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AlmightyBob posted:I hope not. The Xbox ui is designed to make you feel like part of a community. The XMB feels so lonely. Well the basic design seems to be segmented into horizontally scrolling categories with a similar 'look and feel' IMO to the XMB's, but the sections themselves seem more alive, which I like. It's like a bastard child of Metro UI and the XMB and it looks great.
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Don Enterprises posted:Most of these seem related to playing media, not games. I gave up on using my PS3 for media long ago, I just bought a tiny media PC, installed XBMC on it and haven't looked back since. My PS3 is pretty great for games though.
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| # ? Jul 19, 2011 14:32 |
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Brace posted:I didn't know where to ask this since there isn't a playstation megathread I don't think? I was trying to play Champions Return To Arms on my old rear end PS2 and when I got to the next level, the floor texture completely didn't load so I was just walking around on nothing. I went out and bought another disc and I was playing a few levels, then the same thing happened on a different level. It can't be the disc because the exact same issue happened on two different discs on two different levels, what I'm curious is it my memory card being hosed, my save being corrupted or my actual PS2 crapping out? The Champions games were on dual-layer DVDs, which caused all sorts of fun issues with older PS2s. Some models were just straight-up unable to read the discs, whole others would struggle like crazy to keep up. Because of the focal length of the PS2s laser, stuff like heavy jostling or even just years of being moved around can knock the laser out of alignment. This also lead to Disc Read Errors when playing CD-based (blue bottom) games. It's a relatively easy fix (just a little white wheel you turn), and since it's obviously out of warranty, it might not hurt to just open the thing up and make the repair yourself. Make sure you read up on the process first, though. Backwards-compatible PS3s are only.going to become more scarce with time. Don Enterprises posted:I've owned a PS3 for about a year now but really convinced it was worth the money yet.. it just seems so.. poor quality I guess. If you're doing ANYTHING with video streaming, make sure you use PS3 Media Server. They just did their first update in like two years and it really sped everything up. Should work flawlessly, though a wired connection is always going to be faster. As for the XMB, it's still infinitely more clean and uncluttered than the 360 interface, is ad-free (or easily skippable), and, once folders are taken advantage of, offers a very, very quick way of drilling down into content. Read the OP if it helps, but use Triangle to reveal more options, and press Square on any long lists of games to organize them. This includes the Store, which has always been really speedy and intuitive for me. The PS3 interface is deliberately spartan, but over time and with the amount of content I have on the thing, I've come to love that. Eveything in its place and easy to find. No wading through ads when I've already paid to play online or use something like Netflix, and the added features since launch have been numerous. Sadly, the last year or so has been a race to stave off piracy rather than add meaningful features. Thankfully, GamesCom will bring some interesting new additions.
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Does anyone have any insight into a good microphone choice (I wear headphones) for PS3? - I've tried the Logitech USB Desktop Microphone. It works, but it seems as if the microphone is not getting enough power. My mouth must be within 1 foot of the microphone in order to hear my voice at an acceptable level. There's no comfortable way of making that work, which is a shame because the quality is great and the mic volume is fine on PC at regular sitting distances. - I've also tried and currently use a cheap LG bluetooth headset. Sound quality is crap, I don't like having to charge it daily, it's hooked awkwardly around my headphones instead of on my ear, and it randomly forgets that it's paired with my ps3 which means I have to do the pairing process again. Acceptable, but a hassle. I'm sure a better bluetooth headset wouldn't have these problems. I'm considering getting a decent XLR condenser microphone and a microphone receiver/amplifier with USB-out. That way the microphone is powered via the receiver and I can adjust its gain levels, rather than the PS3 auto-magically setting everything to crap. Will any "driver-less" USB microphone work with the PS3? The above idea is probably overkill for just PS3 voice, but I've always wanted a decent microphone anyway. edit: apparently the Blue Yeti works well on the PS3. I've considered buying this in the past before my PS3 microphone woes, so why not? Just ordered one, will report back (should be coming tomorrow) with thoughts if anyone cares. jerkstoresup fucked around with this message at Jul 19, 2011 around 17:41 |
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AlmightyBob posted:I hope not. The Xbox ui is designed to make you feel like part of a community. The XMB feels so lonely. A community of massive obnoxious billboards.
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Aphrodite posted:A community of massive obnoxious billboards. Oh God lets not start this please. jerkalien posted:Does anyone have any insight into a good microphone choice (I wear headphones) for PS3? If you don't mind dropping $60 to $80 then I'd recommend Turtle Beach's PX21 Headset. It isn't fancy surround sound or anything like that but I've found it quite nice and comfortable.
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| # ? Jul 20, 2011 09:18 |
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Count me in the group that prefers the simplicity and style of the XMB over the 360's interface, for sure. Then again, I am a lonely, primarily non-community-gaming person. v vAnd... yeah, everything Sam said.
