Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 10/17/07 04:05

In article <ji0bh3hg5fpof7pkromm4kdfst6htpafhv@4ax.com>,
AnimalMagic <AnimalMagic@petersbackyard.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:54:06 -0500, Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons@mac.com>
> wrote:
>
> >The PS3 is the only real saving grace in the BD camp and even it isn't
> >safe. Lots of the BD fan club is convinced that the PS3 can and will be
> >upgraded to the new profiles, but Sony has been completely mum about it.
> >And then there is the issue of the PS3 being a game machine and lots of
> >us wouldn't buy it at all because of that.
>
>
> Upgrade? Where have you been? The PS3 NOW does True HD non compressed
> audio.
>
> My PS3 has a 120GB HD in it, and that is only for now. Next week, it
> jumps to 320GB, and it will have at least three Linux distros on it.
>
> It will use a 7200rpm 3.5" HD and not a squeamish laptop drive, and I
> will develop Cell BE applications on it.
>
> It also plays HD BR movies.
>
> It ALSO plays games.
>
> Hell, the linux install I have has over 6000 of the old, full upright
> arcade games and SDL Mame on it. Those games are bigger on my box than
> they ever were in any stinking arcade!
>
> PS3s are cool!

Nothing wrong with the PS3 except for the poor sales compared to other
gaming systems, and the relative lack of quality games specifically for
it.

But TrueHD has exactly zero to do with Profile 1.1. Profile 1.1, among
other things, requires interactivity like PIP and such. While the
feeling is that the PS3 has enough ooomph to be upgraded via firmware to
that new profile, Sony is completely mum about it.

So maybe you should answer where you've been! :-)

And that is the point. Even assuming that the PS3 will be upgraded to
the new profile, all the rest of the BD players cannot be. So it is
either buy a new BD player, buy a PS3 or do without the new to BD things
that profile 1.1 allows for.

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