General PS3 Firmware Questions

[supernpr]

Hello All,

I'm new to the land of Blu-Ray and want to plung into the world of High Definition. I plan on purchasing a Playstation 3 to be able to watch Blu-Ray discs, and play games. I'm not to familiar with firmware updates, so this may sound silly. My only question is this. When I purchase the PS3, get it set up and whatnot, I want to update it to the current firmware, (which, at the present time is version 2.30 I believe). If I download version 2.30, do I also get all previous downloads as well, or do I only get the latest upgrade? If so, is there a way to download any or all previous updates?

I appologies if this has been discussed before. I just am learning about all the goodies that Blu-Ray can offer. And from what I hear and read, PS3 is one of the better Blu-Ray players on the market. I just want to be able to get the most out of it with all the updates possible. Thanks for your time.