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So, the HDMI on my slim is broken and I am not under warranty. Is there a way I can replace it myself, or am I SOL and have to replace the entire unit if I want to use HDMI? (Tried multiple cords and multiple TVs and I cooked a few other devices from a mistake I made last week so it's definitely the PS3)
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Spectral Werewolf posted:So, the HDMI on my slim is broken and I am not under warranty. Is there a way I can replace it myself, or am I SOL and have to replace the entire unit if I want to use HDMI? I don't think you'd be able to fix it yourself, just use Component. It's really the same.
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| # ? Jul 20, 2011 22:48 |
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Unless you want to watch Bluray, that is.
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| # ? Jul 20, 2011 23:28 |
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Mug posted:Component. Yeah, that's probably what's going to happen, it's mostly a matter of convenience.
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| # ? Jul 20, 2011 23:41 |
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Aphrodite posted:Unless you want to watch Bluray, that is. In which case, it will work just fine.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2011 01:46 |
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AlmightyBob posted:I hope not. The Xbox ui is designed to make you feel like part of a community. The XMB feels so lonely. Seriously, I'm not saying this to troll; other people have said essentially the same thing and I haven't been able to figure out what they're talking about.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2011 05:34 |
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I can kind of see what people are getting at here, especially with the NXE update. You boot up your xbox and are taken to the Community page (I think, or something to that extent) which shows off events, price drops, game announcements, just about whatever (including ads, yes let's pay MS so I can be forced to look at advertisements). Then you can go up and see what your friends are playing and look at their little avatars playing around with their toys or whatever. All I know is is that if there is a PS4 on the way we need some cross game chat, that feature and the being able to play your own local music over the game audio are the things I really miss from my xbox.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2011 07:51 |
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To me it just feels like the XMB was designed by engineers who had a vague notion of how you might want to communicate with your friends. I'm not saying that the original Xbox Dashboard was any better. The spartan slideout dashboard was pretty lame, but even it afforded you luxuries like joining a friend's game in progress, etc. The vibe I sort of get from both companies is that Sony felt content with what they had, but Microsoft wanted to make the Dashboard more inviting and sociable. That's honestly how I feel about it. That or maybe the PS3 was so poorly designed that they couldn't implement anything even close to what they wanted. Didn't someone here post about how some PS3 media event showed people video chatting through the XMB and all that? I wouldn't put it out of the realm of possibility that Sony engineered themselves into a dead end interface.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2011 08:03 |
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For me, the xmb has not evolved as much as I had hoped in many ways. There are so many features that back when it was launched, I was okay with it not having because I assumed they would add it later, but years later they still haven't.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2011 16:37 |
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Aphrodite posted:Unless you want to watch Bluray, that is. That's only with the new PS3s. If they went out and bought a new PS3, they would have a working HDMI port.
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Guy Axlerod posted:That's only with the new PS3s. If they went out and bought a new PS3, they would have a working HDMI port. Yeah well, hopefully Sony learned something from the backlash when they removed OtherOS from ALL machines. I could easily see them flipping the "no bluray on component" switch a few months down the road.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2011 21:52 |
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I've got a curious problem I'm hoping someone here may be able to solve. I've got 2 TVs that I use with my PS3. I've got a 40" HDTV in my livingroom that I mostly use, and an old 26" widescreen CRT in my bedroom that I sometimes use when I can't be bothered leaving my room. I've got 2 lots of cables I use, HDMI for the living room, and an S-video cable for the CRT. I've lost my s-video cables for my PS3, and I just grabbed the old composite that comes with the PS3 itself. The old CRT only has one input at the front that I can use at the moment (Remote for it got smashed, I can't change the channel from the s video/composite combo AV channel. As I said, curious problem.) and when I use the regular composite cables, it's only in black and white. I know the TV works fine with composite cables in this input, but it's like the TV has switched to the s-video input part and wont take the composite input properly. I seem unable to get it to recognise the composite input and switch to it. drat old technology. I usually use my Wii with this TV since it's only a standard def console, but now that only works in black and white as well. Anyone know what the gently caress I can do to fix this? It's like the PS3 bitch slapped my TV and said "S-video only, bitch!".
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| # ? Jul 23, 2011 05:29 |
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cat doter posted:I've got a curious problem I'm hoping someone here may be able to solve. Buy a universal remote. Change it to composite mode.
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cat doter posted:I've got a curious problem I'm hoping someone here may be able to solve. Yeah, a similar thing happened to me, you could only change the auxiallry inputs with the remote and it died so I had to buy a universal one. Just quickly research a compatible one with the options you need.
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Yeah, looks like that's probably the only solution. Bonus with that is I can actually use the component input. gently caress off composite forever!
