Please interpret the following from the official PS3 blog yesterday. I am new to digital camcorders and have a PS3 on the way. Looking for reasons not to buy the Sony HDR-UX1 which can be found for a GREAT price right now.

so here’s a quick heads up that we have a PS3 firmware update in the works. Scheduled for release in the next few days, firmware 1.82 is an update that enables the playback of AVC High Profile (H.264/MPEG-4) files. As most of you know, these are high quality files that you’ll now be able to play on your PS3.Does this mean that the PS3 will be able to recognize and play files created by an AVCHD camcorder? I know you can just put the DVD in and play on the PS3 but this would be appealing if the files could be stored on a networked hard drive (or the PS3) and use the PS3 to view them. Still not sure my laptop will handle the AVCHD format yet for playback or conversion to DVD's that will play on most players.

I cannot post URL's yet but the source of the quote was "blog . us. playstation . com"

yes, it does. In fact PS3 can do AVCHD from day one.

Please interpret the following from the official PS3 blog yesterday. I am new to digital camcorders and have a PS3 on the way. Looking for reasons not to buy the Sony HDR-UX1 which can be found for a GREAT price right now.

Does this mean that the PS3 will be able to recognize and play files created by an AVCHD camcorder? I know you can just put the DVD in and play on the PS3 but this would be appealing if the files could be stored on a networked hard drive (or the PS3) and use the PS3 to view them. Still not sure my laptop will handle the AVCHD format yet for playback or conversion to DVD's that will play on most players.

I cannot post URL's yet but the source of the quote was "blog . us. playstation . com"

PS3 does play the AVC-HD files created by the HDR-SR1 and other sony HD camcorders. You can either copy the *.mts files to flash media like a thumb drive or SD card, or burn them on DVD. To stream from your home network to your PS3 I had to rename the file extension to .mp4 and was able to stream or copy locally to the PS3 Hard Drive. Streaming HD files thru the wifi to the PS3 is not the way to go. If you want to copy 1 file that's fine other wise it takes too long to copy multiple files. Streaming video thru wifi to PS3 is choppy and has lag. It may be better if it's wired but I do not have a wired network.

I tried it last night, worked perfectly!

Simply copy the m2ts file to the PS3 using a memory card/flash drive/HDD, PS3 can handle it very nicely.

Notice that PS3 can play the video even before 1.82 upgrade. I could see no different after the 1.82 uprade anyway.

BTW the video is some samples of SR7. and in the video information option, it is a 1440X1080 AVC