PS3 Impressions Yes Another One....

Jimmydeicide · Post by **Jimmydeicide** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:38 pm

Finally the most anticepated download is available for PS3.

The Forcefeedback for wheels in F1 Championship so far the forces are realy strong but it does make steering so much better finally.

We should try it online sometime.
Holla if you still have it.

Wilk5280 · Post by **Wilk5280** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:56 pm

So, let me ask a stupid question.

Maybe I just cannot find it, but is there a place in the dashboard where you can just view all memory sources? Like in the System Blade of the XBOX 360, you can go to memory, select device and see what all is saved on it, how much memory is used up and how much is left?

As far as I can tell, there is no way to see how much space is available on my HD in the PS3.

Jimmydeicide · Post by **Jimmydeicide** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:18 pm

The only help i can give PR is when it gets low it will tell you on the dashboard mine flashes,
"memory low only 500mb left" something like that but i only have the 20 gig.

Wilk5280 · Post by **Wilk5280** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:09 pm

Jimmydeicide wrote:The only help i can give PR is when it gets low it will tell you on the dashboard mine flashes,
"memory low only 500mb left" something like that but i only have the 20 gig.

Right on man, thanks. I don't expect to come close to filling up the 60 gig's anytime soon. It just would be nice to browse your memory sources and see what's up, if you know what I mean.

I really like the PS3 as there's a lot of things to like. However, I think MS really knows what's up when it comes to their dashboard and obviously XBL.

Sony's a ways off in those two departments.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:50 pm

I'm pretty sure when you go to download a movie or game from the PSN you can see how much free space you have left.

Wilk5280 · Post by **Wilk5280** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:50 pm

Yeah, you can. It's just not the same as being able to browse it in the same manner that you can on the 360.

Still learning and dealing with the miner differences.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:53 pm

PRBoom wrote:Still learning and dealing with the miner differences.

Your grammar and your avatar want this quote back.

Wilk5280 · Post by **Wilk5280** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:01 pm

har har har

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:46 pm

There goes the neighborhood!

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:42 pm

I just learned that System Settings/System Information will show you how much HD space you've used and how much you have free. But you can't view by category. Better than nothing.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:48 am

Does anyone know if the PS3 still upscales standard-def DVD's if you use component instead of HDMI?

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:55 pm

Pretty sure HDMI is required for upscaling. That is a requirement set by the DVD Forum.

There may have been one or two Chinese players doing upscaling by component which they're not suppose to allow.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:52 pm

Yes, HDMI is required for upscaling. Same thing holds true with my Toshiba HD-DVD player as well.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:59 pm

Looks like I will be joining the PS3 club this weekend. I have a lot of Best Buy gift cards saved up and decided to spend them on a Blu Ray player. The PS3 still appears to be the best BR machine for the buck, and being able to play The Show this year is a very nice bonus. I appreciate everyone's impressions in this thread you all provided a lot of great information.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:39 pm

Brando70 wrote:Looks like I will be joining the PS3 club this weekend. I have a lot of Best Buy gift cards saved up and decided to spend them on a Blu Ray player. The PS3 still appears to be the best BR machine for the buck, and being able to play The Show this year is a very nice bonus. I appreciate everyone's impressions in this thread you all provided a lot of great information.

Welcome aboard Brando. There should be a pretty large contingent who own the PS3 now at DSP. Hopefully, Sony can clean up some of the online issues with The Show. If so, it will be fairly easy to get some online games in with those of us here.

Nozzleman_216 · Post by **Nozzleman_216** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:31 pm

sportdan30 wrote:Welcome aboard Brando. There should be a pretty large contingent who own the PS3 now at DSP. Hopefully, Sony can clean up some of the online issues with The Show. If so, it will be fairly easy to get some online games in with those of us here.

Now that is something I will be looking forward to. I do not think I have played a baseball game online with anyone from here. As a matter of fact, my last diamond purchase was MVP 05 and the College game they put out a year later and the only person I played online with those was my uncle, so I am looking VERY forward to playing with you guys when it comes out. Of course only once I play it and learn the game so I don't get waxed to bad LOL

lsdean · Post by **lsdean** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:00 pm

Brando70 wrote:Looks like I will be joining the PS3 club this weekend. I have a lot of Best Buy gift cards saved up and decided to spend them on a Blu Ray player. The PS3 still appears to be the best BR machine for the buck, and being able to play The Show this year is a very nice bonus. I appreciate everyone's impressions in this thread you all provided a lot of great information.

