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Posted by ChairmanOfTheBored on 01/06/08 13:34
On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:54:07 -0600, Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons@mac.com>
wrote:
>In article <wMXfj.378$vX6.248@trndny05>,
> Derek Janssen <ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>>
>> > In article <47803d42$0$10968$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
>> > Gary Morrison <mr88cet@texas.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>Thanks for the thoughts.
>> >>
>> >>Lloyd Parsons wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>I guess you don't have one...
>> >>
>> >>Correct, I don't yet, but I intend to get one soon, but probably a
>> >>Samsung BD-UP5000.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>Constant firmware upgrades. Almost everytime a new blockbuster comes
>> >>>out.
>> >>
>> >>So I gather that HD-DVD players don't have similar upgrade issues?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Not as often.
>> >
>> >
>> >>I've heard about players having Ethernet connections for firmware
>> >>updates. How does one perform these firmware upgrades? Do you hook it
>> >>up to your Ethernet router and then do some sort of command from its
>> >>menus to tell it to search for firmware upgrades?
>> >
>> > The HDDVD players all have ethernet, most BD players don't.
>>
>> No, the only BD player I've got just has a built-in Bluetooth Ethernet
>> connection
>> Which means I can't connect a cable to my living room, I just have to
>> download all my Profile 1.1 updates on the Settings menu directly from
>> Sony's own network over wireless...
>>
>> (See, that's the problem with PS3 owners, we just *can't figure out*
>> what all this "slow loading" and "no 1.1" complaining stuff is about--
>> Is it, like, actually happening somewhere, or is it another one of those
>> urban legends still hanging around from '06?) 0_o??
>>
>> Derek Janssen
>> ejanss1@verizon.net
>
>Uh, Derek, your PS3 doesn't have a 'bluetooth ethernet' connection. It
>has a wireless ethernet connection which is a different thing.
Correct. WiFi. The BT is for wireless peripherals, etc.
>
>The Bluetooth in the PS3 is for the controller and other remote items.
>Has nothing to do with ethernet at all.
Not "remote"... "peripheral".
>And, yes the PS3 is the best of the bunch of BD players by a big margin.
Yes. By far. Far more versatile. My 1.4TB PS3 has Linux, movies, and
more...
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