A comparison of PS3 and 360 as media players

It looks like PlayMemories may end up being the unified system. I'm guessing it will also either replace or integrate with Personal Media Browser, the software that comes with Sony's digital cameras, which I think would be useful. If they can get the software on all important platforms, including Vita and PS3, that would be a big step forwards for them.

From the CES presentation I was getting the impression that they are starting to properly see their 300 million connected devices as a platform, which albeit perhaps babysteps, is nevertheless important.

 

Perhaps ! [size=-2]Hard to say with Sony. [/size]

Yes, it's still very very early and crude. They need to get to the stage where the user experience is compelling (See Google+, Facebook Timeline), the management features are sophisticated (e.g., good photo search mechanism), and viral (!).

At this point, it seems that ingest is PS3's strength since it can import high digital camera specs. The other goodies are all scattered in XMB Photo Gallery, Filmy, PS Home, playstation.com. Still a long, long way to go !

And oh please, make RemotePlay open, available to more devices.

 

Amazon, Rovi, Flixster and Samsung highlight UltraViolet's CES press event
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/amazon-rovi-flixster-and-samsung-highlight-ultraviolets-ces-p/

 

PlayStation Network Launches New College Sports Applications
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012...ork-launches-new-college-sports-applications/

 

I'm pretty sure the current video editing app on the PS3 lets you edit AVCHD, but it only outputs a down converted file.

I've used it a few times for uplaoads to Youtube.

I would be very happy if the PS3 was a capable AVCHD editor.

 

yes it can I can take the card right out of my HX9V & stick it right into my PS3 & play it even when the video is 1080P 60FPS 28mbps

http://youtu.be/jhfWSuYisMg?hd=1&t=3m44s

I have a example of it at the end of this crazy video I made a few months ago

 

Did Jeff_rigby got himself banned ?

He says PlayMemories supports Calendar/Timeline navigation, and adds Filmy's Globe navigation. If true, it sounds like Sony is trying to consolidate its home media software.

 

What kind of editing ? I always thought XMB video editor is for recorded PS3 game footage.

My main qualms is with the DS3 input for such an app. The editing feature is good for games like LBP too. A mouse-n-keyboard or touch input would make the app more accessible. Can't wait to try it on a RemotePlay device.

EDIT: If they want to go in this direction, I think it makes sense to turn PS3 into a DLNA server as well, or a file server.

 

New Blu-Ray discs offering four times hi-def due out in 2013 - but you'll need a new player AND a new TV
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...offering-times-hi-def-2013.html#ixzz1jAtELm5i

Some players and TVs shown in CES 2012 can already upscale 1080p content to 4K.

 

Merged the 28 Mbps playback thread as it was becoming a general media experience discussion.

 

I sure hope those "ultra hd" discs are 100gb, don't think 50gb is enough for a 4k three hour movie.

 

Pioneer got it up to 500Gb by using 20 layers:
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1616

 

Good god I had no idea blu-ray had been up-speced that far! They could put the entire James Bond movie series on one disc. I wish they had blu-ray blanks of that size for business use, although burning them would probably take all day.

 

Professional Blu-ray format is BDXL. 100Gb/128Gb (3/4 layers). Buffalo, Pioneer sell 4x writers. It's incompatible with standard Blu-ray format. Some manufacturers, like Mitsubishi, sell combo BR/BRXL players.

 

But I could get an entire server image burned on one which would make it worth it.

 

Yeah I'd buy one as well if the price were right, I prefer having both magnetic and optical backups of everything at the bank. 25gb blurays are a bit restrictive but I'm managing with them for now.

Just checked for those, the burners are cheap but the media are $90 each Given that I already have a 100 reel of 25gb blurays ar around $1 each, I think I'll just manage with those.

 

If your needs are smaller, you don't need BDXL. e.g., 25Gb is not big enough to fit my Windows VM image. 50Gb is good for me, but a 4K movie that is being authored may need BDXL.

For day-to-day use, I remember organic dye Blu-ray (BR LTH) is cheaper but requires update to player firmware (PS3 firmware was updated in 2008 to read LTH). From what I hear, it may not last as long as the original Blu-ray discs.

A BDXL disc should cost about $50 - 100+ now.

 

http://imsresearch.com/press-releas...inner_of_Winners_at_2012_TV_Innovation_Awards

Tommy McClain

 

Meanwhile...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/11/us-microsoft-video-idUSTRE80A1KL20120111

Will they now take that award away from MS?
How in the first place can they give an award to something that existed only in Microsoft's marketing hype?

 

No the XMB Video editor will take all the same formats that PS3 can decode, I have used MPEG2 and AVCHD loaded onto PS3 HDD from MS.

I have only edited single clips, trims to beginnings and ends. You can add simple titles and you can add music.

But the output is heavily down converted as it is aimed at uploading to Youtube.

I expect you can cut two clips together, but I'm not sure.

http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/video/videoupload.html

Just checked the online manual, yep you can add multiple clips together, but background music is precanned selection. Max duration 1hr. 200 text items

For reference here is a Youtube clip I edited on PS3 and uploaded from my AVCHD camcorder, when I say edited I mean trimmed the beginning and end!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgp-QuUmJWU