this happened, there are various reasons but one of them is improper shutdown/restarts.

- What I did was completely switch off my PS3.
- Then connect my DS3 to my PS3 via a USB cable.
- Then after that, I turn on my PS3 with the power button and then turn on my other SIXAXIS controller.
- Then I set the SIXAXIS controller to player 2.
- After that I turn on my DS3, note that its still connected to the PS3 via the USB cable.
- After turning on, my DS3 is in player 1 automatically.

I turned off my PS3 with the DS3 after that. Then turn it back on again via the power button and turn on the DS3 first.
Problem fixed.

This fix most definitely needs 2 controllers though, as you need to trick the PS3 back into thinking you have a player 1 controller turning it on.


2) If the green light infront of your PS3 is still blinking, it isn't fried. Is it still blinking then?

If you bothered to read the first page:

PS3 > UPDATE > [update file]

Case sensitive.

Thats nuts....
How is online with DiGi broadband with the PS3?

Only thing that is holding me back from the service is that it has bandwidth cap limit per-month.

Streamyx punya pasal.... Not only PSN mass disconnection, about everything disconnects anyway.

Billing address is needed for purchase.

There is an RE5 PS3 bundle if you aren't aware of it......

The bundles really aren't worth while really, atleast for PS3. Simply because those bundles are imported, they get taxed and because our all-mighty currency is so poor you'd have to pay so much for the bundle.

Even the current bundled MY PS3 sets are stupid.
NGS + PS3 = RM1699, PS3 alone is RM1599.

The thing is, NGS is RM110 new. So you're effectively saving only... RM10. Whats more, you could get NGS cheaper 2nd hand anyways.

My suggestion, go to a reputable game store and pick up an MY set PS3. Which is only RM1499-RM1559 at the moment. Then pick up the games you want.

Didn't Yahoo just changed the way you can type on the text editor? As in, its flash based now instead of XML last time. I don't think the PS3 web browser can type on flash-based text editors.

There 2 types seal for PS3 titles.

1 with the PLAYSTATION 3 strip at the bottom.
1 with no strip at the bottom.

However, you have to take note that the plastic wrapper are wrapped tightly(which can only be sealed by machines and not human hands). If not, that means they are opened, re-sealed and being sold again.

All R1 packaging has the PLAYSTATION 3 seal on the bottom, this is a must. SCEA policy, no way out of it.
R2(EU and Jap) and R3 sometimes doesn't have the PLAYSTATION 3 seal on them, but this instance is rather rare. Most games have it.

So, take note.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Apr 19 2009, 01:11 PM

Are they sealed tightly then?

There was a commotion behind the scenes back then when a few producers decided not to use the PLAYSTATION 3 seal because of royalty fees on their game packaging. Can't really remember what game it was though....

Konami games have the seal on them, I've sold alot of MGS4, PES and Silent Hill games and each of them had the seal on them. I'm sure of it.

Rather than just more features taking a toll on XMB-SPU of the Cell, try opening up your PS3 and behold the amount of dust it has inside. Dust build ups just clogs the amount of trapped heat in the PS3. The fan is automated to run at full-speed when theres alot of bottlenecked heat on the bottom side of the console(which means where the Cell and RSX is.

I didn't experience any high speed fan in GTA4 or MGS4 playing in a fan room and in the afternoon after the new firmware updates. Although I do get my fan running at full speed when playing in an exceptionally hot afternoon though, where my room reaches a temp of 26c and above!

Combination?
Uhm... the only sure-fire way to clean your PS3 thoroughly is open it up and clean it with an air-pressured can. If you are thinking that the full-fan speed trick cleans your PS3, think again. It does nothing.

The difference between Philips ambilight and Sony Bravia's.... err, whatever they have.

Its just a fail-safe feature for the fan to work.
For technicians usually to check if the PSU is still working or not.