PS3 firmware 2.53 supposedly coming today

The only thing you can do is get better internet. I'm not saying the PS3's update speeds aren't terrible, they just are very very slow compared to the 360.

The ps3 took about 15 minutes to update. The NXE was about a 1.5 minute install.

I'm wondering if X360 updates are just chunks of data on the hard drive, whereas the PS3 reflashes a chip each time.

Pfft. Dude, your better off using a Continuum Transfunctioner. Do yew know vere it is?

It won't let you connect to the internet unless you update. You sure you haven't got the last one?

I dunno, watching Blu-Rays doesn't force me to connect to the 'net, do they?

I want them to make one that turns my PS3 into a Roomba. Better yet, my Wii...after all, it's already so good at collecting dust.

Zing!

Full screen for flash combined with better Hulu and Youtube support would be epic. If they can get sites like Hulu working, the PS3 would basically become a web connected DVR that you don't even need to set to remember to record your shows.

Let's hope that the update really does have better flash support.

I really dont think that stuff is very interesting to the majority of users.

el serp-
full screen web video can be done from my PC directly to my HDTV if i wanted to, but i dont.

the ps3 is the superior high def movie player and game machine and thats what i use it for.
i dont want to watch low quality movie and tv shows.

Not all web video is low quality...sites like Hulu offer Hi-Def and 480p versions of TV shows and movies. The quality really is good for the HD stream, and it isn't that bad for the 480p stream (especially for TV. It's like watching a show on a non-HD channel, which I will agree, sounds like torture in this HD age, but whatever).

I think there are more people out there than you think that would love to be able to fire up their PS3, go to Hulu, and watch an episode of a TV show that they missed and forgot to tape. Not everyone has a DVR, and even those that do have to remember to tell their DVR to record a show (unless they have it set to record every instance of a show, which not all DVRs have the capacity to do). Then again, most people have no idea that their PS3 has a web browser period, so it may all be a moot point.

Well do you know what this damn update does? I hate that these firmware updates take 10 minutes to download and then another 5 to install and I don't have a clue what it did to my machine. It's annoying. Especially when my xbox gets a complete overhaul and the whole thing took 3 minutes.

You can definitely tell where the respective companies strengths lies.

XBox = Great software support, crap hardware.
PS3 = Great hardware, crap software support.

It adds full screen flash support. Not sure what else.

OMG, 15 minutes; how do you survive?

folder organization was there from day one

Why in the hell would you buy a Zune? Don't.

whats wrong the with the zune?
and zune pass?

ipod = DRM music, hassle transfer.
ipod = works better on apple computers.
ipod = expensive
ipod = expensive download service at $ 1 per track.

zune pass is $ 15 per month unlimited music service.
the zune works great with windows and windows media player.
the zune has fm radio built in.

I never said anything about the iPod. I own one, but only because I got it for free. Apparently nobody knows that it works with Winamp, and I haven't spent a dime on music (I listen to music that usually isn't available on CDs).

But seriously, there are better MP3 players on the market besides the iPods and Zune. The only reason I haven't bought one is because I'm cheap as all hell.

Do you have some personal issues to work out? You call people retarded in posts and spew on about the pres-elect too much.

have you ever thought that your post caused the DOW to drop 17%? no no, i find both you and obama's announcement to be completely unrelated from the subject at hand

You sound like an Obamatard. Obama didn't "earn" anything, he was handed the election by a completely complicit media that refused to investigate any issues surrounding him, a populace who was more concerned with ridiculing the greater qualifications of Sarah Palin than bothering to notice Obama never accomplished anything, and a bunch of people beholden to a public image.

You libs crack me up. All you rant and rave about "intelligent decisions" and so forth and you vote for the most popular and photogenic guy.

Or perhaps you don't know about the Zogby poll that shows the vast majority of people who voted for Obama didn't have a clue what he was pretending to believe?

And as for your list:
- Oil is still a problem, it was a problem in the Carter administration
- Katrina was a natural occurrence. You might be interested to learn that the hurricane never hit New Orleans. Rising floodwaters collapsed the levees. The city knew for years that this would happen and did nothing.
- The Iraq war was voted for and strongly supported by the party you claim will now deliver us from their mistakes.
- 'Secrets'? Are you 9?

Keep living the dream. The delusional, self-absorbed dream.

Ohhhh this really has so much to do with gaming. Thank you again for your special insight.

I'm a republican hawk and I too think you're a jackass.

as did I.
"Congratulations, you have been selected to help beta test PlayStation®Home!

We appreciate your help in making the PlayStation®Home experience the best it can be! Please log in to Home this evening from 5 PM - 7 PM PST for a big celebration of
Version 1.0 and a load test of our new features. "

so I have to login, download it, and test it in the 2 hour timespan? actually, thats ok with me. i was only planning to spend 2 hours using it in the first place.

note to sony: finish home already for f'in sake. then spend your time on some useful features.

sorry for the bitterness but its been years since i was actually excited for this

Yep, I got in the Beta as well, even though the email was sent on Monday night and I didn't get it until this morning

sell your ps3. problem solved.