Hi again everyone. Here’s a quick preview of the next PLAYSTATION 3 system software update coming up in the next few days. Firmware v2.20, introduces a number of features to further enhance your PLAYSTATION 3 as the hub of your entertainment center.
Most notably, the update enables the PS3 to support Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0, also known as BD-Live. You can connect now to the Internet while playing discs that support BD-Live to obtain additional content and special features. These features vary from disc to disc, and will keep your BD discs fresh with new content and in some cases exclusive content only accessible to owners of BD-Live enabled discs. On April 8th Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release The 6th Day and Walk Hard on Blu-ray; these titles will be among the first to take advantage of BD-Live. With this update, the PLAYSTATION 3 becomes the first Blu-ray player on the market with BD-Live functionality.
Here are some of the other new features/enhancements that will be included in Firmware v2.20:
- The ability to copy PS3 Music and Photo playlists to a PSP system. We introduced the ability to create Music and Photo playlists on the PS3 in firmware update v2.0. Now you can easily export your playlists to your PSP.
- You can now play DivX and WMV format files that are over 2 GB. In addition, you can now display subtitles when viewing DivX files.
- Resume Play – begin playing a DVD or BD disc from the point where you previously stopped it, even if you eject the disc and insert a different movie or game.
- Use your PSP as a remote control to play back your music files on your PS3 without turning on your TV.
- The Internet browser now displays some web pages faster. In addition [Save Target] has been added as an option under file. This option lets you save a file that is linked to a web page to your PS3 hard drive or storage media.
There are a few other tweaks and upgrades included in v2.20 – we’ll provide more specifics as the update is about to go live.
@Eric Lempel
How much faster is the browser going to work? Will it work as a true browser? So I don’t have to switch over to Yellow Dog Linux to surf the net? If you could give some more details on this part of the update I would appreciate it. Thanks
@#5 briaeros007
What the heck are you talking about? I have like 250 H.264 MPEG-4s, (not all on the PS3’s hdd, some on and external hdd) and NONE of them have any problems playing on my PS3. In fact, the PS3 scales them hundreds of times better than if I hook my computer into the TV and play them that way. I actually purchased a professional video converter to convert all my WMVs and MOVs so I could play them on the PS3 (of course, WMVs can play natively now, but since a lot of trailers on the net are HD only in MOV, it still gets used a lot)
Stupid Xbot fanboy. I also always hear people complaining that the PS3 can’t play new DivX files. I downloaded the official DivX converter and an Xvid converter. None of the videos I converted had any trouble playing on the PS3.
Man, try things out yourself before complaining.. .
I love this update! Yea I still of course want more including the XMB/Home but these features are great.
FUNtastic, can’t wait to download it!
Great update, thanks! The resume play functions sounds great. I assume this means, that once you’ve reached the menu of a DVD/BD, you’ll never have to wait for those warnings again, but can continue play from the menu. Good thinking!
Are we goinig to get a Date & Time on the PS3?
Awesome!
Can we please get a video demonstration like you have done before in other Firmware threads?
Are you eavesdropping?
Hopefully tomorrow.