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kenage 09-10-09 03:43 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Has anybody purchased the new Battle Tanks game on the PSN? How good is it? I was thinking of getting it so my nephew and I can play it together.

pinata242 09-10-09 03:44 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by chess (Post 9700227)
I would be shocked if that were true.

Don't they each carry colors of the light spectrum?
Essentially. It won't work, but whatever they wanna try, I guess...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YPbPr

tlwizard 09-10-09 04:05 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
kenage, haven't played battletanks but someone in the psn thread might know.

just as a heads up to everyone else, there is a free wipeout hd dynamic theme on the european server.

Liver&Onions 09-10-09 04:40 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9700242)
Essentially. It won't work, but whatever they wanna try, I guess...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YPbPr
i'm lost here...

the cables that have the fun colors are just cables... the color doesn't indicate a different composition of the cable, they are just color coded so you plug the right one in the right spot.

Drexl 09-10-09 04:56 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by dx23 (Post 9700022)
I'm planning to upgrade my PS3 hard drive and need recommendations. What's the best hard drive available?
I don't think there's really a "best" drive. It just has to be a 2.5" (laptop) SATA drive. 5400RPM is recommended to reduce heat, and there was little performance gain with 7200RPM. Western Digital Scorpio drives seem to be recommended, and I have one of those. Maybe check Newegg's user scores to get an idea of the reliability of the particular drive.

Get whatever suits your price/capacity needs. Although I have a 160GB drive that I bought last year, at this point I would get a 320GB drive, since they don't cost much more than smaller drives. If you need more space, get 500GB. I don't think 500GB is needed unless you're going to load it up with videos and music, and it seems like a lot of people stream media from a computer.

OR, you could get a solid state drive if you really want better performance. Come on, they're only like $600 or so. :)

Originally Posted by Anubis2005X (Post 9700031)
I actually have two PS3's, one in my bedroom, one for the projector. Is there any way yet for the PS3s to recognize each other and to send game save files to each other? I've just been using a thumb drive to get the job done, but with homeshare being so convenient on iTunes 9, was wondering if anything like that existed...
No, unfortunately there's nothing like that.

pinata242 09-10-09 05:02 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by Liver&Onions (Post 9700373)
i'm lost here...

the cables that have the fun colors are just cables... the color doesn't indicate a different composition of the cable, they are just color coded so you plug the right one in the right spot.
I don't know how you did things in college, but here we don't usually put three things in one hole.

He's got an SDTV and was looking at the component cables because he "heard" one of the YPbPr cables carry the standard, composite video signal.

I'm not talking about the actual composition of the cables, rather the signal they're carrying.

Liver&Onions 09-10-09 05:05 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9700413)
I don't know how you did things in college, but here we don't usually put three things in one hole.

He's got an SDTV and was looking at the component cables because he "heard" one of the YPbPr cables carry the standard, composite video signal.

I'm not talking about the actual composition of the cables, rather the signal they're carrying.
like i said, I was lost.

Plus, I went to college in Canada.

Drexl 09-10-09 05:05 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9700413)
I don't know how you did things in college, but here we don't usually put three things in one hole.

He's got an SDTV and was looking at the component cables because he "heard" one of the YPbPr cables carry the standard, composite video signal.

I'm not talking about the actual composition of the cables, rather the signal they're carrying.
If he were to just plug in the green cable, it would work fine...

if he wants to play in black and white. It's the cable that carries the luminance signal (no color).

pinata242 09-10-09 05:08 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by Drexl (Post 9700423)
If he were to just plug in the green cable, it would work fine...

if he wants to play in black and white. It's the cable that carries the luminance signal (no color).
Well, yeah, I guess I didn't consider that B&W was an acceptable option. So, I stand corrected :)

pinata242 09-10-09 05:08 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by Liver&Onions (Post 9700421)
like i said, I was lost.

