One-and-Only PS3 as Blu-Ray Player Thread - Page 58

Originally Posted by DeathStalker2

LOL. This could be the dumbest thing I've ever done. "the screen turns black and a little disc logo appears" Well it turns out that little disc is the freaking MOON in the actual movie! My darkness was low enough so i couldn't tell that there was forest underneath it, so it just looked like a disc and blackness. OH Man....boy do I feel lame.

Originally Posted by Doug Schiller

I have a question, I was watching my first retail Blu-Ray movie (I don't count Talladega Nights as a pack in.)
Is there anyway to bring up the menu while the movie is playing like HD-DVD?
I was watching the Transporter and it behaved very much like a standard DVD.

Originally Posted by eXgo

What does the Reset do exactly? does it actually reset it back to v.1.1 fw?

Originally Posted by eXgo

How do you preform a system restore?

do tell

Originally Posted by eXgo

If it is indeed the same layout as psp. just pull the drive. throw it in a chassis, and dump the saves off of it. and or data you intend to keep.


I have 700 gigabytes worth of HDD space between my htpc's and externals.


If it is just the drive that is good ( for me ) I will just swap it.


Keep us posted on how they play after the restore.


Good Luck.

Originally Posted by Letterbomb

You have to system restore to get it back to 1.1

I just called Sony, and as a last resort I had to system restore. Im losing all my data because of this shi* It said it would take 230 minutes to restore, im down to 120 right now. Yes..thats right, it takes almost up to 4 hours to system restore. Like a computer, it re-formats the whole hard drive.

I'll post here as soon as its done, and tell you if its really the firmware causing this. Because if that is the case, my movies should play fine because the firmware would be reset to 1.1

Ne who, Sony said I would need to send back my system if it still doesnt work after this restore. They already are sending a UPS guy to bring the boxes for me to ship it back to Sony, but I can cancel this if this restore works.

My only question now, even if this does work...how does this really solve anything? My system isnt up to date, and they wont let me play online with these new updates.

Originally Posted by bplewis24

You have some Blu Ray movies on hand, correct? If so, can you do me a huge favor? After you restore your system to factory settings and firmware 1.1, can you try to play any blu ray disc on a tv that accepts 720p signals? The rumor was that a guy in japan (who got a ps3 at launch) had his PS3 outputting Blu Ray movies at 720p before the first firmware update, and I'd like to know if that's true.

Brandon

Originally Posted by DaViD Boulet

Regarding the lock-ups,

it happens randomly and is not title/disc specific. Nor is it specific to any sector of the BD movie... just random. Sometimes a movie will play all the way through. then the next day that same disc will freeze in some spot. Then the next day play.

It's not BD software related. It's firmware in the player or something to do with the PS3 itself.

-dave

Originally Posted by Dave Mack

Woah, Mine is supposed to get here tomorrow and now I'm spooked.
Should I just not update the firmware? But if so, can I use the PS store to download...?
Yikes, what to do!

Originally Posted by Letterbomb

I went to the system info, and what do you know..it says IM STILL 1.31.

So...I guess the system restore doesnt get rid of your firmware. Which makes no sense to me at all.

Now the question is..how the fu** do you get rid of firmware?

Originally Posted by Letterbomb

Well... heres the bad news.

After a 4 hour re-format...I put in the Lady In The Water Blu Ray disc. The screen went black, then went to the grey screen, and froze. I had to shut off my system with my controller.

I went to the system info, and what do you know..it says IM STILL 1.31.

So...I guess the system restore doesnt get rid of your firmware. Which makes no sense to me at all. All my data is wiped, when I turned the PS3 on, it went through the same set up I had to go through on launch day...its back to its factory settings.

Heck, I even re-set the settings, after re-storing the systems hardrive. Yet, firmware 1.31 is still on there, and my system keeps freezing.

Im really at a loss, looks like im going to have to send in my PS3, because its not playing movies.

Sorry guys, but looks like I cant check the 720p for ya.

Now the question is..how the fu** do you get rid of firmware?

Originally Posted by TheMoose

I was wondering about that when I saw your post, when I updated mine it said there was no way to go back to an earlier firmware.

Originally Posted by Letterbomb

You know..im stupid. I remember actually seeing that message. So if this is a firmware issue, then were Fuc**d. Because it doesnt let you go back to the original firmware.

Im seriously at a loss now. Sony is supposed to be sending me a box so I can re-sent my PS3 back to them...but im not even sure what to do at this point.

Is this a hard drive, or a disc reader problem? Or a firm ware problem? If its just a firmware problem, and not my disc reader...would it be worth it to just wait out the freezing, and wait for Sony to put out a patch to fix this?

The games are on Blu Ray..and work fine. The movies are on Blu Ray..but wont play. I dont get this at all.

Originally Posted by bplewis24

Trust me, this isn't simply a problem with the firmware being completely defective and crippling every system. I have the latest firmware and have never experienced any troubles with the PS3. The only problem I've ever had was the demo of F1 freezing during loading. Through research I've come to the conclusion that the demo has a glitch in it. So I think the reality is that there's either a combination of a problem with firmware interacting with specific systems or firmware and a combination of specific settings.

Brandon

Originally Posted by randman

Interesting. Some folks have said they didn't start getting the "freeze" problem until 1.30/1.31. If that's the case, then it must be a firmware issue, and maybe the Sony technician you spoke to just didn't know, and figured it's easiest to resolve (at the moment for him/her at least) the issue by sending you another one.

I wonder if a few of us call Sony directly, whether we'll get the same response, or different ones depending on the technician we get on the phone....

Do you know how long it will take for them to send you a new unit?

Originally Posted by Cherokee180c

I bought a PS3, but then my 4 year old non 1080p HD RPTV blew up, so I am upgrading to a Samsung HL-S6187 1080p DLP which comes in Saturday. I had the PS3 connected through a Yamaha RV-2600 HDMI switching reciever and it worked perfect set to 1080i, but the Yamaha will not handle 1080p. Actually I am told it will still show it, but it converts to 1080i, so you lose the 1080p benefit. I was thinking of using one of the HDMI ports on the Sammy to hook the PS3 directly into the TV to get full 1080p video, but now I wonder what that will do to my audio stream. Before I could just use the HDMI for both and it automatically used MPCM on the reciever, which I understand is full lossless sound. In fact, I have actually been more impressed with the improvement in sound fidelity even more so than video quality in the BD discs, so I don't want to lose this. Will I now lose this option when I hook up the PS3 to my Yamaha receiver via fiber optic for the sound? Do I have to set the PS3 to bitstream and let the receiver do the encoding or is there anyway to let the PS3 do the encoding and just pass through the receiver like before? It seems kind of strange if I can not get the same sound fidelity via fiber optic vs HDMI for audio, can somebody clear this up for me?

Originally Posted by JacobC1983

If I was you, (I have a 1080p TV and similar settings) I would allow the PS3 to be hooked up via 1080i to the receiver and then 1080i to the TV to get audio and video through HDMI through the receiver and the TV

then, many forget that a 1080p TV converts all sources to 1080p - so you are actually getting 1080p if you input a 1080i signal

you won't lose any quality -- at least thats how it works on my TV - bet its the same with yours

Originally Posted by Dr Fuzz

They said 5-8 days AFTER they receive my unit. I have downloaded a game from Sony web site which I paid for. I asked them today what happens to the game I paid for if I send them my system. They said too bad for me, I would lose it and would have to purchase it again since there is no way to get the game to transfer to my PC to save it!

Originally Posted by tcpipkim

Today i update new ps3 firmware 1.32.
Do you know what change?