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by **CeeBeeUK** on Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:08 am

Ebuyer has one for under a ton, not sure on the reliability of Toshiba drives though.

by **LaDracul** on Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:16 am

Checked out Gamestop.com, and their refurbished 60mgs go for $430. So maybe I MIGHT consider it, but the thought of going to Wizard World or putting more money towards Japan may win over...

by **Fievel** on Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:00 pm

CeeBeeUK wrote:Ebuyer has one for under a ton, not sure on the reliability of Toshiba drives though.

Putting a Toshiba hard drive on the biggest selling Blu-ray player... OH THE IRONY!! :lol:

by **King Psyz** on Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:24 pm

it is ALF easy to add a HDD to the PS3, in fact I'm looking at the port right now because of where the PS3 sits and it really is three screws and slide one out and the other in.

I am waiting to see if PSN goes to TV show and Movie downloads, I know it's coming but I am holding off on the purchase til that day is actually here.

by **CeeBeeUK** on Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:38 pm

Fievel wrote:
CeeBeeUK wrote:Ebuyer has one for under a ton, not sure on the reliability of Toshiba drives though.

Putting a Toshiba hard drive on the biggest selling Blu-ray player... OH THE IRONY!!

I had a wry smile as I typed it

by **godzillasushi** on Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:00 pm

King Psyz wrote:I am waiting to see if PSN goes to TV show and Movie downloads, I know it's coming but I am holding off on the purchase til that day is actually here.

Netflix has their name out there recently. I'm not sure if they are shooting for an either/or situation between MS and Sony but a monthly fee for unlimited downloads would be a great service. Hopefully Sony moves that way. I really like getting movies off XBL and the storage issue hasn't been an issue for me. I think people are lazy about cleaning out demo's for games from 2006.

by **King Psyz** on Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:04 pm

well sony signed a deal with divx to encode all of their TV properties right around the time the PS3 update added DIVX playback...

so I'd say if nothing else we're getting some sony owned TV shows soon. Movies are probablly waiting til they can get a good 1080p streaming sollution going since they're all about true HD as they put it.

by **godzillasushi** on Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:09 pm

I hadn't thought about streaming HD admittedly.

And Sony does have a lot of entertainment media going for it. They'll figure it out. It's Sony.

But then....do they want to move into HD downloads when they also want Blu-Ray supported.....but then Netflix has Blu-Ray's now.....and MS could do Blu-Ray add-ons.....oh the headaches of a post-format war.....

by **King Psyz** on Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:13 pm

that's why I think they'll only go HD streaming using the HDD as a buffer.

if they do downloads I see them pushing 720p and then offering a click to buy now option and you get ful use of the online version and the BD in the mail.

by **CeeBeeUK** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:36 am

Pop quiz hotshots.

I have just got Â£50 off a mate, I want to buy COD4 and Burnout Paradise, but can only afford one...

What do you do? What do you do?

You have one hour...

by **Fawst** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:49 am

COD4. No contest. One of the best FPS's I've ever played. Graphically, it's amazing. Constantly runs smooth at 60fps. I think I found ONE moment of slowdown in the whole thing. Multiplayer is godly. It's one of the most varied and "never boring" multiplayer games I've had the pleasure of playing.

Burnout Paradise... I can't comment on. I don't own it, and only played the disappointing demo. Put it this way, if you're in the mood for a fun shooter, buy COD4. If you're in the mood for driving, buy BP

by **King Psyz** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:12 pm

if you buy Burnout you can play me, if you buy COD4 you can play everyone else... :cry:

by **CeeBeeUK** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:42 pm

Well with one vote each, I'll head to HMV and see what I can get...

I want both, so eventually I'll be able to play everyone!

by **stereosforgeeks** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:47 pm

except for me as I have neither

by **CeeBeeUK** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:06 pm

stereosforgeeks wrote:except for me as I have neither

BP it was. Damn, COD 4 is hard to find in shops.

by **King Psyz** on Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:57 pm

don't be sad, you can race me online and get a preview of all the rad ass cars available (68 of 80 as of yesterday)

by **CeeBeeUK** on Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:42 am

I had the worst 'playstation claw' last night, damn Burnout!

