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Old 01-07-08, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Yavin
I know I could have ordered some $10 HDMI cables from monoprice, but I'm one of those people that don't like to shop online (I'm a weirdo). So I paid $19.97 each for 3 Philips HDMI cables at Wal*Mart on boxing day. I compared them to the Monster HDMI cables I had initially bought and quality was the same to my eyes/ears.

Don't feel so bad, I paid around $30 bucks for that same cable (6ft) from Wal-Mart which is their normal price.
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Heck, I buy my HDMI cables from Amazon for about $3. No problems so far!
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Does the PS3 do 1080p/24 ?
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Yes, it does.
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Originally Posted by cerial442
How does Blu-Ray look on 720p/1080i?
Looks great!
Old 01-09-08, 01:52 AM
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Thanks for all this info. good stuff. I'm definitely getting a PS3- It hought I'd never say that- i hate Sony, but I admit, they were smart with their "evil" plan of making the PS3 a Blu-Ray player.
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Originally Posted by cerial442
How does Blu-Ray look on 720p/1080i?
It looks excellent, though of course it varies from disc to disc.
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Originally Posted by mmconhea
Does the PS3 do 1080p/24 ?
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Yes, it does.
Can you explain more? Is it a selectable output resolution (like on my XA2), or is it just "1080p", and the PS3 checks the display and decides what's optimal? Also, is it in the base firmware, or is the update required to get 24 fps?

Thanks.
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As of firmware release 1.80, it is a menu option that you can turn on or off under Display settings. I tried it when it came out but my display doesn't support it - the screen was black. It gave me the option to revert back after a few seconds fortunately. Here's a link to all of the PS3's firmware releases:

http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/Ab...e/history.html
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Originally Posted by RockyMtnBri
As of firmware release 1.80, it is a menu option that you can turn on or off under Display settings. I tried it when it came out but my display doesn't support it - the screen was black. It gave me the option to revert back after a few seconds fortunately.
Thank you.

One more question: Can you explain this "Local Storage Capability" spec, and what capacity the PS3 40G ships with?

Thanks again.

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