PS3 now a 1.1 player with Firmware 2.10!  

It just keeps getting better and better ...

we all knew this was coming.

I did just the happy dance in my office.

Okay, so not really, but this is great news

Shouldn't this be in the Blu-ray Players section?

2.10 >>> 2.0

In a big way. DivX + WMV + BD 1.1 makes me a happy camper right now. Great update. Hopefully the browser will support DivX too (Stage6 browsing on the big TV ).

What exactly is the big deal about 1.1? What will it bring to the PS3? I will get excited when it finally does the DTS HD-MA decoding!! Come on, Bring it!!

Hurray!!!
1.1 player when there are no 1.1 movies out.

Wake me up when they decide to do DTS HD.
When they have to be 1.1 or else be a legacy Blu-Ray player, it kind of takes the steam out of the news.

So how can one get this update when one has no way whatsover of hooking their PS3 up to the Net?

This should help you:

http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/Ab...html#update_PC

Toshiba might know the answer

I have no idea why people make the PIP such a big deal, like watching extras with the movie?? Its the most overrated feature to push players.

To each their own. I very much enjoy the PIP commentary and it's one of the reasons I've liked HD DVD more than BD up until now.

Really looking forward to some BD titles that take advantage of this.

Glad it's 1.1, but I want bitstreaming audio although I dont think this is going to occur. I am anxiously awaiting some new BD players so I can sell my PS3.

I thought it already supports bitstream?

Andrew,

Got a new Panny BD30 and I love it. Haven't sold my PS3 yet but now it's playing music and games at this point. You'll see if the PS3 will ever bitstream so I have my doubts. There were other reasons why I bought the Panny though also.

no, it can't and never will because of the hardware. However it decodes truehd in to pcm out which is the same. Its a rumor we'll get DTSMA.

don't care much about 1.1 or 2.0, I just want DTS-MA decoding to LPCM

Thread already in BD player forum.

larry