My, "I'll just drive around for a bit and try a few races", became a 4 hour session that left me unable to unclench my hands.

I've got 8(!) cars and found just over 100 smashes, my C class license and a few Awards.

One question, what is a Showtime Road Rule? Award 3 is, set a Showtime Road Rule on East Crawford Drive. I set a fastest time, so is a road rule the crashing (L1 + R1)sub game?

by **King Psyz** on Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:53 am

yup, that's exactly what it is. I'd wait til you get the mini van or something simillar to do the showtimes and make sure you have a full boost gauge.

by **CeeBeeUK** on Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:16 am

King Psyz wrote:yup, that's exactly what it is. I'd wait til you get the mini van or something simillar to do the showtimes and make sure you have a full boost gauge.

Is the the Krieger Pioneer?

I finally got online last night. After opening the ports on my router, I managed to complete my first on-line challenge, and badly lost my first race!

Expanded HDD is ordered and I'll let you know how it goes...

by **Evil Hobbit** on Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:31 pm

New system update. It's downloading now, I wonder what the update does. Any news?

by **King Psyz** on Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:59 pm

we had that last week, supposedly it's fairly minor bug patch. something to do with time zones and flash in the internet browser.

by **King Psyz** on Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:07 pm

WOO HOO IT'S OFFICIAL!

PS3 IS NOW BDLIVE(2.0) COMPATIBLE!

Download the firmware 2.20 to get all the new BDLIVE features.

by **Zarles** on Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:13 pm

My shut-in friend just bought a PS3, but doesn't have an HDTV. How bad is the difference in picture going to be on a regular TV set?

by **King Psyz** on Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:29 am

I dont know, I refused to even consider a PS3 until I got my HDTV.

Your pal will really wanna upgrade soon. You can get a passable HDTV like I did for about $600. Once you go HDTV you don't go back.

by **CeeBeeUK** on Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:57 am

King Psyz wrote:WOO HOO IT'S OFFICIAL!

PS3 IS NOW BDLIVE(2.0) COMPATIBLE!

Download the firmware 2.20 to get all the new BDLIVE features.

My favourite feature is that it bookmarks all DVDs...

Watching a whole series? Just eject the disc at the end of one episode, and it'll start right up there the next time you put the disc in! \o/ Bookmarked DVDs FTW!!!111!!

by **Fawst** on Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:08 am

CeeBeeUK wrote:
King Psyz wrote:WOO HOO IT'S OFFICIAL!

PS3 IS NOW BDLIVE(2.0) COMPATIBLE!

Download the firmware 2.20 to get all the new BDLIVE features.

My favourite feature is that it bookmarks all DVDs...

I think Moriarty's favorite feature is the complete and utter brickification of the PS3.

Actually, that's not fair, his got bricked a month and a half ago. The new one he got in the mail was messed up from the start, and after the update it was a brick. Poor guy. Sony can be fucking stupid sometimes. My friend bought a refurbished PS2 back in the day, DIRECTLY FROM SONY. Then the network adapter came out, he bought it, aaaaaaaand... it didn't work. He called up, found out that the N.A. wasn't compatible with refurbs. Brillant, Sony. Brilliant. Took them 6 weeks to get him a new system that would work with it.

by **RogueScribner** on Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:04 pm

Yeah, that Mori piece was a bit disheartening. Within the year I'd like to be next-gen, but I don't know if I feel comfortable making a choice yet.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:16 pm

Fawst wrote:
CeeBeeUK wrote:
King Psyz wrote:WOO HOO IT'S OFFICIAL!

PS3 IS NOW BDLIVE(2.0) COMPATIBLE!

Download the firmware 2.20 to get all the new BDLIVE features.

My favourite feature is that it bookmarks all DVDs...

I think Moriarty's favorite feature is the complete and utter brickification of the PS3.