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I'm gonna take my PS3 to a local repair joint to get my hosed up disc drive repaired. What steps should I take in addition to backing up saves?
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A month ago my 80gig MSG4-bundled PS3 fat gave me the YLOD. I reflowed it, it worked fine until it died again a couple of days ago. I tried reflowing it again today, the same way I did it the first time, but now the thing won't even turn on. So two questions: 1) Any idea what happened? 2) Will Sony still accept this thing for repair? Thanks. Edit: If Sony won't repair it, how should I get my disk out of the drive? (So 3 questions.)
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 07:21 |
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Martytoof posted:To me it just feels like the XMB was designed by engineers who had a vague notion of how you might want to communicate with your friends. I think they're just content, the XMB actually launched with the PSP so if they had plenty of time to tinker with it in time for PS3's launch.
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Green Puddin posted:Oh God lets not start this please. Seconding this. Stop messing around with that other stuff. Yeah, they're a little spendy, but they're worth it.
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 10:59 |
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Is there a suggested limit to the length of time that you should leave a PS3 running? I was watching a few films yesterday, but afterwards noticed that the controller was low in power so i plugged it in and left it running. Turns out i forgot about it though and i just noticed that it was still switched on. So it was idle on the dashboard for about 24 hours or so on top of about 6 hours of films. I've switched it off now, but i've never really let a console stay on for that long and wasn't sure if there were any repercussions for that kind of thing, like maybe overheating or whatever.
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 21:29 |
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It should be ok, but you should probably turn on the idle shutoff setting for the future if you are concerned about it being on for that long.
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 21:41 |
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My girlfriend's dog once stepped on her PS3 remote and turned the console on while we were away. We discovered it sitting there idle in the XMB three weeks later  Moral: Always enable the 6-hour auto-off setting. The Bluray Remote is awesome except for the fact that every single button will turn the console on.
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 21:43 |
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Kin posted:Is there a suggested limit to the length of time that you should leave a PS3 running? I've left it running for months before without incident. And it's one of the old fat ones that should have died years ago. (... my PS3 is a goon.) But then I also redid the thermal Treat it like a computer, rather than a set-top box, and you'll be fine.
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| # ? Jul 24, 2011 23:37 |
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The auto-off setting is excellent, since if you ever get disrupted by your PS3 turning off after 6 hours of no input, you've got some bigger issues. Almost no reason not to enable it just in case.
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Sir Unimaginative posted:I've left it running for months before without incident. And it's one of the old fat ones that should have died years ago. (... my PS3 is a goon.)
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| # ? Jul 25, 2011 00:22 |
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A reminder that people literally leave their systems running all the time to do that Folding@Home thing, so idling at the XMB isn't really going to hurt the hardware unless it's in an enclosed space with the door shut. I'd worry more about my HDTV. If it's a plasma you might have to pray 
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Cheers for the reassurance, powersave mode is now on! I remembered to turn the TV off, but i havent used the PS3 for a while and i forgot how damned quiet it is, so went to bed forgetting it was on and didn't even notice the power light was still blue until i went to watch another film tonight. You've got me slightly concerned about my PC though. Other than maybe a 4 hour period every night were it goes into standby after a few hours, it hasn't been shutdown and properly off for an extended period for over 2 years now. :/
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sentrygun posted:The auto-off setting is excellent, since if you ever get disrupted by your PS3 turning off after 6 hours of no input, you've got some bigger issues. Almost no reason not to enable it just in case. Hey, some of us like to plan our moves in SRPGs very carefully.
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Code Jockey posted:Hey, some of us like to plan our moves in SRPGs very carefully. I can't play Disgaea without my protractor and I still keep the auto-off setting on. 
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| # ? Jul 25, 2011 02:38 |
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Anyone happen to know what Sony offers if you opt to trade in an old PS3 for a slim (in lieu of having it repaired out-of-warranty)? I'm in Canada, but I'm sure the American numbers can give me a realistic expectation. I've seen it mentioned here before, but not recently. The repair place I took my blink-red-light 80 GB software BC PS3 to offers a 90 guaranty at least. But I wouldn't mind switching to a slim eventually.
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teethgrinder posted:Anyone happen to know what Sony offers if you opt to trade in an old PS3 for a slim (in lieu of having it repaired out-of-warranty)? I'm in Canada, but I'm sure the American numbers can give me a realistic expectation. I've seen it mentioned here before, but not recently. When I was offered it in January, it was 100 bucks to get a refurbished slim with a either 30 or 90 day warranty, or 130 bucks to get a refurbished fatty with the same warranty.
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| # ? Jul 26, 2011 02:30 |
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Was the fatty a backwards-compatible one?
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teethgrinder posted:Was the fatty a backwards-compatible one? It would be the same model that you sent in, but not the exact same unit (so you'll lose everything on the hard drive).
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