Archived: Insiders Thread

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Iceman

Easy, it's his job and duty

Correct-o-mundo.
It is my “duty” to attend.

Word is Kanye West and Seal will be providing the auditory entertainment…..the visuals, well you guys know.

I’ll find out when it airs on CBS, if it isn’t listed yet somewhere on the internut.

[sj001]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

LOL,
You know, you’re killin me right now.

If they were playing anyone other than Baltimore or Washington, I would be rooting for dem Steelers.

The Ravens are seriously getting it handed to them right now, and they are killing me! The guy in my fantasy football league has the Steelers defense, and so far the Ravens haven't managed to move the ball at all.

[Ben]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Correct-o-mundo.
It is my “duty” to attend.

Word is Kanye West and Seal will be providing the auditory entertainment…..the visuals, well you guys know.

I’ll find out when it airs on CBS, if it isn’t listed yet somewhere on the internut.

I heard a rumor that the Spice Girls would be "performing" as well...

[Rob Tomlin]

Originally Posted by sj001

The Ravens are seriously getting it handed to them right now, and they are killing me! The guy in my fantasy football league has the Steelers defense, and so far the Ravens haven't managed to move the ball at all.

This could wind up being the biggest blowout in the NFL this year...and it's still the first half!

[sj001]

Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin

This could wind up being the biggest blowout in the NFL this year...and it's still the first half!

It's KILLING me! I don't care who wins, but if the Steelers' D keeps up the way they are going, I will lose my fantasy game. The Ravens O-Line is getting manhandled!

EDIT (5-minutes later): Thank god for that first Ravens TD, WHEW!

[SDG]

Paid, I love my PS3. When first connecting it, i had to go through the trouble of setting up the WI FI and down loading the up date. I got one of the first ones out (the 60gig). I was wondering if the new ones come with the most recent up date. I was planning on helping my little sister get her family one for Christmas. They dont have Internet to down load up dates. It would make it experience better if the kids could jump right into playing games.

[richteer]

Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin

Paidgeek:

My question has to do with the marketing of Blu-ray movies.

I have noticed that recent TV commercials of new Blu-ray releases indicated something to the effect of "Available Tuesday on DVD and Blu-ray High Definition". The same thing is in print: "Blu-ray High Definition".

I see what you're getting at. How about "Available Tuesday on DVD and in High Definition on Blu-ray". Or even better: "Available Tuesday on DVD and in High Definition exclusively on Blu-ray".

[SuprSlow]

Originally Posted by SDG

Paid, I love my PS3. When first connecting it, i had to go through the trouble of setting up the WI FI and down loading the up date. I got one of the first ones out (the 60gig). I was wondering if the new ones come with the most recent up date. I was planning on helping my little sister get her family one for Christmas. They dont have Internet to down load up dates. It would make it experience better if the kids could jump right into playing games.

Download the firmware update onto a flash drive for them and help them install it.

[TauRus]

Originally Posted by richteer

I see what you're getting at. How about "Available Tuesday on DVD and in High Definition on Blu-ray". Or even better: "Available Tuesday on DVD and in High Definition exclusively on Blu-ray".

Why not put Blu-ray first and DVD second?

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by Ben

I heard a rumor that the Spice Girls would be "performing" as well...

And yet, he still wants to go!

~Alan

[SDG]

Originally Posted by SuprSlow

Download the firmware update onto a flash drive for them and help them install it.

I havent tryed that yet on mine. I do WI FI. I'll try to give it a shot. If they dont come with it now, the experience could be improved by having it already on it.

[Jish]

paidgeek,

Is the Rent Blu-ray coming out Dec. 11th the same encode as the one on the release that has been out for a while in Japan?

[SuprSlow]

Originally Posted by SDG

I havent tryed that yet on mine. I do WI FI. I'll try to give it a shot. If they dont come with it now, the experience could be improved by having it already on it.

Here's the step-by-step. It's pretty simple, I update mine that way since I don't have it connected to my network yet.

http://www.us.playstation.com/PS3/Ne...pc_update.html

[Logan00]

To any insider, this question is related to the PS3, would it be possible for Sony to allow users to prioritorize their audio preferences when it come sto movies?