Brando, this exactly what I did about a week or two ago. Decided on getting a Blu-Ray and the PS3 just made too much sense. Being able to play the Show is definitely an extra bonus.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:30 pm

lsdean wrote:
Brando70 wrote:Looks like I will be joining the PS3 club this weekend. I have a lot of Best Buy gift cards saved up and decided to spend them on a Blu Ray player. The PS3 still appears to be the best BR machine for the buck, and being able to play The Show this year is a very nice bonus. I appreciate everyone's impressions in this thread you all provided a lot of great information.
Brando, this exactly what I did about a week or two ago. Decided on getting a Blu-Ray and the PS3 just made too much sense. Being able to play the Show is definitely an extra bonus.

Me 3

Zlax45 · Post by **Zlax45** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:34 pm

XXXIV wrote:
lsdean wrote:
Brando70 wrote:Looks like I will be joining the PS3 club this weekend. I have a lot of Best Buy gift cards saved up and decided to spend them on a Blu Ray player. The PS3 still appears to be the best BR machine for the buck, and being able to play The Show this year is a very nice bonus. I appreciate everyone's impressions in this thread you all provided a lot of great information.
Brando, this exactly what I did about a week or two ago. Decided on getting a Blu-Ray and the PS3 just made too much sense. Being able to play the Show is definitely an extra bonus.
Me 3

Getting close here too...Is there a big difference between the two PS3's?

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:44 pm

I hope they look into OTP mode. Probably too late for this year (maybe a patch?) but for next year would be cool.

MVP on PS1 with the multitap was pretty fun back in the day.

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:43 pm

TheGamer wrote:There goes the neighborhood!

meaning I now have a PS3. picked up The Show 07 cheap , to see what everybody was clamoring about. Plays very well, but its going to take some getting used to after playing every edition of WSB and MLB 2k

Nozzleman_216 · Post by **Nozzleman_216** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:16 am

WAHOO! I got my Valentines Day gift from the wife tonight. While at shopping, she told me to go pick up a PS3 that I have been wanting and a couple games.

I got a 40gb (no need for BC as I do not own a PS2 or any games anymore and the hdd is upgradeable) I purchased Ratchet and Clank (I thought my son would really like it and I was right) and I decided to wait on another game and just rent a few. Plus, The Show will be out in a few weeks. I just order a Dual Shock 3 from Ebay and my HDMI and Optical cable should be shipping soon from Monoprice.

I am like such a little kid when it comes to new "toys" LOL. This thing is NICE. I do not have my PSN account setup yet as I am changing my Live gamertag and am waiting until I change that so I can make them the same.

I will have some impressions later but so far SO GOOD! Feels good to be dabbling with the dark side LOL.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:19 am

Picked up the 40G PS3 and brought it home. Have to admit, it's a very impressive piece of equipment and packs a lot of features into a $400 piece of hardware.

I also grabbed the Blu Ray copy of Blade Runner and watched that. The picture was just stunning. Even with a non-1080p plasma, I couldn't get over how sharp everything looked. I loaded my older DVD of Blade Runner and there was just no comparison. However, I was impressed with the upconversion of standard DVDs. We watched a couple of episodes of Lost Season 3 and the picture was even better than the Sony upconverting DVD player I had been using.

I probably won't play any games on it until The Show comes out in a few weeks, but overall I really like the machine. I feel like I'm getting the most out of my plasma now.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:54 am

Since everyone is buying new sh*t...I felt I had to go get a 37" Vizio for my office so I can play the crap out of the Show 08 without the woman worrying about me jacking the tv all night. The only problem is that the 37 is too big! Oh well...lol.

Zlax45 · Post by **Zlax45** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:52 am

dbdynsty25 wrote:Since everyone is buying new sh*t...I felt I had to go get a 37" Vizio for my office so I can play the crap out of the Show 08 without the woman worrying about me jacking the tv all night. The only problem is that the 37 is too big! Oh well...lol.

I have that TV and love it.