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Originally Posted by Qwarky
I really don't know what exactly it uses. I can't imagine Sony would be stupid enough to start blowing money on something like heat sensing sensors, but they both felt part of the surface, not clickable buttons. We're still debating whether the power buttons does the reset/power off thing the same way as the PS2, or whether it differentiates between a quick tap and a proper press down.
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Hmm, so you guys are currently torn between what seems like either a shallow button or a pressure sensor. I can see why you'd need to fiddle with it a little more to figure out which side it falls on. Keep us posted.
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Oh and pressing eject while the tray is empty makes the PS3 beep like it's very crossed at you.
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If it isn't too much to ask, could you record the PS3's beep?
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I've no official name for it, no. I just use "PS" button for it myself. I'm not entirely sure when the red light activates. It seems to go red when you charge the controller, and when you connect to the console (that is, press the PS button to get a connection to the console).
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So the PS button lights up when it's charging and when you're syncing with the console. Speaking of sync, do you have to do that every time the console starts up?
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I'm not sure what your idea of too light is, but it did seem uncomfortably light to me. I figured it's due to the wireless, since I'm so used to cables weighing controllers down. The new L2 and R2 buttons felt very flimsy to me and I kept wishing they and the analogue sticks were stiffer.
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Yeah, this seems to be the consensus. That the triggers feel kind of loose and the sticks don't have enough resistance built in.
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It's very much like on the PSP. You can go back and forth and sometimes very randomly it might hold for a very small pause. It doesn't lag quite as much as on the PSP, but it was there (though rare and short).
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Oh, good to hear. Were there any parts of the XMB that you had trouble with? Or maybe some areas that you could see problems arising (for example, audio files?)
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Oh and the controller has ridiculously long signal reach. We must have had like 15 meters between us and the console, besides a good three or four walls (from a different hallway) and a game stand and it still worked.
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Good Lord, that's huge. This thing must be chewing through that battery to produce a signal that strong. Any battery life tests yet?
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I vaguely remember seeing a custom option in the Settings resolution. The pic in the blog entry was from the game resolution and that only listed that. It's possible that the custom option appears for games in a later firmware.
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Ah, so there's 2 resolution settings you can change? 1 for the Dashboard and the other for the games themselves? Can you take a picture of the dashboard resolution settings menu (as well as the custom setting)?
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I said this in my (journal) entry, but we didn't get to try much because the firmware in the PS3 didn't really have anything. We got the PS3 online, but that was absolutely no use at all since there was no browser :tpg:
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Heh, hopefully that changes soon. Maybe Sony will put something up online for PS3s after the event tommorow? Have you seen the photos of the Japanese PS3s and their XMB? They say it's the final version to go into the PS3 and was wondering if you've heard anything about the firmware upgrade.
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We put in a Memory stick pro duo and though the console seemed to recognize it (a light next to the reader came on), there was no browser so we couldn't check content.
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Browser? You need the browser to view memory card images?
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We're upgrading the firmware soon and playable code arrives on Monday I think so I'm definitely going to do another entry and more shots.
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We'll definitely be looking forward to those, especially given what looks to be a dramatic difference between the build you've shown us and the small shots of the final version from Japan.
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That was me fooling around. If you hold the PS button for like five seconds, that screen pops up asking if you want to shut down the controller (I guess it disconnects (powers off) and thus charges faster) or shut down the console. After you shut the console down and press the PS button, the PS3 powers back up. I'm told the 360 has the same feature.
What's odd is that there is no properties screen for the controller. On the PSP you can check battery charge status and it'll show you the charge level in percentages, but this screen only shows whether the controller is like completely empty or half empty. Maybe there'll be a separate screen for each bluetooth device connected, who knows.
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Ah, thanks for the confirmation about the button's function. Would including the charge percentage help or is it fine as is?
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I can try taking a pic of the big fan which you can see through the slightly see-through bottom. The cooling system works like on a laptop, in that it activates every now and then and even then it's really quiet. Well no, that's wrong. It does pump out (very) hot air continuously, but you hear a slightly louder (still quiet) whir every once in a while for a short while.
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Wait... WHAT?! The fan turns off and on every so often and isn't on constantly? Wow, this definitely sounds like the PS3 has some kind of liquid cooling inside if the fan is being throttled by the console. May I ask your opinion on this: Do you think the low noise output is due to this or what's rumored to be noise dampening material inside the machine?
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I wanted to steal that TV so fucking bad, I swear. It's the most gorgeous thing I've seen in ages, especially when we switched to 1080i. And usually I hate how TVs like this look.
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Amen, brother. I was at DigitalLife and just
watching those sets play Resistance and BR movies at 1080p was enough to get my mind thinking of ways to snag one. Thanks for answering my questions!