Plus, I went to college in Canada.
Well the second sentence explains the first.

greymatter 09-10-09 05:09 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by Drexl (Post 9700404)
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OR, you could get a solid state drive if you really want better performance. Come on, they're only like $600 or so. :)
got me 128g from ssd from kingston installed and it rocks! paid $300 for it
here it is for $260 on amazon http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-2-5-I.../dp/B002BH3UDY

Liver&Onions 09-10-09 05:09 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9700429)
Well the second sentence explains the first.
wourd oup

pinata242 09-10-09 05:10 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Thanks for making me laugh :lol: It's been a really shitty day.

Drexl 09-10-09 05:11 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by greymatter (Post 9700430)
got me 128g from ssd from kingston installed and it rocks! paid $300 for it
here it is for $260 on amazon http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-2-5-I.../dp/B002BH3UDY
Cool, they're coming down. I'd be tempted if they let us install all games to the HDD, which would maximize the benefit.

Decker 09-10-09 05:56 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
PSN Europe is getting a free WipEout HD Fury dynamic theme today in their store. No word on whether we Yanks will get it as well....

Michael Corvin 09-10-09 06:36 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9700413)
I don't know how you did things in college, but here we don't usually put three things in one hole.

He's got an SDTV and was looking at the component cables because he "heard" one of the YPbPr cables carry the standard, composite video signal.

I'm not talking about the actual composition of the cables, rather the signal they're carrying.
I thought as long as you matched them at your two sources any cable would work.

musick 09-10-09 07:02 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by Decker (Post 9700541)
PSN Europe is getting a free WipEout HD Fury dynamic theme today in their store. No word on whether we Yanks will get it as well....
yeah I downloaded it from the EU PSN .... unfortunately wasn't too impressed

they also got a LBP demo, Fat Princess demo (was announced but doesn't show up anywhere), FIFA 10 demo, and a couple Batman AA themes (Batman, Joker)

pinata242 09-10-09 07:28 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 9700616)
I thought as long as you matched them at your two sources any cable would work.
-ohbfrank-

If you have 3 video cables coming from your source (PS3) and going to a display that only has 1 input for video (yellow/composite), you can't exactly match them up.

I'm not talking about the labels on the cables.

Drexl 09-10-09 07:30 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by Michael Corvin (Post 9700616)
I thought as long as you matched them at your two sources any cable would work.
Maybe, but in this case it's a proprietary connector at the console's end.

dx23 09-10-09 08:24 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Thanks for the recommendiations Drexl!

Michael Corvin 09-10-09 08:32 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9700720)
-ohbfrank-

If you have 3 video cables coming from your source (PS3) and going to a display that only has 1 input for video (yellow/composite), you can't exactly match them up.
Ahh, okay. I was misreading what you posted earlier.

pridesticks06 09-10-09 09:15 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 9698161)
Those won't work if you're using composite (yellow) video.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2
Thanks for that link, I'll look into that.

Originally Posted by chess (Post 9700118)
I doubt it's the cables, and white is always the mono equivalent even when the red is working. It's something in the settings, I'd wager.
I left the red unplugged today while playing cod and sound worked just fine out of both channels. I messed with all the settings when I had the red in and nothing helped.

Originally Posted by Liver&Onions (Post 9700421)
like i said, I was lost.

Plus, I went to college in Canada.
rotfl

Originally Posted by Drexl (Post 9700423)
If he were to just plug in the green cable, it would work fine...

if he wants to play in black and white. It's the cable that carries the luminance signal (no color).
No way I'm playing in B&W lol. Thanks for the advice guys. Though now I'm just curious as to whether component cables would work. Doubt it, but this debate needs answers.

chess 09-10-09 09:54 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Originally Posted by Liver&Onions (Post 9700373)
i'm lost here...

the cables that have the fun colors are just cables... the color doesn't indicate a different composition of the cable, they are just color coded so you plug the right one in the right spot.
Sure. But if you run component cables from your PS3, none of them directly correlate to the yellow composite cable...if that makes sense.

chess 09-10-09 09:57 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
Nevermind...should read the rest of the thread before responding... :blush:

pridesticks06 09-10-09 10:28 PM
Re: Official PS3 Thread - March 09 Edition
 
So now this is weird. Decided out of curiosity to plug the audio cables back in. Works fine now. Wtf? I didn't change anything.

Also, I heard there was a Scavenger hunt in the Mall on Home for free items. I'll have to check it out later.


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