One-and-Only PS3 as Blu-Ray Player Thread - Page 1002

It should be. It is in the Harmony 890 database. I programed the bottom left two buttons (# and E) to respond to PS. Of course it will not turn the PS3 on without an adapter, but it gets you out of Netflix.

Can you please post here or PM me a detail step by step instruction on how to do it. I just can't seem to find the PS button in harmony one database. I currently use the Nyko Blu-wave USB adapter and Harmony to control the PS3. Except for the power toggle and PS button, I can control all of the PS3 function using this combo.

how do you set ps3 to source direct

Since you got no useful answers to the question... the correct answer is... IT DEPENDS.

It depends on whether your wireless network is b, g, or n or faster than n. Yu can pretty much forget any kind of video streaming other than YouTube if you are still using wireless b. If you have g, you can stream a movie, but you'll be using most of the wireless bandwidth most of the time. If you are using n, you may be able to do Email or look at Amazon or something simple like that while streaming a movie.

It depends on whether you want to do anything else with your network at the same time you are downloading video. If you don't want to do anything else while you are streaming video, wirelsss may be fine if it is g or higher.

It depends on what devices you have on your wirelsss network and how your wireless router works when there is a mix of types of wireless devices... b is slow, g is faster but not what you'd call fast compared to most "high-speed" internet connections. Wireless n may approach the speed of the inernet connection. But many routers operate at the speed of the SLOWEST device that is on the network. That means if you have b, g, and n devices sharing the wireless network, the router may slow to wireless b for all of them even if only one device in your house is using a wireless b connection. In that case, the wireless network would be too slow for streaming unless the wireless b device(s) were turned off.

It will depend on whether the other activities you want to do at the same time you are downloading video is being done on the same wireless network or via a wired connection.

It will depend on the speed of your cable or DSL connection (to some extent).

It depends on whether you are downloading crappy DVD-quality with highly compressed stereo, or crappy 1080i or 1080p with highly compressed Dolby Digital 5.1... because even though the 1080i or 1080p will be crappy (compared to a Blu-ray disc of the same movie), it and the 5.1 audio will eat up a lot of network bandwidth.

All this "stuff" is why the only correct answer to the original question is...
IT DEPENDS!

what do i need to set the ps3 to so my receiver can do the upscaling of dvd's

curious as to how 1080p is "crappy"

Compression. 1080p blue ray is far less compressed than 1080p streams.

[quote=Alex solomon;19449161 I just can't seem to find the PS button in harmony one database. [/QUOTE]

It's in my harmony one database. Follows "previous" in the PS3 command drop down box.

Alex-it doesn't matter that the code for the PS3 button is in the Harmony data base; you still need a Harmony adapter to use it. Again, there is no support for the PS3 (or power button) with the ir2tb (Nyko). Just keep the PS3 remote handy or, pay about 50-70 for the Harmony version.

I do the following:

(1) Video Settings/BD/DVD Upscaler is set to off

(2) Display Settings/Video Output settings is set to 480p as the highest resolution your set can display. (PS3 will not output 480i)

Number (1) above may be only one required for DVDs. But (2) also required for streaming Netflix (I set the highest resolution the set will receive as 480p for SD and 720p for HD and use a VP to upconvert to 1080p).

You can find them for cheaper, under $45 at Buy.com today in fact.

From others who have posted, it sounds like the PS3 button does not work with the Nyko. I upgraded to the Harmony adapter for about $46 from Amazon at the same time I downloaded the new Netflix app so I didn't try the PS button with the Nyko. Sorry if I led you in a false direction.

Ray

I believe some ebay sellers have it for under $45 shipped as well...

I got mine from this seller: http://myworld.ebay.com/outletmp3/

I got mine from the same seller. Great price and quick shipping.

Thanks.

Because when they compress the holy crap out of the signal, you lose everything that makes HD. Including resolution, sound quality, and image quality. Just because they say it's 1080p doesn't mean you'll get Blu-ray quality. In fact streamed 1080p probably AVERAGES less than half the resolution of a 1920x1080 image for many reasons... this applies to both color accuracy and clarity, block artifacts from over-compressing scenes with a lot of motion (or pixel-to-pixel change).

When you see something like an explosion via streamed video, the resolution you get during the explosion is probably something like 200x110 because the block compression artifacts are SO LARGE you can only get maybe 200 of them across the screen - I might be over estimating... it could be as few as 120x70

As a videophile it is my greatest fear that bd will go away in favor of compressed streaming and downloads much like happened in the music world with mp3. A sad thing to contemplate for me.

Something else along that thought. I am a commentary junkie, and I don't see streaming offering anything like that.

I thought the sound was a little tinny in a streamed TV show via netflix when I first heard it....same principle for sound as explained above for video??

nope

You can play games on a PS3, and not on a stand alone player...

You can still by CDs for every major release. Every minor release too. You don't even have to seek them out. They are available everywhere. Despite great exaggeration, they have not been discontinued in favor of MP3. They likely never will be. 28 years strong and no real end in sight. You don't have to worry about BD being replaced by compressed streaming or downloads. Much like the CD, BD isn't going anywhere.

Many small independent artists have already made the jump to download/digital only. Granted, these are rather obscure artists, but the future is there for them already.

Don't be so sure about optical disc not disappearing, they will disappear, it's just a matter of when, not if.

I'm getting "We're unable to connect you to Netflix" msg. Anybody else ?

Newb to PS3 - trying to figure out why my Onkyo 808 only receives PCM Multi-Ch via HDMI from the PS3 slim (black little model). I've looked through the menu on the PS3 and can't see anywhere to switch between PCM or Bitstream. Much appreciated for any help!

Without wishing to pick on poor slimoli here, this is another reason why BD, or optical media in general, isn't going away any time soon.

Netflix, and its ilk, are slowing, or not so slowly as it seems, bringing the Internet to its knees. There wil come a point soon when you'll request a film on Monday and it'll be ready to watch on Friday.

And I wonder which ISP is going to break ranks and put the choke on the Netflix traffic, in order to save their own streaming crap?

I'll stick to my more imediate download called BD and CDs thanks muchly.

Seggers

Hi allredp, go to "BD/DVD Audio Output Format (HDMI)" under "Video Settings".

Wow, under "video settings" eh?!

Fantastic - thanks a ton!

Yes, it was horrible. I changed all my settings, cold booted the PS3, deleted Netflix and reinstalled, I tried everything. I could not connect from about 4:30 PM (East Coast) until about 11 PM. It suddenly just started working again. I sure hope it doesn't happen again.

Has anyone had any problems on the PS3 watching Blu-rays where you get what I would best describe as a "heat haze" around things sometimes? By "heat haze" I'm meaning how on a hot day, you have that hazy part above the street/sidewalk/concrete. I can't think of the proper term.

I'm not sure if it's my TV, or the PS3. Sometimes I'll see it on a panning motion of the camera, other times it's surrounding a person simply on the screen talking with things moving behind him/her.