Actually, that's not fair, his got bricked a month and a half ago. The new one he got in the mail was messed up from the start, and after the update it was a brick. Poor guy. Sony can be fucking stupid sometimes. My friend bought a refurbished PS2 back in the day, DIRECTLY FROM SONY. Then the network adapter came out, he bought it, aaaaaaaand... it didn't work. He called up, found out that the N.A. wasn't compatible with refurbs. Brillant, Sony. Brilliant. Took them 6 weeks to get him a new system that would work with it.

He was just unlucky. PS3's have a tiny failure rate compared to the 360s.

by **TheBaxter** on Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:18 pm

stereosforgeeks wrote:
Fawst wrote:[quote ="CeeBeeUK"]
King Psyz wrote:WOO HOO IT'S OFFICIAL!

PS3 IS NOW BDLIVE(2.0) COMPATIBLE!

Download the firmware 2.20 to get all the new BDLIVE features.

My favourite feature is that it bookmarks all DVDs...

I think Moriarty's favorite feature is the complete and utter brickification of the PS3.

Actually, that's not fair, his got bricked a month and a half ago. The new one he got in the mail was messed up from the start, and after the update it was a brick. Poor guy. Sony can be fucking stupid sometimes. My friend bought a refurbished PS2 back in the day, DIRECTLY FROM SONY. Then the network adapter came out, he bought it, aaaaaaaand... it didn't work. He called up, found out that the N.A. wasn't compatible with refurbs. Brillant, Sony. Brilliant. Took them 6 weeks to get him a new system that would work with it.

He was just unlucky. PS3's have a tiny failure rate compared to the 360s.[/quote]

he was unlucky, AND sony screwed him over by trying to fix and send back the same PS3 instead of replacing it. it's obvious the one he got back wasn't a new one, and wasn't really fixed.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:49 pm

TheBaxter wrote:
stereosforgeeks wrote:
Fawst wrote:
CeeBeeUK wrote:
King Psyz wrote:WOO HOO IT'S OFFICIAL!

PS3 IS NOW BDLIVE(2.0) COMPATIBLE!

Download the firmware 2.20 to get all the new BDLIVE features.

My favourite feature is that it bookmarks all DVDs...

I think Moriarty's favorite feature is the complete and utter brickification of the PS3.

Actually, that's not fair, his got bricked a month and a half ago. The new one he got in the mail was messed up from the start, and after the update it was a brick. Poor guy. Sony can be fucking stupid sometimes. My friend bought a refurbished PS2 back in the day, DIRECTLY FROM SONY. Then the network adapter came out, he bought it, aaaaaaaand... it didn't work. He called up, found out that the N.A. wasn't compatible with refurbs. Brillant, Sony. Brilliant. Took them 6 weeks to get him a new system that would work with it.

He was just unlucky. PS3's have a tiny failure rate compared to the 360s.

he was unlucky, AND sony screwed him over by trying to fix and send back the same PS3 instead of replacing it. it's obvious the one he got back wasn't a new one, and wasn't really fixed.

Yeah totally. What fuckers, eh?

by **stereosforgeeks** on Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:36 am

Reposting for new people with PS3s.

PSNs wrote:Wonka = wonkabeer
King Psyz = kingpsyz
stereosforgeeks = stereosforgeeks
CeeBeeUK = CeeBeeUK
Brabs = brabs1

who else?

by **Fawst** on Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:31 pm

Glad this thread got dragged out again, can anyone tell me what the deal is with PS1 backwards compatibility? Is it available on the 80 gig system?

I'd prefer to find an unopened 60 gig and just replace the hard drive, to get hardware B/C for PS2, but I'm specifically wondering which versions of the PS3 can play PS1 games.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:43 pm

Fawst wrote:Glad this thread got dragged out again, can anyone tell me what the deal is with PS1 backwards compatibility? Is it available on the 80 gig system?

I'd prefer to find an unopened 60 gig and just replace the hard drive, to get hardware B/C for PS2, but I'm specifically wondering which versions of the PS3 can play PS1 games.

