One-and-Only PS3 as Blu-Ray Player Thread - Page 949

h.264 AVC will normally give the best picture quality at the lowest bitrate. It is used by a number of formats, including Blu-Ray and satellite broadcasts.

MPEG4 in its various versions is hit or miss; sometimes requiring a higher bitrate than MPEG2, sometimes not. It is almost always less efficient than h.264.

MPEG2 is what DVDs use. Although it is capable of delivering high definition, it is more rarely used for that purpose anymore.

I bought Twister on Blu-ray the other day and noticed the same thing, I couldn't get it to do True HD, just regular 5.1 and the sound was horrible. I bought it for the reviews I heard about it sounding amazing. So maybe some discs are mastered wrong, like a bad batch? It was really annoying not having the thumping from the sub or good surround, it was like it was in 2.1 with some Kmart $10 speakers. I have it set up on the ps3 120 slim with a Denon 790. Hopefully someone has an answer for this. Thanks,

That's really disappointing. In the 2 years I have had my PS3 I have had no audio difficulty with any of the hundreds of BDs I have played on it. I just hope that my luck holds. I am watching the new Ponyo BD now and its DTS-HD MA soundtrack is wonderful.

I just put this disc in to try per your comments, Twister is playing the 5.1 TRU HD track just fine for me. I also have the PS3 slim. It is connected HDMI to my Onk 705

I have never had an audio issue with the PS3 going through a h/k 354 in almost 2 years. I hope you find the cause and get it fixed!!!

I stopped at a Best Buy today to look at a PS3, but they did not have any in stock. Is that pretty common for stores to not have PS3s in stock this time of the year?

Apparently there's a lot of demand and not enough stock, all over.

would some one have simple tutorial how to use multiavchd

Do you mean other than the official tutorial? http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/tutorial.php

You could check Walmart if you haven't already.

i have a question about renting hd movies through playstation network. will i get the latest audio codecs (i.e.dts-hd ma, dolby truehd) on playback? i have all the other equipment and connections for it.

You can't get HD audio Codecs through streaming. Because of the studios' draconian copy protection schemes, the only way to get HD audio is directly from a BD via either an HDMI connection between the BD player and the AV receiver, or via 6 discrete audio connections, one for each 5.1 channel, from the BD player to the receiver. The PS3 lacks the discrete connections, though, so it's HDMI or nothing with the PS3 if you want HD audio.

No... The best you will get is legacy DD 5.1. (Some HD movies are only 2 ch audio).

No download service provides HD audio codecs.

would pioneer elite remote control ps3 via kuro link?

Not exactly true. You can feed the LPCM hi-rez CODEC's via HDMI into a Octava HDSA V13 and output the audio via a 7.1 analog connection to one's legacy proccessor.

http://www.octavainc.com/HDMI%20swit..._7_1audio.html

At that point you might as well get a new receiver, though...

Maybe...if you own a throw-away from Japan or China! Not if you're running a McIntosh, Lexicon, Mark Levinson, Meridian, etc.

Ventured into my UK PSN account and noticed a BBC
player icon on the xmb While I couldnt watch any TV I could listen to all of the UK radio stations listed
there was TV listings for Wales, Scotland,North Ireland as well

in Australia we get ABC (our BBC) iView. which are ABC shows on streamed on the net.

in Aus and Europe PS3s also can double as a PVR with the correct HW add on. (Play TV here)

also the the SCEE zone we get a thing called Vidzone, which is a streaming service with a massive number of music videos on it.


the damn thing is really a multimedia monster now. Games, PVR, Streaming video, streamed TV, Blu rays, DVDs, CDs, MP3s, WMA, DIVX etc

Not to mention that streaming bit-rates care much lower than even cable delivered. I've actually read some "HD" streaming stuff is in the 3-4-5 mb/s range. So it may have the re4solution, but 100% watses it, looking woirse than plain old DVD SD.

Gotta love Sony this time..... I would like to d/l some HD movie trailers from the PS3 network, but CANNOT because I cannot deactivate my PS3 Phat I sold to some dude last year on ebay. Thus, I cannot "activate" my Slim on the network, because a person can only have one machine activated at a time. The following is what I sent as an email to Sony and followed by the measly response from them:

"I sold my old PS3 a year ago. I have had a slim now for just under a year. I am TRYING to download video from the PS3 store, but cannot, due to the reason my old PS3 is still activated under my name. I sold it on ebay, so I cannot de activate the old PS3!!! Please deactivate my old PS3 from my account!!! "

From Sony: We apologize for any inconvenience that you may be experiencing with deactivating your old PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system from your PlayStation(R)Network Account. I will be happy to assist you with some information. Unfortunately, we cannot deactivate your PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system if it was not sent in to our Service Department.

Regards,
Marco M.

Have a launch vintage PS3 with 60 GB.

Never gave me a problem, hasn't seen heavy use.

Know someone who wants the PS2 BC.

Main attraction for me would be more silent operation.

But I know it doesn't have the SD card slot and fewer USB slots, which doesn't bother me that much. I did read on AVS that some digital audio formats sound better on the fat units?

The Slim is supposedly only 2 months old. Anyone know if the Sony warranty is transferrable?

Otherwise, any other gotchas?

Or are some people paying a premium for BC on eBay or something?

Huh? Color me a PS3 nube, but what if you have 2 PS3's? There's gotta be some way that you can activate your slim on the Playstation network.

I also have a launch 60GB. My son is the gamer and we don't have a PS2. Many of our games are PS2, second in order of importance to me is SACD playback. Don't forget it when estimating it's value.

Well I haven't put in a PS2 game in years nor ever an SACD.

Is that a popular format?

That is my thinking also. I did contact the 1800 number for sony, they did deactivate the other PS3. They did confirm that you cannot have 2 PS3's activated on the network for some reason or another. Just does not make sense to me. You can still connect to the network, but you cannot download in the video section. Again, just does not make sense.

What if you put it in your middle name or your child or spouse's name?

will not work, I am guessing that when your activate, it sends the serial number to Sony

If those are not important to you, fine. I was just saying they may be important to a buyer when you sell.

(For all intents and purposes, SACD is a dead format.)

Just make another PSN network account to activate the Slim with. I have 2 PS3 in my home registered with two different email addresses. If you left your PSN account info on your old PS3, you probably want to use a new PSN account anyways.