Official PS3 Discussion Part III...

[Altimus]

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Okay, then it sounds like I can make some good assumptions by that and supply links here, just asking if all of them are suitable for the PS3.

Thanks for all of your help, by the way.


http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digita.../dp/B0011U65F2

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-ST9320.../dp/B001R4BBH4

Personally I'd go with the WD.

[R3BeL]

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Thanks for the help fellas. Apparently my HDMI cable became loose. I plugged it back in snug and that was the problem.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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I would love it if a PS3 accepted SSD.

[Burns11]

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I would love it if a PS3 accepted SSD.

It can, you just aren't going to see a real return on investment.

[Eton Rifles]

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whats SSD?

[Burns11]

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Solid State Drive, basically just a hard drive with flash memory replacing the storage platters in a typical HDD.

[gschwendt]

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whats SSD?

Solid State Drive, basically just a hard drive with flash memory replacing the storage platters in a typical HDD.

To put it simply, a HDD without any moving parts.

[CaptainZombie]

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PS3 Slim now decodes DTS-HD and True Dolby in bitstream!!!

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming...d-audio-627975

In addition to what we already learnt from Sony's media conference earlier in the week – which focused on the physical size of the unit, the increased 120GB hard drive capacity and other features such as the fact that the PS3 Slim supports BraviaLink – the latest tech news out of Japan indicates that the PS3 Slim will bitstream Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio direct to your receiver.

While no big deal for me since my receiver decodes both, it might be beneficial for those that do not have receivers to decode lossless audio. It looks like they did upgrade the HDMI to 1.3.

[fishepa]

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PS3 Slim now decodes DTS-HD and True Dolby in bitstream!!!

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming...d-audio-627975

While no big deal for me since my receiver decodes both, it might be beneficial for those that do not have receivers to decode lossless audio. It looks like they did upgrade the HDMI to 1.3.

This will affect about .5% of PS3 owners.

[Blzer]

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PS3 Slim now decodes DTS-HD and True Dolby in bitstream!!!

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming...d-audio-627975

While no big deal for me since my receiver decodes both, it might be beneficial for those that do not have receivers to decode lossless audio. It looks like they did upgrade the HDMI to 1.3.

What about Linear PCM? I don't know if the standard PS3 even does it for bitstream, but I know it does it for LPCM (what I need to use for my receiver which only allows Dolby TrueHD and DTS-MA passthrough, converting it to LPCM).

[Blzer]

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Okay so I'm about to back up all of my PS3 info on my HDD. I'm aware it needs to be formatted to FAT32. Is there any way to know whether it's already formatted as such? Because I don't want to format it now and lose everything on my external (if that would happen).

Thanks to anyone who knows.

[Altimus]

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You mean formatting the new HDD?

[Blzer]

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You mean formatting the new HDD?

No, the external HDD for backing up my files.

Because I used my external for more than just my PS3, so if I have to format that (according to a YouTube video) I just don't want anything on that removed.

[pfunk880]

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No, the external HDD for backing up my files.

Because I used my external for more than just my PS3, so if I have to format that (according to a YouTube video) I just don't want anything on that removed.

Yeah, if you are running Windows (XP, I assume Vista's similar but can't say with certainty), just click on the drive letter of the external HDD in My Computer. On the left side, it should tell you what the file system is. Otherwise, you can also right click on the drive letter and then select properties.

[e0820]

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Okay so I'm about to back up all of my PS3 info on my HDD. I'm aware it needs to be formatted to FAT32. Is there any way to know whether it's already formatted as such? Because I don't want to format it now and lose everything on my external (if that would happen).

Thanks to anyone who knows.

Your backing up to a USB drive? Hook it up to a Windows Computer then Right Click the drive and Properties. File System will say NTFS or FAT (or FAT32?)

Formatting will remove everything on the drive btw. So if you have a 320gb external and its got a 320gb NTFS partition with 260gb free. Your gonna need a utility to take some free space and make a second partition and then format that to FAT32.