Well you can download some PS1 games. I assume that works on all systems. The backwards compatability of PS1 games i assume works on any backwards compatable system, aka 60GB and 80 GB.

by **King Psyz** on Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:23 pm

honestly I found nothing wrong so far with the software B/C in my 80gig PS3. plus if you don't have one yet you can get the MGS4 PS3 with the game, special gunmetal gray finish (less dust and fingerprint appearance issues) and the dualshock 3 not a plain sixaxis.

by **King Psyz** on Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:39 pm

OMFG GT5 Prolouge is the shizz!

by **CeeBeeUK** on Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:48 am

One stunt run left to get my Elite license in Burnout.

Then it's just the online challenges... :shock:

by **stereosforgeeks** on Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:16 am

King Psyz wrote:OMFG GT5 Prolouge is the shizz!

Been thinking about picking this up but between GT5: Prologue, MarioKart Wii, and GTA IV I'm not sure my wallet can handle it all.

by **King Psyz** on Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:21 am

stereosforgeeks wrote:
King Psyz wrote:OMFG GT5 Prolouge is the shizz!

Been thinking about picking this up but between GT5: Prologue, MarioKart Wii, and GTA IV I'm not sure my wallet can handle it all.

gamefly yo

by **stereosforgeeks** on Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:28 am

King Psyz wrote:
stereosforgeeks wrote:
King Psyz wrote:OMFG GT5 Prolouge is the shizz!

Been thinking about picking this up but between GT5: Prologue, MarioKart Wii, and GTA IV I'm not sure my wallet can handle it all.

gamefly yo

True true. I think GT5 would be the only one id gamefly though. I think i'll want to keep the others.

by **King Psyz** on Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:47 am

well if you dont mind used games you can basically keep the games you rent for a discount off retail and then they ship the untouched box and inserts.

plus I find I buy less games when I'm signed up.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:52 am

King Psyz wrote:well if you dont mind used games you can basically keep the games you rent for a discount off retail and then they ship the untouched box and inserts.

plus I find I buy less games when I'm signed up.

I didnt realize that! Sounds like a good option.

by **King Psyz** on Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:55 am

stereosforgeeks wrote:
King Psyz wrote:well if you dont mind used games you can basically keep the games you rent for a discount off retail and then they ship the untouched box and inserts.

plus I find I buy less games when I'm signed up.

I didnt realize that! Sounds like a good option.

be sure to use this referral link so I can get a DS if enough people do it...

http://friends.GameFly.com/r/8a314a82629e102b919d

:wink:

by **stereosforgeeks** on Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:48 pm

King Psyz wrote:
stereosforgeeks wrote:
King Psyz wrote:well if you dont mind used games you can basically keep the games you rent for a discount off retail and then they ship the untouched box and inserts.

plus I find I buy less games when I'm signed up.

I didnt realize that! Sounds like a good option.

be sure to use this referral link so I can get a DS if enough people do it...

http://friends.GameFly.com/r/8a314a82629e102b919d

I'll be sure to use it if I sign up.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Tue May 06, 2008 12:09 pm

Live Blogging Playstation Day 2008

by **Fievel** on Tue May 06, 2008 12:13 pm

No Killzone 2 until February 2009!?!?

I feel better for not having a PS3 yet.

by **stereosforgeeks** on Tue May 06, 2008 12:15 pm

Fievel wrote:No Killzone 2 until February 2009!?!?

I feel better for not having a PS3 yet.

You shouldnt

You need to get on that.

by **Fawst** on Wed May 07, 2008 2:24 pm

Hey King, so your 80gb model with software emulation for PS2 B/C does or does not play PS1 discs when they are put into the drive? People on the Penny Arcade forums keep whining about how the PS3 "doesn't have B/C anymore," and I think they're confusing software replacing hardware.

I mean, you are still be able to go into your 80gb's system settings and create a PS1 memory card on the hard drive, right?

by **havocSchultz** on Wed May 07, 2008 2:29 pm

I see a Playstation 4 thread rising...

by **stereosforgeeks** on Wed May 07, 2008 2:32 pm

havocSchultz wrote:I see a Playstation 4 thread rising...

and an Xbox 720?

by **havocSchultz** on Wed May 07, 2008 2:34 pm

Now that's just silly!

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