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PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

Heucuva — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:56:14 EDT

@Captain Nobody: I installed a 250 GB drive into mine. It's fast, holds all my video and music collection, and has room to spare.

Heucuva

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

turbofreak — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:38:59 EDT

I miss playing FFXI. I had my guy up to lvl. 18 and I was kickin butt. I couldn't play it any more when the old PS2 died and had to buy a slim PS2. If they lower the monthly fee I would join up again in a heartbeat.

turbofreak

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

souledspirit — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:05:00 EDT

So is it still not possible to play playstation 2 games on the 40g playstation 3?

souledspirit

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

shorty6049 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:17:32 EDT

why use an external HD? You can put one IN it

shorty6049

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

alvino — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:56:32 EDT

@spectator101: I guess most noobie consumers will prefer to buy everything ready built in. external hdd makes my PS3 uglier. just like the xbox360 with a huge ugly power brick lying ard. simply disgusting!

alvino

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

dodgersnbolts — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:55:33 EDT

Anybody know anything on the Harmonix guitar working on the guitar hero 3 game and vise versa?

dodgersnbolts

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

EnochLight — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:36:24 EDT

How about some updates to fix the meager less-than-stellar Internet browser? It's neat and all that it does YouTube, but half the videos here on Gizmodo don't even work. The latest version of Flash support would be nice, as well as a myriad of other fixes it still needs... There's also no reason why offering a nice WMP and Quicktime plugin wouldn't make sense. I would actually recommend a PS3 over a desktop/lappy to my friends if the browser actually worked correctly. Gaming? Check. Blue Ray? Check. Media server? Check. Well almost. Internet browsing? Meh... what???

EnochLight

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

GenNove — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:46:00 EDT

But does this update blend?

GenNove

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

berribrand — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:37:58 EDT

@Captain Nobody: Put in your own HDD. Pop it out, pop it in... a new HDD that is.

berribrand

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

Akmed — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:12:31 EDT

you could already install HDD stuff from PS2. like FF XI. and game saves are another story. that's already there.

i didn't know there was any bugs

Akmed

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

spectator101 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:12:01 EDT

I know, why not exclude the HDD with a PS3 altogether. Just buy any 2.5" SATA HDD capacity you want, and install it yourself. It isn't that hard to do.

spectator101

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

helfrez — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:35:55 EDT

@Captain Nobody:
Think its part of the cost cutting to get the price/cost ration down further. Even 40gb is alot of space when compared to the 20GB 360 drives. Te biggest difference is that if I need more space in my PS3, I run to the nearest store or website and snag a OTC laptop sata drive, and shove it into the side panel...instance upgrade.

I am planning on getting a 250gb drive when te price falls a bit more. I don't see the need to ship huge drives because the vast majority of user will never fill up 20gb. Have to defend Sony for a change on this one.

helfrez

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

draconis2941 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:30:24 EDT

@Taran_Wanderer: Don't worry you didn't miss out on anything with the pelican adapter. I have one and it sucks for GH. My wireless Logitech PS2 controller works great though. Just can't turn on the system with it.

draconis2941

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

JustEaton — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:19:14 EDT

@TheSonOfKrypton: Psh, I don't go for rudimentary rubbish. I did see that article though, thanks. Now if only Apple...

JustEaton

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

rbf2000 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:13:37 EDT

@Trance-Addict: I probably won't ever use the bd-live features, but every time I pop in a disc with DTS MA and it down converts it to regular old DTS, my soul dies just a little bit.

rbf2000

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

LittleBigPlaneteer — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:07:05 EDT

@Captain Nobody:

The PS3 has virtually unlimited expansion. Buy whatever capacity you want.

LittleBigPlaneteer

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

Trance-Addict — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:04:50 EDT

When is my PS3 going to decode DTS master 7.1, DTS-HD, or DD+??

HDMI 1.3 my ass...

Trance-Addict

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

Bizdady — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:02:45 EDT

@captain nobody

Or you can buy a cheap 120giger. I still have lot of space left on my 60gb, but then again i keep all my video on my external hdd i stream from.

Bizdady

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

Bizdady — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:01:44 EDT

FFXI... how i miss my ninja and warrior :( pwnage meripo !! lol

Bizdady

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

Captain Nobody — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:59:31 EDT

i don't like the direction this is going.

sony should put some bigger hard drives in these ps3s.

come on, 40 gigs?

is it 1999 already?

Captain Nobody

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

TheSonOfKrypton — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:44:06 EDT

@JustEaton:
Justeaton, iPhone "Copy and Paste" for Safari. Now you can post links. You're welcome.

[www.tuaw.com]

TheSonOfKrypton

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

Taran_Wanderer — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:35:28 EDT

I wish there was an adapter (that actually works) that let me plug in PS2 controllers into the PS3 so that I could play DDR and guitar hero on my PS3. I've tried one, but it sucked. The one that supposedly worked (a pelican brand) apparently isn't sold anymore thanks to Sony.

Taran_Wanderer

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

heroesandmartyrs — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:23:42 EDT

@tdeyoung: I agree. The problem he is having is probably the same one I'm having in that you can't use PS1/PS2 game saves unless they were created on the PS3. The game saves should be backwards compatible as well.

heroesandmartyrs

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

fsusmithc2 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:21:10 EDT

Still playing FFXI? You say that like it's a bad thing... No problems here though cuz I be all up on my 360 yo!

fsusmithc2

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

tdeyoung — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:19:38 EDT

Wasn't aware of that. Thanks to all!

tdeyoung

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

JustEaton — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:13:26 EDT

@JustEaton: Can't type either. Bummer.

JustEaton

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

lilaliendog — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:06:08 EDT

@tdeyoung: dude look closer you can already do this.

@Anks329: bluray 2.0 profile isn't released for any device right now but you can be sure when it is ready you will get it when it is released.

lilaliendog

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

JustEaton — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:05:24 EDT

There's something about online fixes at the Playststion Blog. Can't post a link, I'm on the iPhone.

JustEaton

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

goaliegeek — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:05:10 EDT

@tdeyoung:
you can. Create a new memory card under the games column. Now, your gonna have to play the games and save them like new, but their on the PS3 HDD But if you wanted to transfer already saved PS1/2 games on a current memory card, then year, your gonna have to buy the adaptor.

goaliegeek

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

Canadian Impostor — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:04:56 EDT

@tdeyoung: Huh? You can do that already.

Go to the Game part of the XMB, hit triangle, and create a virtual memory card for the PS2 and/or PS1.

Canadian Impostor

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

Anks329 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:57:49 EDT

when will i get blu-ray profile 2.0??

Anks329

PlayStation 3 2.17 Update Brings Bug Fixes, Hard Drive Installation

tdeyoung — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:56:12 EDT

How about the ability to save PS1 and PS2 games to PS3 HD, so I don't have to buy a memory card adaptor.

tdeyoung