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PS3 To Gain Support For 3-D Movies On Blu-Ray and YouTube
An anonymous reader writes with news that Sony is planning a firmware update for the PS3 to enable 3-D playback from Blu-ray movies and YouTube. The update is scheduled for September, and support for 3-D photos will come later. Sony's Kaz Hirai spoke recently about how the PS3 was designed with these kinds of upgrades in mind. "Given how fast technology turns over now, we knew going in that we had to pack a lot of horsepower into the PS3. Four years ago — when you look at the console's power and its retail price — a lot of people were critical with the fact that there was so much packed under the hood. Now we're especially pleased to be introducing things like Move and 3-D gaming because we're able to show tangibly why we released the PS3 with the power it has, and why it makes so much sense to future proof a console." Sony also updated its PS3 Terms of Service to warn against too much 3-D viewing.
Ever notice you can take a wii but can only give a shit, or not?
Ever notice how the article numbers here increase by two?
Ever notice?
They could just focus on bankrupting college students as a business, and not even bother to create an incentive to go to the theaters.
The student makes the choice.
The Red Box rental is $1.
Netflix plans start at $9 a month. HD streams at no extra charge.
The student has a theater on campus - which he subsidizes through his student union. His student ID translates to free admission and discounts elsewhere.
He has easily affordable access to a far broader range of live entertainment, film and video, than anyone living off campus.
It is laziness and greed that draws him to the P2P nets.
So that justifies MPAA lawyers ruining these students' lives? We are not talking about murder, vandalism, or theft here. We are talking about downloading. Why should a college student be forced to declare bankruptcy and ruin his credit rating and ability to move upwards in society, over something as trivial and harmless as downloading a movie?
Palm trees and 8
I don't care about 3D, I just want my OtherOS back.. Why can't they just release a firmware that actually is usefull, like MKV support, more codec support, and ofcourse OTHEROS BACK!! Since I have my PS3 (28 dec 2009) they haven't released a single firmware that actually had something that would improve my experience with the PS3, they only removed stuff I liked (the original theme (the current 'original' theme isn't the same especially when it comes to colors day/nigh), and ofcourse OTHEROS!)..
by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday July 14, @12:05PM
Someone needs to smack the fucking shit out of you idiot.
I think it's time slashdot ban user Anonymous Coward. Let him register a handle if he wants to post.
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