For example I could list:
1. pcm
2. True HD
3. DTS-MA
etc.

This way once a Blu-ray is inserted, the audio is already selected for me and I can just start watching the movie.

Thanks

[Papi4baby]

Originally Posted by juanleche

When I got my PS3 I also got a coupon book for BluRay movies, oh and a free Taladega Nights BluRay - If I hadn't known before getting the PS3 that it played BluRay movies I think that I would have got the hint.

I find it hard to beleive that people don't know this.

Hmm maybe along with putting pictures of PS3 games on the back of the systems box how about pictures of movies it plays,

but really how can anyone not know it plays movies

Remember only the first half million PS3 had talladega nights, the rest have been moviesless until the new 40GB with Spiderman3 now, i think they should include a BD sample disc at least with all PS3, a movies is preffered, but something to show what they might be missing.

Originally Posted by SDG

I havent tryed that yet on mine. I do WI FI. I'll try to give it a shot. If they dont come with it now, the experience could be improved by having it already on it.

Remember FW come out almost once month for teh PS3 or maybe every two months. The concoles will ship from the factory with the newest FW available at build time, but remember this machines are build over seas, and then shipped over(i think they stopped flying them already). The best recomendation is the USB thumb drive, im sure is really easy, i also use wi-fi and love it.

About the comercials, i think a way to fix that is to word it and say it as so:

Also available on High Definition Blu Ray Disc.

P.S. I hate cables.

[hanser]

Paidgeek,

I have asked before, probably it got lost, therefore I try again:

Why has the German version of CE3K Dolby True HD AND DTS HD in German but English is only in Dolby Digital? I thought, this underrepresentation of the original language has stopped? Are there more discs in the future without lossless English sound coming in Germany?

I will have to import this movie.

[Frode]

Originally Posted by SDG

Paid, I love my PS3. When first connecting it, i had to go through the trouble of setting up the WI FI and down loading the up date. I got one of the first ones out (the 60gig). I was wondering if the new ones come with the most recent up date. I was planning on helping my little sister get her family one for Christmas. They dont have Internet to down load up dates. It would make it experience better if the kids could jump right into playing games.

PS3s always come with the latest firmware as of the time they were produced. If you buy a 40GB now they've only been in production a short time, so should have the latest firmware. In addition games also come with the latest firmware they've been tested with, so if a game requires a newer one than the one that's included on the PS3 it'll allow you to install it off the game disc. I actually made use of this when I first got my PS3, as the firmware that it came with back then didn't properly support my wireless setup. In other words - firmware updates will never be a problem with games. BD related updates are the only problem that you'll have to take care of manually.

[sturub]

I mailed my request in 10 weeks ago and they havent come yet - anyone that I can contact ????

[jsb_hburg]

Originally Posted by TauRus

Why not put Blu-ray first and DVD second?

Putting it last gives it more emphasis. But, as a recent example, I have noticed that Comcast cable-inserted ads are truncating, at times, the ending of the Ratatouille commercial; thus, impacting that intended emphasis.

[daisuke149]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

^ ^ ^
With all due respect, I shall defer to paidgeek on this. As I am rooting for the Ravens this evening.

ack pentoms respect lvl from me went from 100 to 99.9 : ( if it were the pat's tho it would have dropped to like 10.

gdamnit tho if ben woulda stayed in uninjured i woulda won my Fantasy game. i woulda won also if AP didnt have his amazing day. shenanigans!

question: in terms of letting people know + marketting. Based on the info shown around that x amount of ps3 owners dont know it does blu-ray etc but like alot have hdtv. how feasable would it be for sony to lets say send emails or messages or something to everyone who is subscribed to the psn network via a ps3 which shows them info on blu-ray and perhaps offer them a free movie like outta a choice of 5. Not just for people who buy one lets say today and hook it up ni a week but for people who purchased it even 5 months ago. Raising awareness at the cost of perhaps 1 movie per unit *altho less cus not everyone is on the psn network* or something similar if not the psn network.